Finally published!

I am happy to announce that after doing research for so many years in various settings, throughout my undergraduate and graduate career, I am finally a published scientist.

In this publication, I am a contributing author. I haven’t conducted the majority of this research or led this project, but I am one of among a few notable aspiring scientist whose work is acknowledged in this project.

This article was submitted to 2 potential journal publications and was vigorously reviewed by each of the journals we hoped to publish through. The first journal that we sent the manuscript to decided that this paper did not suit their journal’s subject focus. We were accepted to the Journal of Bacteriology after a few edits and recommendations from other scientific reviewers.

Follow this link to read it:Proteomic and mutant analysis of the CO2 concentrating mechanism of hydrothermal vent chemolithoautotroph Thiomicrospira crunogena

This particular article was a side project that I worked on. I also helped a lot of undergraduate researchers learn how to create mutant bacteria so that we could study how they grow when we knocked out the function of genes of interest.

I’m currently wrapping up my first chapter of my PhD thesis and starting a second project that I hope to work on over the summer vacation. I have not moved on to candidacy yet because my proposal defense has been delayed due to the two semesters that I spent going to sea to do field work. This current semester is the last semester in my academic career that I am required to take any courses, which is a huge relief. After this school year, I will be able to focus exclusively on my research and grant writing. I’m quite looking forward to it!

As promised here are some pictures from when I was aboard the ALVIN 2 1/2 miles below the ocean surface.