Day 10- 2 weeks in

Today was begun with another lecture by Daniel Barr. Today's topic was on his specific research on the protein Lactose inhibitor. This is a protein that interacts directly with the DNA and prevents specific parts of the DNA from being active. This is of interest because if we can determine how certain areas of the DNA are supressed we can then work to stop DNA mutations by preventing the DNA from expressing these dangerous genes.

After our morning lecture, we had time this afternoon to work on separating into our groups and beginning to compile ideas for applying our knowledge gained in the lab into our classrooms. Wendy, David, and I have started compiling ideas involving experimentation and probability or possibly structural rigidity of protens. We still have three weeks, but it feels good to have a group established and beginning to get ideas flowing.