My name is Hannah Gams and I am one of Dr. Young’s research students in the Locomotion Lab at Saint Mary’s. I’m majoring in Biology and Spanish and I’m planning on going to medical school after Saint Mary’s, so I was most excited to join the Locomotion Lab to learn about and study the physiological processes behind locomotion.
When I joined the Locomotion Lab, Kamryn was already a part of the lab and was starting the squirrel project, which would compare squirrel populations on and off campus. I joined the squirrel project because I was interested in starting new research and the project sounded really interesting. Kamryn and I will both be comparing urban (on-campus) vs. rural (off-campus) squirrels, but we will be focusing on different aspects of these populations. We plan to have one of us look at body mass and one of us look at locomotor success. I was more interested in the locomotor aspect because it seemed more aligned with my interest in physiology. I will be collecting data for my project this summer by observing squirrels on Saint Mary's campus and in the Saint Mary's nature area. To determine their locomotor success, I will be observing climbing and jumping behaviors on and around feeders. Next semester I will finish analyzing the data and writing my senior comp. I’m really excited to be a member of the Locomotion Lab and am looking forward to starting my research soon! Comments are closed.
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