BIOL368/S20:Class Journal Week 14

Madeleine King

1. What is the most important thing that you learned this semester in this class?
   • With your head (biological or bioinformatics principles)?
     • Learning the importance of citing everything you do and providing valid instructions/methods so someone can repeat it in the future.
     • Learning how to make a efficient and straightforward presentation.
   • With your heart (personal qualities and teamwork qualities that make things work or not work)?
     • Learning how to be a good partner in presentations and not hesitating to reach out if I'm not understanding something.
   • With your hands (technical skills)?
     • Learning how to do a lab solely on the computer and the importance of doing so!
2. What will you take away from this class that you will still use a year from now?
   • Learning how to make great presentation slides and giving a good presentation. Learning the importance of plagiarism and citing my sources. Taking my knowledge of databases and using it for future research projects. Applying my knowledge I learned about viruses to other classes and future projects!

• Thank you Dr. Dahlquist!

Mking44 (talk) 20:38, 28 April 2020 (PDT)

Christina Dominguez

What is the most important thing that you learned this semester in this class with your head (biological or bioinformatics principles)?

The most important thing I learned is how to take information from classes, such as information on HIV as a diseased and apply it to a bioinformatics framework. This has been an important thing to learn as a biology major in order to take what I am learning and be able to analyze the information and data for my self.

With your heart (personal qualities and teamwork qualities that make things work or not work)?

I have learned that I am able to do way more than I think I am capable of. Taking a class like this for 2 semesters in a row have made me realize that I can learn a new skill and way of analyzing data even if the word "bioinformatics" may sound like a scary word. It has allowed me to realize that putting myself out of my comfort zone can result in the best personal growth for me as a biologist.

With your hands (technical skills)?

I have learned how to use numerous databases to analyze data from papers. This has been such an important skill to be able to take a paper and use the data to understand the results are use the results to answer my own question I may have.

What will you take away from this class that you will still use a year from now?

I think the biggest thing that I have taken away that I will be able to use is how to get the most out of a paper, including using the data. I never knew how accessible the data was from a paper and I have found this to be something that I have been using outside of class and in the future. Cdominguez (talk) 13:14, 29 April 2020 (PDT)

Jack Menzagopian

1. What is the most important thing that you learned this semester in this class?
   • With my head: the importance of being clear and detailed when explaining the methods of a project so that it can be easier for others to accurately replicate and critique a work (this was something that came up almost every week).
   • With my heart: the importance of communication with team members. Also the importance of confidently facing unexpected challenges.
   • With my hands: I can now properly use the tools of information literacy to confidently analyze a source and determine its quality and trustworthiness. I can also mmake the most of the multitude of programs available online to analyze data in different ways.
2. What will you take away from this class that you will still use a year from now?
   • how to make the most out of the resources I have available, how to present scientific information, how to get as much information as possible out of a scientific paper or any other body of work.

Jmenzago (talk) 14:14, 29 April 2020 (PDT)

Maya Paniagua

1. What is the most important thing that you learned this semester in this class?
   • With your head (biological or bioinformatics principles)?
     • I learned how to use important biological databases and how to apply the information gathered to experiments
   • With your heart (personal qualities and teamwork qualities that make things work or not work)?
     • I learned how to communicate with my partners and my teachers and that I am capable of doing actual research even without a PhD
   • With your hands (technical skills)?
     • I learned how to find more than just the typical databases and how to extract information from them
     • I learned how to make a presentation that was concise, organized, and demonstrated the main points clearly
2. What will you take away from this class that you will still use a year from now?
   • In a year I will still be using databases to extract information, be able to apply that information in research, and present that information in a way that is easy to understand

• Thank you Dr. Dahlquist, these skills I have learned are so valuable and gave me more confidence as a scientist

Mpaniag1 (talk) 15:13, 29 April 2020 (PDT)

Jenny Chua

What is the most important thing that you learned this semester in this class?

With your head (biological or bioinformatics principles)?

I learned how to evaluate a database and use it to get information that I need to further research past experiments or my own work.

With your heart (personal qualities and teamwork qualities that make things work or not work)?

I learned how to be the most communicative probably in all of my science classes. I found a technique that works for me (starting early, assigning tasks to people, and checking in throughout the week).

With your hands (technical skills)?

I learned how to understand and write wiki code! It's definitely not as much as what a computer science major might do, but I am really proud of myself for being able to figure out how to, for instance, make a picture with a caption fit in a paragraph of text.

What will you take away from this class that you will still use a year from now?

Definitely without a doubt, the presentation skills that we learned. They are effective, simple, and have helped me even in other classes this semester!

• Thank you Dr. Dahlquist! This has easily been one of the best labs (and classes) I've taken at LMU :)

Jennymchua (talk) 18:40, 29 April 2020 (PDT)

Drew Cartmel

1. What is the most important thing that you learned this semester in this class?
   • With your head (biological or bioinformatics principles)?
     • I learned how to critically analyze data in biological papers and utilize this knowledge to form my own hypotheses and design experiments that can build on what has already been discovered in the scientific community.
   • With your heart (personal qualities and teamwork qualities that make things work or not work)?
     • From this class, I learned how important teamwork is when working on group projects and that group presentations work the best when all members are giving equal amounts of effort.
   • With your hands (technical skills)?
     • I learned how to analyze and manipulate biological databases using various tools that are available online.
2. What will you take away from this class that you will still use a year from now?
   • What I will take away from this class is knowledge on how to make a proper biological power point presentation that is easy for audiences to follow and understand.

Dcartmel (talk) 19:38, 29 April 2020 (PDT)

Annika Dinulos

What is the most important thing that you learned this semester in this class with your head (biological or bioinformatics principles)?

The most important thing that I learned this semester biologically would be the information about the SARS-CoV-2. I am grateful to learn any new information about the virus, especially since it is so impactful to life. I find it important to know that the virus is infectious due to its binding affinity and differences between SARS-CoV. I talk about the things I learn to my peers and family.

With your heart (personal qualities and teamwork qualities that make things work or not work)?

I learned to assign myself parts of group work that align with my personal interests. I learned to think about qualities that I like in group members and use that to find group partners and collaborate with them better.

With your hands (technical skills)?

I learned how to use wiki syntax and use my new skills to better navigate biological databases.

What will you take away from this class that you will still use a year from now?

I will definitely be using some of the information about virus structure-function information that I learned to keep myself updated on SARS-CoV-2, and I will use all of the information we learned on giving effective presentations in future classes and projects.

• I had a great time in this lab and I feel like I learned so much, thank you Dr. Dahlquist!

Adinulos (talk) 20:27, 29 April 2020 (PDT)

Karina Vescio

• What is the most important thing that you learned this semester in this class?
  • With your head (biological or bioinformatics principles)?
    • I learned a lot about how to analyze protein sequences, how to use databases in order to evaluate research. I also learned a lot about how to know which sources are the best. I really enjoyed this class, I think it pushed me to do my best work and to really think hard.
  • With your heart (personal qualities and teamwork qualities that make things work or not work)?
    • I learned that sometimes certain team-members do not fit well. If one person in the group does not give the project their all, then everyone gets let down. On the up side, I learned how important everyone's input is. It is valuable to see other people's perspectives and to work together to come up with the brightest ideas.
  • With your hands (technical skills)?
    • With my hands I learned how to use openwetware for one. I also learned how to use other databases and how to create a good, scientific PowerPoint presentation.
• What will you take away from this class that you will still use a year from now?
  • I think I will always use the skills I learned in this. Specifically, with how to work well with others. It is important to make everyone feels valued and heard in the team. I will also use the skills I learned in presenting, styling, and analyzing scientific research.

• Thank you for a great semester, Dr. Dahlquist. I learned so much in this class, and I feel really excited about my future in science. It definitely incorporated into shaping my future career plans.

(Kvescio (talk) 20:48, 29 April 2020 (PDT))

Nathan On

• What is the most important thing that you learned this semester in this class?
  • I learned how to better analyze journal articles and figures.
• With your head (biological or bioinformatics principles)?
  • I learned how to organize my information and data efficiently so I could easily understand what I was looking at.
• With your heart (personal qualities and teamwork qualities that make things work or not work)?
  • Good communication with partners makes working projects much easier.
• With your hands (technical skills)?
  • I learned a lot more Excel formulas and function that may be useful in the future.
• What will you take away from this class that you will still use a year from now?
  • My ability to find and analyze research articles will definitely be useful for future classes.

Non (talk) 22:43, 29 April 2020 (PDT)

Nicholas Yeo

• What is the most important thing that you learned this semester in this class?
  • With your head (biological or bioinformatics principles)?
    • In this class, I learned how to apply the use of online biological tools to answer questions and how to critically analyze scientific papers.
  • With your heart (personal qualities and teamwork qualities that make things work or not work)?
    • I learned how to be more professional in my interactions with respect to giving credit and how to communicate better with partners, especially for the final project with everything being online.
  • With your hands (technical skills)?
    • I learned how to use the wiki language code, which can be useful in the future should I decide to maybe edit a Wikipedia page.
• What will you take away from this class that you will still use a year from now?
  • I will for sure take away the critical eye and data analysis aspects from this course. I do research with Dr. Dabir, and we were supposed to do SURP together this summer, but are not able to do so anymore. However, she reached out to her postdoc friend, and she is going to teach us how to do some more bioinformatics, which will be interesting given my background in this class.

Nyeo2 (talk) 23:34, 29 April 2020 (PDT)

Carolyn Egekeze

• What is the most important thing that you learned this semester in this class?
  • With your head (biological or bioinformatics principles)?
    • I really enjoyed learning more about how information can be organized and how structure and function relationships can be inferred from looking at DNA or protein sequences.
  • With your heart (personal qualities and teamwork qualities that make things work or not work)?
    • I think having the ability to work as a team and work through challenges are two really important skills I got to practice this semester.
  • With your hands (technical skills)?
    • I enjoyed getting to learn more about how to navigate a database and I feel much more comfortable with such tasks now.
• What will you take away from this class that you will still use a year from now?
  • • Depending on where I end up after graduation, I can see the skills I've learned in this class helping me to be a stronger applicant for jobs and a better researcher in general.

Lizzy Urbina

• What is the most important thing that you learned this semester in this class?
• With your head (biological or bioinformatics principles)?
  • The importance of citing and acknowledging other people's work. Additionally, I learned a lot about a different way to analyze and look at data, I am not scared anymore to read an article and look at their data and criticized it or build on it.
• With your heart (personal qualities and teamwork qualities that make things work or not work)?
  • The importance of having good communication, responsibility, and patience. Also, the importance to have good communication with my professor and do not be scared to reach out if I need help.
• With your hands (technical skills)?
  • I learned how to work with different programs to analyzed data. Moreover, I learned how to properly present PowerPoint slides and applied to other biology classes.
• What will you take away from this class that you will still use a year from now?

The importance of citing my work, how to properly organized a presentation, and better skills to analyze data that i plan to applied in future assignments and in my professional career.

Thank you so much!!

Lurbinah (talk) 00:09, 30 April 2020 (PDT)

Sahil Patel

• What is the most important thing that you learned this semester in this class?
  • With your head (biological or bioinformatics principles)?
    • I learned how to use different online databases, tools and softwares to begin answering some of the biological questions that I have thought of in the past four years of my undergraduate education.
  • With your heart (personal qualities and teamwork qualities that make things work or not work)?
    • I figured that to succeed as a team it is important to divide and conquer, but this can only be done if you trust your partners and this taught me to believe in others and to not think of things as my way or the highway.
  • With your hands (technical skills)?
    • I had a basic understanding of wiki syntax coming into this class, so I tried to approach the technical aspect from an exclusively bioinformatics angle.
• What will you take away from this class that you will still use a year from now?
  • I think the best thing I learned was how to align sequences and create phylogenetic trees. As I continue in the world of biology and research, an ability to perform research via computer applications is going to be even more important, so I would like to maintain this trend and continue with the work I have done in this lab.

Sahil Patel (talk) 04:15, 30 April 2020 (PDT)