Research

So, like I said before, I am trying to get more into the field of research as an undergraduate. I think research would be an awesome way to get my feet wet in the 'mysterious' land of graduate school, and help me really apply the things that I learn in my studies to real life. I just had a meeting with two of Dr. Johnson's graduate students, and they sounded like they could use my help. They have a few projects running, but are too early on in the process to have any data or anything to analyze yet. Maybe later on as I work my way up, they'll have something for me to do with that project. It seems pretty interesting, it's about different housing systems for sows. They also have one project that they had all the data for, they just need to analyze it. This project has to do with piglets and their behavior. They fed a sow probiotics during her gestation period, and are now trying to see what beneficial affects it had on the piglets. Since next week they are busy, I will start being trained in two weeks! I will just be watching recorded video footage of the piglets, and being trained on what exactly to look for while I watch them. The more I work my way up, the more hands-on things I will get to experience, so I'm excited for that!