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Week Two: May 23 - May 29

 Warning: This blog post may contain X-rays as well as bright images.  Tell a story about a happy/challenging/funny/meaningful moment from the week  This week has been filled with challenges, frustrating moments, and growth. However, I want to look back on one of the funniest experiences that have been happening during my senior project which is sneaking in the front door. The lab that I am working in requires a badge to get through both the building and lab door. Neither Mateo nor I have the badges required to get through these doors so we have to perfectly time our entrance with someone else. Over the course of these two weeks, we have pretended to lose our badges or drop something on the ground in order to make a discreet entrance when someone carrying a box of new Eppendorf tubes or nitrogen containers goes into the building. But it doesn't just end at the front door. We then usually have to anywhere from 5 - 30 minutes when a lab attendee is not working the space yet...

Week One: May 16 - 22

       *WARNING: THIS BLOG POST CONTAINS BRIGHT IMAGES AND ANIMAL CT SCANS*  Vocabulary: Angiogenesis - The development of new blood vessels.  Arteriogenesis - A term that relates to the diameter of blood vessels.  Voxel - Think of this like a pixel but 3-D   Summary of my  Senior Project: Who, What, Where?      For my Senior Project, I am working in a translational research lab on the OHSU campus. Alongside Mateo Sufuentes, we will be working under Dr. Lindner and the fellows in his laboratory. I specifically am analyzing the CT scans of test subjects and looking at the intensity, binary, pixelation, and density of blood vessels (excluding major veins.) All of this data is determined by analyzing each voxel, which thankfully is not done by hand. So far I haven't been working with any other fellows in the lab and because of the pandemic, I have been working more at home.  Why did you choose this particular project? ...