Hello everyone! Since my last post, I have completed my data collection and I am getting ready to present my senior comp! After a few bugs were fixed with the iWorx system, data collection went smoothly and I was able to finish the collection in November. I am now putting together my senior comprehensive, which is looking to compare the muscle activation of the erector spinae muscles in bilateral and unilateral squats to determine if there is a significant difference in muscle activation when external weight load is the same.
The presentation and poster session is next weekend and I am feeling a little bit nervous, but also excited to present my research with my fellow classmates and faculty! Also, I have an important life update to report: I got into the Forensic Medicine Master's Program at the University of Maryland. I am extremely excited for this opportunity to continue my education in the field of pathology! Hello! I hope that your semester has been off to a good start and you and your family have been remaining warm and healthy! My name is Caroline Kopack and I am a senior this year at Saint Mary’s College. I am a Biology major who has recently switched from the Pre-Med track and am planning to pursue a career in athletic training. I have been working with Dr. Young in the Locomotion Lab for almost four years now, which is very strange to think about. In the last few months, I have finally finished data collection and analysis for my revised senior composition project, which focuses on determining if there is a relationship between past history of knee injury and the Q angle of athletes at Saint Mary’s College. Between drafting my composition paper, designing my poster, and practicing my presentation for Belle Bio Day, I am so excited to see the results of a project that got me involved in the Locomotion Lab when I was a freshman.
Thankfully, I have a few more months to spend with the Locomotion Lab, and we are currently focusing on welcoming new members, some of whom will be continuing the ACL project and expanding on our research in coming years. We are also preparing to attend the SICB Regional Conference in April, which I am looking forward to! In preparation for this conference, we are spending time in our lab meetings watching SICB+ talks from the 2023 annual meeting. Selected talks were chosen by lab members based on personal areas of interest. Hello everyone! Over the winter break I attended SICB in Austin, Texas as a poster presenter. I presented my summer research (conducted with Dr. Emily Carrington at Friday Harbor Marine Laboratory), which looked at the effects of flow on filtering and gaping behavior in Mytilus galloprovincialis. This is my second SICB conference, but my first time attending in person. It was nice reuniting with my REU cohort and listening to all the exciting talks from researchers in comparative biology! This was such a unique experience that allowed me to enter outside of my comfort zone when presenting and talking to new people. I quickly became comfortable with talking about my research and grew to enjoy engaging with scientists who were interested in my poster. Networking was also another part of the conference I enjoyed. There were many scientists from twitter whom I have looked up to and it was great to finally meet them in person. I look forward to presenting again at Belle Bio Day at Saint Mary's College and at the regional SICB conference in Chicago! |
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