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Two professors in the Science department just got USDA grants to do research this summer, and Im being given the opportunity to do research with them.
I'll be doing paid research, while living on campus taking summer school courses, so I'm really leaning towards applying for the position. The research lasts 6 weeks, and ends in a paid one week trip to present out findings in New Orleans.
Then the summer after that, I'd be spending time in the incredibly nice UT Austin lab doing a research project along the lines of my first one, only I'll essentially get to lay out and supervise the project. One of the professors seems to think that there's a very solid chance of getting a publication out of both years research.
That said, here are the two programs.
One is working on Developmental biology with fruit flies, generational differences, and adaptations in response to environmental influences.
The other is working with pathogens, natural and unnatural, that are found on and in produce, along with investigating the local area the produce is from to figure out why/how it got there.
I'm leaning towards the developmental biology, partially because I really like the professor, partially because I feel like what I learn from it would be more applicable to the MCAT and med schools.
Does this sound feasible, or am I going to be more well served by the research on pathogens.
Also, on a side note. Right now, Im doing "research" in Texas for Abbott geothermal inc, and The Spa waters of the Americas, on the condition of natural and "hot" springs in texas. I take photos, report on the ecology, map out immediate area, and then in several weeks I'll report on it to a board of EPA employees and Texas water management officials.
Does this count as research, and should I continue to get more involved with it?
I'll be doing paid research, while living on campus taking summer school courses, so I'm really leaning towards applying for the position. The research lasts 6 weeks, and ends in a paid one week trip to present out findings in New Orleans.
Then the summer after that, I'd be spending time in the incredibly nice UT Austin lab doing a research project along the lines of my first one, only I'll essentially get to lay out and supervise the project. One of the professors seems to think that there's a very solid chance of getting a publication out of both years research.
That said, here are the two programs.
One is working on Developmental biology with fruit flies, generational differences, and adaptations in response to environmental influences.
The other is working with pathogens, natural and unnatural, that are found on and in produce, along with investigating the local area the produce is from to figure out why/how it got there.
I'm leaning towards the developmental biology, partially because I really like the professor, partially because I feel like what I learn from it would be more applicable to the MCAT and med schools.
Does this sound feasible, or am I going to be more well served by the research on pathogens.
Also, on a side note. Right now, Im doing "research" in Texas for Abbott geothermal inc, and The Spa waters of the Americas, on the condition of natural and "hot" springs in texas. I take photos, report on the ecology, map out immediate area, and then in several weeks I'll report on it to a board of EPA employees and Texas water management officials.
Does this count as research, and should I continue to get more involved with it?
