The first year seminar I have decided to take part in this quarter has introduced me to procedures that are unlike any other labs I have been apart of. I am now a sophomore and had taken General Chemistry along with its corresponding labs throughout last year. Although we aimed for accuracy with measuring our …
When I received an email about research classes offered this fall quarter, I was afraid to register for this class because I did not have any lab experience. However, I figured that it might be beneficial for people who wanted the hands-on experience like me, especially the ones who wanted to learn more about research. his …
I took this class because this was my 1st quarter in Davis and I wanted to get some research experience. Getting involve in research at Davis is pretty competitive and me being a transfer student doesn’t help either, as I have only couple of years left to get a research opportunity compare to students …
Going Through the Untold Part of a Research Lab After receiving an email email about an opportunity to work with Eisen Lab to study the microbiome of nectar, I joined the class because I wanted to better understand what a research experience is like . I did have previous lab experiences from my lower …
I am in my first quarter of my freshman year of undergrad at UC Davis and am a student in the course-based undergraduate research First-Year Seminar with the Eisen lab, studying the microbiomes of nectar. Previous to this class, the only lab experience I had were the typical high school labs for my chemistry and …
SOCIAL MEDIA MINI PROJECT: BLOG POST As a first year Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior major at UC Davis, I had calculus, biology, and an Asian American cultural studies class on my schedule for the fall quarter. However, I wanted to also try a seminar, to get some credits but also learn something new for …
“Don’t mess up,” One of my classmates taunted at me, “It’s gotta be perfect!” At this moment, I had my pipette tip stuck into a buffer solution attempting to draw up a precise amount while simultaneously disregarding any comments coming my way. Before joining this class, I had very limited lab experience. Any prior experience …
Failure is an Option: Not many people sit down in a lab and expect to hear that they can make mistakes, no problem. Or that, yep, the experiment was a bust. Better yet, lets google the protocol and see what other scientists are doing out there. Well that is just what I got in FRS …
Blog Post about Our Freshman Seminar University of California, Davis offers a Freshman Seminar class that introduces students to the world of biotechnical science by mimicking what is performed in a research lab. However, it is not just a simple seminar class—it is a lab in which we have the opportunity to practice skills through …
In all honesty I joined this class without even knowing what this first year seminar was about. On the first day of class, after google mapping and asking people, I finally made it to the academic surge building and then to the lab room. From what I heard most first year seminars are in a lecture hall …