Annotated Bibliography:
- "Roles of RNA in Cells." Umassmed.edu. Accessed December 9, 2014. http://www.umassmed.edu/rti/biology/role-of-rna-in-cells/.
-provides a background to my project
- "Long Noncoding RNA MALAT1 Regulates Endothelial Cell Function and Vessel Growth." Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. April 25, 2014. Accessed December 9, 2014. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24602777.
-also provides a background to my project
- Garbiyan, L., & Acashia, N. (2013). Polymerase Chain Reaction. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. http://www.nature.com/jid/journal/v133/n3/full/jid20131a.html
-Polymerase Chain Reaction article
- "DNA Sequencing." Biotechnology Learnign Hub. Newzeland.govt.nz 2007 http://biotechlearn.org.nz/themes/dna_lab/dna_sequencing
Reflection:
This whole internship experience has been very challenging, but at the same time also very rewarding. Working in a traditional based lab taught me a lot of the basics required, for example, how to pipette or always wear gloves when working with ethidium bromide. But apart from that, the project that i am working on, especially since i am quite new to this whole experience, has required a lot of patience and persistance, not only from me but form my mentor as well. In the beginning it took a little time to absorb and understand the cell's inner chemistry, or why this solution was being added to this tube etc. However once tha information was processed I began working my own portion of the experiment. At this point my mentor trusted me enough to let me carry out my own lab experiments each day I came in. Of course she was there to answer any question that I had. I think that my project is progressing at a steady rate nd hopefully I will be able to keep that pace up with my mentor's help.