User:Dspelke
Last Name
Spelke
First Name
Dawn
Preferred name
Dawn
Course/Minor
20/9
Year of Graduation
2009
Telephone #
(217)840-0639
dspelke AT mit DOT edu
Have you taken
- 7.05/5.07 (Biochemistry): taking now
- 7.06 (Cell Biology): no
- 7.02 (General Biology Lab): no
- 5.310 (General Chemistry Lab): no
Do you have any experience culturing cells (mammalian, yeast or microbial)? Yes
Do you have any experience in molecular biology (electrophoresis, PCR, etc)? Yes
Please briefly describe any previous laboratory experience
I am currently doing a UROP in the Samson Lab/ Center for Environmental Health Sciences. We are studying the effects of alkylating agents on retinal degeneration. I also did a brief UROP last year and I had a good deal of lab experience in high school.
Anything else you would like us to know?
Optional: As mentioned in lecture on 02.06.07, we would like you to consider how, as a biological engineer you might test the superstition "Spit on a bat before using it for the 1st time to make it lucky."
First, I would define "lucky" as hitting a .400 in the game to be studied. In order to achieve stastically relevant data, I would peform 40 trials (during 40 games), using the same individual in all of them. The individual should have a batting average of about .300, so .400 would be considered "lucky." For 20 of the trials, the bat used would be spit on, and for the other 20, the bat would not be spit on. The performances would be recorded, and if the spit upon bats consistantly resulted in .400 performances, while the not spit upon ones did not, then I would consider the superstition to be true.
