The research is going well. I'm pointing wasps like a mad scientist. I'm getting my committee stuff together. I'm planning on going to the Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference (MEEC) in April and the ESA (Ecological Society of America) Conference in August. I'm not presenting anything at MEEC, it's an observational trip.
My good friend Sarah has been helping with the beat net samples, she's got three left to go. Everything is sorted to order, and counted. We've got some interesting results (if just a preliminary glimpse of the future.) Soon I'll teach her how to point so she can help me with the pan trap samples. Once the wasps from the pan trap samples are pinned and pointed it will be identified, to morphospecies, and counted. Hopefully we'll get some interesting results.
There has been some discussion of additional sampling--to be decided on at the committee meeting, hopefully.
I'm planning on getting my GIS certification -- should help me get a job if I decide to go that route.
It's looking like graduation will be in May 2011 (not December.) If everything goes according to plan.
I need a car.
Showing posts with label biology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label biology. Show all posts
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
finding elegance: micro
an entire world
moves
and grows
and fights without conciousness,
each moment,
each motion a response to instinct,
programming alone
eat. grow. divide.
eat. grow. divide.
where competition abounds, with enemies swarming all around
and change a constant, chaotic force.
survive. survive. survive.
survive. survive. survive.
where in mere days,
sometimes hours,
one species becomes two, and so on.
eat. grow. divide.
eat. grow. divide.
where chemistry reigns supreme,
and physics underlies all forms,
in motion, structure,
sometime random and spasmotic,
often smooth and elegant.
all contained in a drop of pond water.
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Sometimes my days are full of studying, figures, memorization and I forget to look for the beauty in everything. Sometimes the beauty comes screaming from the pages of my textbook and I sit up and gaze around in wonder at this world.
moves
and grows
and fights without conciousness,
each moment,
each motion a response to instinct,
programming alone
eat. grow. divide.
eat. grow. divide.
where competition abounds, with enemies swarming all around
and change a constant, chaotic force.
survive. survive. survive.
survive. survive. survive.
where in mere days,
sometimes hours,
one species becomes two, and so on.
eat. grow. divide.
eat. grow. divide.
where chemistry reigns supreme,
and physics underlies all forms,
in motion, structure,
sometime random and spasmotic,
often smooth and elegant.
all contained in a drop of pond water.
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Sometimes my days are full of studying, figures, memorization and I forget to look for the beauty in everything. Sometimes the beauty comes screaming from the pages of my textbook and I sit up and gaze around in wonder at this world.
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