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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. | *'''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. | + | * '''Wednesday, 5/29:''' Our research continued as we spent the bulk of the morning and afternoon reading about the various synthetic projects that are out there. Heather and I went through many different websites and articles, building up a reservoir of files as we familiarized ourselves with these projects and tried to draw inspiration. Later in the afternoon, we switched over to the more technical side of our project. Since we are trying to incorporate sifteo cubes into our project, we spent the bulk of the afternoon and evening playing with the code in the example files that came with the installation, and trying to make sense of the code. |
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| + | * '''Thursday, 5/30:''' 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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 19:21, 6 June 2013
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.
- Wednesday, 5/29: Our research continued as we spent the bulk of the morning and afternoon reading about the various synthetic projects that are out there. Heather and I went through many different websites and articles, building up a reservoir of files as we familiarized ourselves with these projects and tried to draw inspiration. Later in the afternoon, we switched over to the more technical side of our project. Since we are trying to incorporate sifteo cubes into our project, we spent the bulk of the afternoon and evening playing with the code in the example files that came with the installation, and trying to make sense of the code.
- Thursday, 5/30: 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.
