{"id":36,"date":"2017-07-07T04:30:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T08:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-ldion\/?p=36"},"modified":"2017-07-07T12:19:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T16:19:24","slug":"dissection-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-ldion\/2017\/07\/07\/dissection-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Dissection Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

My first few days in the Dr. Reade Roberts Lab at North Carolina State University have been a whirlwind! I have had the opportunity to shadow a dissection day, observe the behavior tracking process and helped prepare samples for DNA extraction.<\/p>\n

The team that w\"\"orks in the lab are extraordinarily talented. Kate Coyle, a graduate student, dissected numerous specimens with both speed and precision as she worked to untangle the intestines and separate them from other organs to measure.\u00a0<\/span>Lab manager Natalie Roberts measured the pH of the stomach and worked in conjunction with\u00a0<\/span>Erin Peterson, another graduate student, who prepared histology samples and examined the microscopic gonads of fish to determine their sex. Postdoctoral fellow Emily Moore juggled mu<\/span>ltiple responsibilities as each fish’s behavior was captured on video, sent to a photo booth to record their appearance and then<\/span>\u00a0delivered for dissection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It was an all-d\"\"ay operation as part of their work to investigate topics such as species-specific behavior and gut microbiota and how that fits into their genetics. It was also interesting to see the fish room where the multiple species are hosted<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To be able to see scientists working and to have the opportunity to ask questions firsthand is just incredible. It is a humbling and an invaluable experience.<\/p>\n

To read more about the work that goes on in the lab, please visit:\u00a0http:\/\/readerobertslab.weebly.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My first few days in the Dr. Reade Roberts Lab at North Carolina State University have been a whirlwind! I have had the opportunity to shadow a dissection day, observe the behavior tracking process and helped prepare samples for DNA extraction. The team that works in the lab are extraordinarily talented. Kate Coyle, a graduate student, dissected numerous specimens with… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":514,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-ldion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-ldion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-ldion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-ldion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/514"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-ldion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-ldion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40,"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-ldion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions\/40"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-ldion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-ldion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-ldion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}