My interest in Biology began at a young age, when I enrolled in a marine biology summer camp. My parents were shocked to discover that several of the hands on demonstrations involved dissections, something that I discovered I had a proven talent for. What fascinated me the most, however, was learning about the strange and diverse forms of life found within deep sea environments and the constant discoveries researchers were making simply by exploring this new region of earth. Following my interests eventually led me to Technology High School, which offered me a project based learning curriculum with four years of integrated science and engineering programs. I then moved on to the Santa Rosa Junior College, where I studied zoology and entomology, …show more content…
Fortunately, the general biology program at UC Davis gave me the freedom to actively explore all avenues of biology, and my first internship as a Fecal Analysis Intern at the Center for Vector Borne Disease gave me a good idea of what biological research entails. While I found the findings of this project fascinating enough to continue with this internship through the rest of my time at Davis, I realized that working with an animal model system was not the best fit for me.
Ironically, I was the least interested in plant biology, so when the time came to fulfill this requirement, I begrudgingly enrolled in California Floristics. My time as a backpacker had previously introduced me to the identification of many edible plants, so I knew that furthering my knowledge of plant identification would be useful in future backpacking trips. The class introduced me to the wide variety of plant species and morphologies present in my own backyard, and I was immediately brought back to my appreciation for the diversity of life that first attracted me to biology many years
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I was familiar with the plant breeding program and it’s reputation for excellence, however I hadn’t previously envisioned myself living on the east coast. I then came into contact with Dr. Chelsea Specht, whose previous research at UC Berkeley perfectly combined the elements of plant morphology and evolution that I am most fascinated with. When she informed me of her move to Cornell, and the research on plant systematics in this department, I was smitten. Further research of the Plant Biology Ph.D at Cornell has shown me a department that emphasizes plant evolution and systematics like no other, and through the facilities provided at Cornell such as the L. H. Bailey Hortorium Herbarium, I believe that this program would give me the greatest amount of freedom and resources to conduct research in plant
Subject area (Learning Area): Science Year level: 4 Curricular Intentions : Content Descriptor: Living things have life cycles (ACSSU072) • describing the stages of life cycles of different living things such as insects, birds, frogs and flowering plants Know Do Value • identify living things • describe life styles • recognise the different features of living and non-living things • identify the different structures of living things • identify the functions of living things • classify living things according to their structural features • identify the different parts of plants • recognise the need of living things • recognise ways living things interact with each other and with the environment • illustrate life cycle stages of living things • investigate living organisms life cycles • ask appropriate questions which can be used to make predictions • participate in the
Fitting the pieces of corroboration on how the flowers changed the world, a critique The essay “How Flowers Changed the World” is a popular excerpt from The Immense Journey, written by American natural science writer, Loren Eiseley that discusses the significance of the rise of flowers on the evolution of living organisms. Eiseley implied that flowers carry many different significant attributes to the growth of living organisms may it be for animals, for other plants, and for humankind. Loren Eiseley discussed that during the first ages, plants were dependent on water for their growth that led many swamps and watercourses surrounding the earth with the vast and bare land. Moreover, as these plants may adapt these conditions, it can be deemed normal;
I loved SeaWorld. SeaWorld had something other parks didn’t have; it had Shamu the friendly killer whale, which I would later find is truly an oxymoron. My parents took me to the ocean all of the time and when I saw the Shamu show at SeaWorld I realized that I too could find a large killer whale, become friends with it, and eventually establish a friendship with the massive whale to stand on top of its mouth while it craved some fish. While my dream of becoming a trainer in Shamus’s tank has sunk, my creative nature is fueled by any visit to the world beyond my classroom.
I took all the sciences I could, eventually majoring in Biochemistry in college to understand the workings of the body. I always thought I wanted to be a pathologist. I was aware of pathology assistants but was unaware of what their job entailed. In my junior year of undergrad, I was fortunate enough to find out that my college worked with a teaching hospital, Montefiore Medical Center. Through them, I was able to obtain an internship in the Surgical
My interest in cytopathology sparked during my first month of pathology training when we were called for a parotid mass fine needle aspiration, it was a case of mammary analogue secretory carcinoma, seeing my attending describe the morphology of the cells to render that diagnosis, was not only inspiring but also exciting. Since that moment I waited eagerly for my first cytopathology rotation . I enjoyed every second of my cytology and FNA rotations where I was able to gain hands on experience performing FNAs, and I also realized how crucial is the patient interaction in this specialty for which my previous experience as a clinician gave me great advantage. Cytopathology is an extremely challenging field that pushes a diagnostician to integrate the clinical, morphologic and immunophenotypic features of each disease to reach the correct diagnosis.
Prequels to their life in Florida, the beautiful plant of my originators began in two respective foreign roots and were uprooted
Hypothetical Method in Action: “The Intelligent Plant” The article, “The Intelligent Plant” by Michael Pollan, explores the intricate ways of plants and the human understanding of how they function without a neurological brain. It navigates the questions of whether plants can think, learn, be conscious, or feel pain, citing several studies and experiments conducted to prove these concepts. One mentioned study conducted by Monica Gagliano focused on the Mimosa pudica, a plant species with observable reaction speeds, to test the ability of plants to learn. Pollan used this and other experiments to prove plants exhibit intelligent behavior.
As the world went into Anthropocene, the disscussion of the relationship between human and natural became more frequnt than in before. Human being and the inviroment are not isolation based on the theory of Anthropocene, ont he opposite, they art related and effect each other. Mmany authors write literature article based on this new-coming topic, and showed their special undestanding towards it.
Many people come across roadblocks through their journey of life. I know I've had my fair share of them. The biggest bump in my academic life was changing it completely upside down. Growing up african American or with any skin that holds the slightest of pigment is not easy, but that's obvious due to our nation's past. Racism and stereotypeing has always been there.
To Graduate Committee Admission of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Program of Rice University: My inclination to study biology comes to me since I was little boy. I always found amazing the capabilities of living beings and mechanisms that allow life, development and evolution of organisms. Particularly interesting were my first approaches to microbiology in early classes in high school. My fascination by biological sciences was such that it led me to win the National Biology Contest held in Cuba, my native country in 2004. This was one of my first academic achievements in my short career and allowed me to directly enter the best pre-university school in my country.
The answer- plants have developed many important behavioural and physiological methods not shared
PERSONAL STATEMENT (NURFATIN BT MOHD SHAH) I want to further my study in this course because it is thrilling and rapidly- moving subject area, that is highly pertinent to the problem facing by society today. As far as I concern, cardiovascular disease is one of the popular cause of death. I am keen to learn more and involve in the latest advances in cardiovascular research. Over the years of studying, my interest in this area has increased.
These were the top Bionanotechnology programs out there and I wanted to be a part of them. The following weeks were grueling. Patiently waiting for the mail to run every day, hoping and praying for an acceptance letter to arrive. I couldn’t sleep, eat or think straight. Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock.
It took me a little over two years to finally decide on a major, and to this day I am still working on my biology degree as a new transfer student at Rowan University. Picking my major wasn’t an easy path, but its what I needed to do to make a final decision. The question that I mentioned earlier “ What will you be doing on this date 20 years from now?” played a huge factor in me deciding what I wanted my major to be. I couldn’t see myself working with computers for the rest of my life I found it to be quite boring, and throughout high school and even in college I always had a passion for science. Learning about animals played a huge part in me role in me picking biology as my science of choice.
Introduction Plants are a major necessity in the balance of nature, people’s lives, and our terrain. We may not realize it, but plants are the ultimate source of food for almost 95% of the world population so says the National Group of Food. It’s a fact that over 7,000 species of plants are being consumed today. Plants are one of the reasons that we get clean water; as they help regulate the water cycle.