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| - | + | '''Tuesday, 5/28:''' Today began with the Summer Science Research Orientation, and afterwards I attended the HCI Lab Summer Orientation where everyone was given a brief overview of Human Computer Interaction, as well as the design process that we’ll be following. Then, after a group lunch, we dived straight into the research. I was paired up with Heather, and our project is dubbed the “art project,” tailored towards non-scientists. Here, our goal is to communicate core concepts of synthetic biology, as well as showing off the excitement, risk, and promise of cutting-edge technology. | |
Today the Wellesley HCI lab headed into Boston for our first experience with wet lab training. At MIT, we met Prof. Natalie Kuldall who walked us through the BioBuilder workshop. There, we received an introduction to synthetic biology and the most fundamental concepts such as standardization, abstraction, and synthesis. It was exhilarating, and definitely a mind-opener to everything that this field has to offer. Before, we had only the readings to provide us background, but the workshop definitely made the topics a lot more clearer. | Today the Wellesley HCI lab headed into Boston for our first experience with wet lab training. At MIT, we met Prof. Natalie Kuldall who walked us through the BioBuilder workshop. There, we received an introduction to synthetic biology and the most fundamental concepts such as standardization, abstraction, and synthesis. It was exhilarating, and definitely a mind-opener to everything that this field has to offer. Before, we had only the readings to provide us background, but the workshop definitely made the topics a lot more clearer. | ||
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Joanna's Notebook
Week 1: May 28 - May 31
Tuesday, 5/28: Today began with the Summer Science Research Orientation, and afterwards I attended the HCI Lab Summer Orientation where everyone was given a brief overview of Human Computer Interaction, as well as the design process that we’ll be following. Then, after a group lunch, we dived straight into the research. I was paired up with Heather, and our project is dubbed the “art project,” tailored towards non-scientists. Here, our goal is to communicate core concepts of synthetic biology, as well as showing off the excitement, risk, and promise of cutting-edge technology.
Today the Wellesley HCI lab headed into Boston for our first experience with wet lab training. At MIT, we met Prof. Natalie Kuldall who walked us through the BioBuilder workshop. There, we received an introduction to synthetic biology and the most fundamental concepts such as standardization, abstraction, and synthesis. It was exhilarating, and definitely a mind-opener to everything that this field has to offer. Before, we had only the readings to provide us background, but the workshop definitely made the topics a lot more clearer.
Later, we were also given the opportunity to actually enter the wet lab environment. Hands-on learning is the best sort of learning, so it was great being in a lab to actually conduct some critical experiments. My partner was Heather, and we definitely gave them our best shot! And while we may not have been the best synthetic biologists, we did make several key observations.
