After we got to see the bottling process in the morning, we met with Dr. Pandi to go over our finalized research projects about various cannabinoid compounds and receptors. We had two main discussions: the first was a slide-by-slide talk-through of what we researched.
As we went through, he showed us the ways that all of the receptors, enzymes, and cannabinoid compounds work together to create the endocannabinoid system, which was helpful in completing our understanding of our studies.
After we presented our projects to him, he showed us a few ways that we could deepen our findings for the presentation to the staff at Integrated Pain Solutions on Thursday; specifically, he showed us a fantastic website called SciFinder by the American Chemical Society – it allows us to check for the molecular structures of each compound we researched, like looking for its chemical fingerprint! But… we could only use the demo version, because this software costs thousands of dollars per year for use by an institution (because it’s such a valuable tool for researching!)
This final discussion of our projects not only left us with a more complete understanding of the topics at hand, but also gave us insight into how to research more effectively in the future!