Laboratory. his lab was compounded by the benefit in having one of his own students present, Dr. Gartenberg adds: "I back someone else who learned how to do things in a new way." typically were the ones fielding student demands for a stack of petri dishes, assistance with materials, or hands-on help to solve a problem with part of the experiment. Borrie and fel- low TAs Monica Sanchez and Tina Sing also needed to ensure that all the materials students required for the day were set up and ready before the first students arrived at 8 a.m. able to keep it all together and have everything running smoothly, even in such an intense environment." postdoc and former graduate student of Dr. Gartenberg's, Borrie says. However, she was surprised by the extent of infor- mation she acquired in the demanding environment. work by her and two of the students she assisted seen by a much broader audience as a result of the students focused on viewing and creating images of the yeast- related research through the use of a microscope. viewing and creating research through the use of a microscope, and were encouraged to enter their images into the course's Microscopy Contest. This one shows the measuring of mating pheromones of yeast on a petri dish. |