I am also thinking of reading more articles on genetic research, possibly trying to read one a week and write a small reflection on it that way I can work on improving my scientific knowledge and writing skills because genetic researchers tend to write a lot of lab reports for their experiments. Scientists are often writing scientific papers to discuss their findings with other scientists and attending conferences to connect with people. So I have been establishing some connections with scientific researchers in cancer genetics research on LinkedIn and am working on reading some scientific articles. I will likely  be doing small research into the genetics field such  as reading articles when I don’t have any other class assignments. I think that reading scientific articles will also help me with my stem cells class though because I can learn about different techniques that stem cells can be used in treatments for diseases and that can help me when I write papers for that class. In addition, if I work on writing small reflections for articles that I read, I can improve my writing skills for the stem cells class.

On Friday, November 15th, I finished a reflection paper assignment for my stem cells class about using stem cells to treat declining vision in the elderly. I am glad that I have been keeping up with most of my class assignments. My stem cells class has a group presentation due December 6th and my group and I have a presentation outline to study stem cells in brain cancers. My group hopes to finish a few weeks before November 28th when students have Thanksgiving break that way we have time to practice the presentation. My career class professor assigned an alternate assignment for students who cannot job-shadow and since I have not been able to find job-shadowing opportunities for genetics research I may do the alternate assignment. For my career class, I have written and edited a cover letter for a laboratory technician that studies genetics and I will submit it soon. I spent Saturday and Sunday working on making the cover letter good. On Sunday, I also worked with group members to add details to the stem cell presentation. So it has been a busy weekend and the start of a busy week, but it is quite rewarding. I take breaks in between my research to read books, do yoga and also have a daily meditation routine that helps. Hope you have a good week ahead and blessings!