Bridges
Hello, my name is Joshelle Tsinnijinnie. I am a member of the Navajo Nation, from Inscription House, Arizona. Shí eí Kinłichíi’nii nishłį́, dóó Táchii’nii báshíshchiin. Bit’ahnii dashíchei dóó Tábąąhá eí dashínáłí. I am of the Red House people clan, born for the Red-Running-Into-Water clan. The Folded Arms people are my maternal grandfather’s clan and the Edge Water people are my paternal grandfather’s clan. I am a returning member of the Northern Arizona University Bridges Program. I first joined this program last summer and had such an amazing experience working in Dr. Jason Wilder’s lab that I decided to participate again.
I am a student at Coconino Community College (CCC), here in Flagstaff, AZ and I am a part of the CCC2NAU program. I have one more year at CCC before I transfer to Northern Arizona University where I plan to major in biomedical science. Initially, I was interested in pursuing a career in nursing. However, the more time I spent on conducting health research, I developed an interest working with the experimental aspect of the health field. Therefore, majoring in biomedical science will allow me to learn more about experimenting within the health field. As a career, I want to become a medical doctor and maybe even conduct health research too. I am a Page High School alumni since 2015. I am the second oldest out of five siblings. I enjoy hiking, baking, watching movies, and occasionally I like to read fiction novels. My first time writing a blog using Weebly was quite difficult; especially having to navigate through so many tool options. Now as I return back to my old website, refreshing my memory of how to navigate through the editing site has been helpful. It’s also nice to review my blog entries from last summer. It brings back many memories of my time spent in Flagstaff, places I visited, working in the lab, and the goals I wanted to accomplish. It has also amazed me how my initial career plans has changed because of my participation with the Bridges program. As for my research, I will be continuing my research from last summer of “Identifying miR-27 Polymorphisms in Native Americans” Specifically, I will clone the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that I found by using bacteria. I don’t fully know the details of how I will be conducting the experiment, but what I do know is that it will consist of a time frame of 3 days. Within in those 3 days, it mainly consist of allowing the bacteria to grow within an incubator for a specific amount of time. So far, I have ran a reaction of the 2 individuals that appeared to have a SNP. I also placed them into a thermal cycler and ran a gel to see if they had the amount of base pair that I was expecting. Once that was done, I made broth that was for my agar plates and for my broth medium. Overall, I am excited to continue my research project and to hopefully get some interesting results.
8 Comments
Justin Kanzler
6/15/2017 01:52:52 pm
Hi Joshelle,
Reply
Lynelle Maloney
6/20/2017 12:49:07 pm
Hey Joshelle, I liked how you included your clans in your introduction. I wish I could have done that with my blog assignment. I also liked how your writing is organized and easy to understand. I never knew that you were working on the same research assignment. Does that mean you never finished the one last summer or are you just continuing on to the next step? Something l would like to mention too is that I like how you already know what you want to do in life and the career path you have chosen. I still have no idea what I’m doing.
Reply
Jessica Tapaha
6/20/2017 05:31:57 pm
Joshelle,
Reply
Charmayne Gene
6/20/2017 05:42:06 pm
Joshelle!!! I absolutely love your introduction. :) I am happy to say that you decided to come back for the second time and tell me everything I don't about the program and the campus. Also, thanks for helping me pick out a father's day gift for my dad. You are just so sweet and nice. Anyways, you stated your career goals and about your research clearly. It made me want to actually be in a lab right now lol! One thing I need to add is that you should explain what a SNP is and what its purpose for your experiment. Overall, a interesting blog to read. Great job girrrrrrrrl.
Reply
Cordell R. Chee
6/20/2017 05:50:37 pm
Good Evening, Joshelle.
Reply
Amber Sheen
6/22/2017 03:42:30 pm
Hello Joshelle!
Reply
Lynelle Maloney
6/22/2017 08:22:55 pm
Hey Joshelle, I liked how you included your clans in your introduction. I wish I could have done that with my blog assignment. I also liked how your writing is organized and easy to understand. I never knew that you were working on the same research assignment. Does that mean you never finished the one last summer or are you just continuing on to the next step? Something l would like to mention too is that I like how you already know what you want to do in life and the career path you have chosen. I still have no idea what I’m doing.
Reply
Lynelle Maloney
6/22/2017 08:33:55 pm
Hey Joshelle, I liked how you included your clans in your introduction. I wish I could have done that with my blog assignment. I also liked how your writing is organized and easy to understand. I never knew that you were working on the same research assignment. Does that mean you never finished the one last summer or are you just continuing on to the next step? Something l would like to mention too is that I like how you already know what you want to do in life and the career path you have chosen. I still have no idea what I’m doing.
Reply
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorHello! Feel free to read over my 2016 summer's blogs too. Archives
August 2017
End of the Summer Video |