I was thrilled to work in the Lindy Biosciences lab for the first time. Today I learned how to use a UV spectrometer. I found the standard curve of ovalbumin. I had been recommended before the start of this program, by actual biological researchers, that I should get experience working in a lab. After working in a lab all day, I can say with some measure of confidence that I do not hate lab work.
The spectroscopy was very repetitive (I had 17 samples I needed to analyze), but it was also quite exciting. After lunch, I was able to see the results of the analysis and it was very gratifying. Adam was able to find the extinction coefficient of the samples of ovalbumin at a particular wavelength based off of my results. I was very happy to hear that I did not have to redo the analysis and the results were helpful.