S-STEM/TRAIN Scholar Jasmine Patricio

For my new project we will be testing the types of bacteria that grows on plastics 1-6, based on different water lakes. We will first be sanitizing all plastics 1-6 and the tea pods to make sure the bacteria they are growing only comes from the lakes. Then we will be putting the two water samples from Tempe Town Lake & Encanto Park in sanitized clean jars. Then we will be putting plastics 1-6 in separate tea pods. Six will go in jar. We then will analyze the type of bacteria growth. But since I don’t yet have the water samples what I still am working on sanitizing the tea pods and plastic. Also from my previous project with microplastics extraction from sediment I am still waiting for the Potassium Carbonate to arrive to redo my extraction with SPI 6 and Potassium Carbonate. Meanwhile I wait for those two I could also work on my poster for our presentation at Metro- Tech High School and other research conferences.

This week in lab there hasn't been much start/continue because I am still waiting on the Potassium Carbonate order to arrive. So while waiting things I have done are help Amber with anything maintenance that she needs. So far she has showed me how to clean microscopes, then she will teach me how to make samples for like other labs. What I am also working on is decorating the computer place a bit more. But while I wait I will be sanitizing plastics 1-6. To get them ready for when I start the next part of my project.

Hello, everyone my name is Jasmine I am a sophomore at Phoenix College & this is my 4 ½ term with Stem. I started Stem during the summer when I graduated from Metro Tech High School. I have done two big projects throughout my two years of being at Phoenix College. 1. Develop a protocol from isolation of lysozyme from Egg White The synthesis of the Chicken egg white Extraction and DNA Extraction from the bacteria  Serratia Marcescens was performed to verify if it is possible to develop a protocol from the isolation of Yolk from a Chicken Egg. 2. Determine how effective the NOAA protocols are for removing micro plastics from sediments. Effectiveness of the NOAA protocol will be determined by the percent recovery of the previously added micro plastics . This will be done for all six types of plastics. My major is Biology; Biomedical Research. My first interest  in biology began when I was in elementary school. My teacher was an energetic professor who...