Project Title: The Future of Agriculture
BASIS Advisor: Dr. James
Internship Location: Jackson Lab
Onsite Mentor: Dr. Penelope Lindsay
My Posts
Week 9: Presenting my findings at CSHL
Jun 07, 2022
Welcome back to my blog! My presentation for the Jackson Lab is next Friday, so this week I have been prioritizing wrapping up my work at CSHL. So far, this has entailed reviewing and organizing my lab notes and picking out images to share my results. In addition, I have been doing some experiments and […]
Week 8: DNA Extractions
May 24, 2022
Welcome back to my blog. This week I have been focused on writing and starting to prepare my senior project presentation and my presentation for the lab. This week in the lab: On Tuesday, my mentor and I went to the farm and collected flower samples from all of our T1 CRISPR mutants for DNA […]
Week 7: Writing
May 19, 2022
Welcome back to my blog! This week I continued to draft my literature review and read up on the applications of CRISPR in agriculture [1, 2, 3]. In the lab: On Tuesday, My mentor and I dissected some buds from our 35S-EYA-GFP mutants and screened them under the confocal microscope for the GFP […]
Week 6: Drafting my Review
May 09, 2022
Welcome back to my blog! This week I started to draft the background section of my literature review. I also have decided to focus on looking into using CRISPR as a tool to improve agriculture. In the lab: On Tuesday after a seminar, Dr. Lindsay and I used the confocal microscope to screen the N.benth […]
Week 5: Lab and Lit
May 09, 2022
Welcome back to my blog! This week I continued to read. I have continued reading silent spring by Rachel Carlson [1] and I read more about regulations regarding GMOs [2, 3]. In the lab: On Tuesday, I made a DNA extraction for the petals of the transformed CRISPR arabidopsis then performed a PCR and let […]
Week 4: Reading Continued
May 09, 2022
Welcome back to my blog! This week I continued to read up on transgenic plants. After reading the paper, “Public health issues related with the consumption of food obtained from genetically modified organisms” by Paparini & Romano-Spica, I wanted to learn more about gene transfer and what health and environmental risks are associated with […]
Week 3: Lab Work
Apr 18, 2022
This week I focused on lab work at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). At the moment I am 1/4 the way through my research at CSHL, right now my mentor, Dr. Lindsay, and I are focusing on checking the goal of my main experiments this week is to double-check that things are going well. To […]
Week 2: Reading about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
Apr 10, 2022
Welcome back to my blog. This week I continued reading. I focused on learning more about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). I read Paparini and Romano-Spica’s review, “Public health issues related with the consumption of food obtained from genetically modified organisms” from the Biotechnology annual review [1]. This review discussed the health risks of GMOs by […]
Week 1: Starting my Literature Search
Apr 01, 2022
Welcome back to my blog! This week I began reading literature on agricultural technologies and completing work for my internship. During my reading, I focused my search on the history of sustainable agriculture. This week I read from “The land question and agricultural reform”, a primary source I accessed through JSTOR [3]. This pamphlet describes […]
Week 0: Introduction
Mar 18, 2022
Hello and welcome to my blog! My name is Elizabeth Sid. For my senior project, I will explore how we can use sustainable agriculture technology to feed our growing population. I will be interning at Cold Spring Harbor (link below). During this project, I will research what technologies are currently being used and what the […]