It's the end of a very interesting week. It was good to brainstorm with Scott, Esteban, Janelle, and Dr. Yarger. We are trying to pick a direction for the group project and lab activity. We took the opportunity to ask Janelle several specific knowledge questions concerning web biochemical mechanics, now that we are a little more educated on the research. Janelle is very good at bringing the amino acid protein concepts to a level the high school students could understand.
She drew a model of webbing, biochemically, that made sense. Jenelle is extremely helpful.
I'm looking forward to learning how to use the NMRs in the lab on Tuesday. Dr. Yarger stepped in around 10:00 and continued to assist us in ideas. He is very down to earth and creative. He directed us in a direction I would not have thought of. Instead of models, or in addition to, we are looking at doing chemical tests on webbing to compare/contrast dissolving verses hydrozation of spider webbing subjected to common household chemicals by comparing chemicals that have no effect, chemicals that dissolve webbing, and chemicals that cause hydrozation.
It was good to end the week with Dr. Yarger!
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