tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80867216938642841612024-03-13T08:13:01.391-07:00Bioinformatics Summer 2016Hawks in Costa RIca 2014http://www.blogger.com/profile/00733337582012691027noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086721693864284161.post-57941047875683773642016-07-14T19:49:00.001-07:002016-07-14T19:49:33.612-07:00Day 10<div class="MsoNormal">
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After an evening turtle watching trip,
we rose with the sun at 5 a.m. after four hours of sleep. The idea was to find
more animals by waking up especially early. We departed on a hike through the
dry forest with our guide, Freddy. We were completely exhausted and stumbled
through the vegetation. We saw dangerous fuzzy caterpillars that Freddy was
able to spot. He showed us leaves that were like sandpaper and vines that had
sharp claws on them. He showed us the great big Guanacaste trees and told us
that the Mayans believed that four of them held up the sky. We didn’t see any
animals but we could clearly smell the urine of a jaguar marking its territory.
After about two hours of hiking we arrived at a dried up waterfall where we ate
a light breakfast of fruit and sandwiches and explored the area. We were able
to walk around it and climb up the face of the emptied waterfall, where we got
to see an iguana up close. After lunch we returned in the back of a tractor to
the Horizontes research station where we were staying, seeing a family of deer
along the way. We had an extended break until lunch and passed the time by talking
and playing cards. We ate a lunch of chicken, rice, and beans then after
another wait we left for Cabuyal beach. <o:p></o:p></div>
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At around 2 PM, we arrived at the
beach. Everyone was eager to charge into the water, as it was warm and clear. The
waves were perfect for bodyboarding, and that’s just what we did. The water temperature
was perfect, and we had an amazing view of cliffs and mountains on either side.
After a while, the waves began breaking too close to shore and we began to
split up. Some of the group stayed near the camp while others traveled towards
a small island covered in large, smooth rocks. Near it lay some shallow water
that we had a lot of fun relaxing in. The beach was a great place to catch
crabs, and we were able to collect quite a few! We probably enjoyed it more
than the crabs did… As the group began to reconvene near the camp, we agreed to
start up a game of beach soccer, as Nathan had brought a soccer ball with him.
We divided into teams and played for a while, but ended up taking a break. We
started playing again and continued playing until everyone was too tired to
continue, and we relaxed in the water afterward. Soon enough, the call for everyone
to leave the water came, but it wasn’t time to leave yet—dinner was ready! We
had an amazing barbeque with chicken, sausage, and beef. Many varieties of soda
were also provided. In addition, chips and salsa were available, and everyone
had more than enough to satiate their hunger and thirst. After the meal,
everyone went back to their activities. Many people began taking pictures as
the sun started to set. The scene was nothing short of magnificent, and you
could tell by the gleaming looks on everyone’s faces. Of course, no one wanted
to leave when the adults called for us to pack up at around 7 PM. We grudgingly
picked up our things and said goodbye to the beach, but also found comfort in
knowing we had showers and warm beds awaiting us back at El Horizontes!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tomorrow will be a travel day and
we will take Flight 356 from Atlanta to Minneapolis with an estimated time of arrival
of 10:45 p.m. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Hawks in Costa RIca 2014http://www.blogger.com/profile/00733337582012691027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086721693864284161.post-42279474334579542192016-07-13T16:37:00.003-07:002016-07-13T16:37:33.341-07:00Day 9 <br /><div class="MsoNormal">
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We have arrived at Horizontes research station. We have had
lunch, found our rooms, had a turtle talk and are getting ready for dinner and
a night on the beach looking for sea turtles. I am posting this now because we
are going to have a late night on the beach and a 5am hike in the morning and I
am not sure I will be able to find a student blogger. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Stanton<o:p></o:p></div>
Hawks in Costa RIca 2014http://www.blogger.com/profile/00733337582012691027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086721693864284161.post-47973601978268954242016-07-12T20:27:00.001-07:002016-07-13T16:48:42.284-07:00Day 8<div class="MsoNormal">
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Buenas Dias Costa Rica! <o:p></o:p></div>
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After all our hard work, patience with the internet
connection, long nights (Alex and Nick pulling an all nighter) and IMGing we
finally finished presenting our projects in the morning! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Everyone did an amazing job, especially with a guest, Nathan
(Marine Biologist who will join us tomorrow for the turtle sweep!). We learned
many interesting facts concerning: the rhizosphere
(Taylor & Danny), microbial interactions (Teresa & Klara), human gut
microbiome (Iya), honey bees (Nathan), HIV (Alex & Nick). <o:p></o:p></div>
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We want to make a special shout out to Gabriel and Jose
Vargas for being patient, inspiring, and enthusiastic mentors. We have learned
so much about the streamlined field of bioinformatics and I know Klara and I
are going to continue our use of the database. Thank you Gabriel and Jose for
opening our eyes to a whole new perspective on the world! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Following our presentations we were able to continue working
on our ongoing community project of painting a mural. Boraan has made a
beautiful, cohesive design for it!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Time-lapse of our mural credited to the professional filming
of Johnny and Sam ( :<o:p></o:p></div>
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After our last lunch at Finca la Anita we went to Rio Perdidio
to zip line. “My life was on the line literally and figuratively!” –Iya <o:p></o:p></div>
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It was wonderful flying through the trees and over the
river. All went well besides Carter getting his hand brake confiscated, Ellie
almost getting stuck in the middle of the line, and the constant jokes of our
guides pushing us off on the zip line at an unexpected time : P<o:p></o:p></div>
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We were able to enjoy the swimming pools at Rio Perdidio and
have a lovely dinner afterwards. Let us tell you, this place was fancy! We were
given complementary drinks of papaya and pineapple when we arrived and given
cold towels scented in eucalyptus after our zip line ride.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As usual we are now driving back to Finca la Anita escorted
by our really cool drivers, Christine & Phelix, while listening to awesome
tunes thanks to our DJs (Johnny, Sam, Ellie, & Taylor).<o:p></o:p></div>
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We can’t wait for our
upcoming adventures of tomorrow-Buenas noches!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Klara & Teresa <o:p></o:p></div>
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Cabin 8<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ps. Mom and Dad please do not expect me to arrive back home
with the group Saturday as I am loving Costa Rica too much and consequently may
miss the plan home…. –Teresa : P<o:p></o:p><br />
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Hawks in Costa RIca 2014http://www.blogger.com/profile/00733337582012691027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086721693864284161.post-45902665402583649542016-07-11T21:14:00.004-07:002016-07-11T21:14:57.527-07:00Day7<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "Sylfaen","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today was a work day, full of science and adventure, of the
mental kind of course. Umm we set off at 7:30 to enjoy a delicious breakfast of
omelets with beans and rice. From there we set off and enjoyed a day of summer,
filling our minds with the knowledge we so desperately crave. At three o’clock
we had a break of local made cookies and coffee. Pablo called it “rock and roll
café”. We listened to rock music as we sipped our coffee. Later at six o’clock
we had dinner, a delicious bounty of tacos with chicken, steak, and an
arrangement of greens. After we filled our stomachs, it was time for certain
individuals to present their projects! Teeing off was S Muneyyy with his presentation
about Meningitus. Next we had “the best” presentation, Carter Linhardt’s on
coral! Young man AO was next, swooping in with the information about new sources
of Bioluminescence! The men cried and the ladies swooned. The duo of Carter and
Jonny rivaled that of Batman and Robin, Jordan and Pippen, Pablo and Picasso.
Following that masterpiece was Boraan “the brains” Abdulkareem on antibiotics!
She enlightened us with fancy graphs and new procedures. Pairing after her was
Kowsar with a delicious presentation on cholera! YUM! We were spewing with excitement!
After some hard hitting questions from Nathan, the turtle guy who also looks
like the teenage Hercules in the animated movie, <i>Hercules</i>, Mahdi and Jacob thrilled us with their presentation on
Penisillen resistant bacteria and potential solutions! Lastly, Pranav rocked
our high socks off with his impromptu presentation on Phages! Like actually,
too strong. How’s he gonna do that to the people who present after him
tomorrow? Mahdi asked him a question afterwards. Pranav hesitates for a second
like he doesn’t know, then pulls three more slides out with graphs and diagrams
out to answer. Like dayum dude. Anyways, the presentation left us all excited
to watch the rest of the presentation tomorrow morning! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hawks in Costa RIca 2014http://www.blogger.com/profile/00733337582012691027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086721693864284161.post-61914379326297554362016-07-10T19:08:00.002-07:002016-07-13T16:45:11.015-07:00Day 6: The day we rode horses like experts.<div class="MsoNormal">
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Hola Amigos, <o:p></o:p></div>
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Today was day filled with lots of science and smiles. The
day was started off with a delicious breakfast (as usual), followed by a
morning of science. Our projects are slowly coming together. Jose and Gabriel
gave everyone or every pair a one-on-one session to help us make sense of
everything we are doing and the results we are finding. After a morning of
doing intense science work, like the researchers we are, we had lunch. And even
though most of wanted to take naps after lunch, we just didn’t have extra time
to do so because we had an exciting adventure ahead of us. It was raining when we left Finca La Anita,
so we were somewhat worried about going horse backing riding but Pablo ensured
us that we will be safe. And as if the
sky was listening to what he said, the rain stopped shortly after. Horseback
riding was incredibly fun and the sites were beautiful and to all the worried
parents who are reading this, no one fell off the horses. After successfully
riding the horses like experts, we did some community service. Boraan designed
a beautiful mural for the walls of the bus stop that we were painting, but unfortunately
the white base didn’t dry in time so we are going back tomorrow to finish it. We
also played soccer for a little while before it was time to go back to Finca La
Anita and yes we all came back in one piece.
And now I am signing off because tomorrow is going to be a day dedicated
to science. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Reporting live from Costa Rica,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Kowsar Hurreh. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Hawks in Costa RIca 2014http://www.blogger.com/profile/00733337582012691027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086721693864284161.post-52353600474875692452016-07-09T20:28:00.000-07:002016-07-09T20:28:00.040-07:00Day 5<div class="MsoNormal">
Day 5: The Water Fall<o:p></o:p></div>
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In thy
break of morning light, student researchers battle the burdens of their
projects!! First plus of the day was that internet was alive and kicking! We were
all able to make much more progress than previous days and many of the students
completed their second objective; it honestly felt rewarding!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Marching on, we all sang “The Wheels
on the Bus Go Round and Round” on the tractor ride to our hiking location; we
actually didn’t, we’re just kidding<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span>.
We actually had an awesome tractor ride. Carlos, our driver, was the man. He rocked
it. When we reached our destination, we all had to let our inner Indiana Jones
shine and start the hike deep into the rain forest. Honestly, we loved the
hike. We had funny moments where we fell in the mud or kind of slipped in some
water, but overall it was a fantastic experience. The best part by far, the
number one activity was swimming in the waterfall. We jumped in and then right
back out because it was cold, and I mean real cold. We took some great pictures
since where all professionals models; we all rocked awesome poses. We joke
around too much<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span>.
Overall, the tractor ride, the hike, and the swim we just terrific; it’s an
experience that’ll be forever ingrained in our memory.<o:p></o:p></div>
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SO after the waterfall we rode the
tractor to aracellies, and again Carlos came in clutch!! He backed up a tractor
with a trailer down an very narrow path… He rocked it! At aracellies we had Caribbean
chicken, rice and beans, plantain chips, and starfruit juice. IT WAS
PHENOMENAL!! After dinner we had a couple matchbox riddles and learned that we
kind of suck and failed miserably! LOL!! We really appreciate the opportunity
and our parents support.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Buenas Noches!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jacob and Mahdi <o:p></o:p></div>
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Hawks in Costa RIca 2014http://www.blogger.com/profile/00733337582012691027noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086721693864284161.post-26893474305921482152016-07-08T18:58:00.000-07:002016-07-08T18:58:05.171-07:00Day 4<div class="MsoNormal">
Hey everyone!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Today was an early morning, waking up at 5:45! We got into
the buses and headed to a geothermal power plant. But we weren’t allowed access
because everyone didn’t have long pants and shirts. But it was all good because
we were then driven to the hot springs. We all covered ourselves with mud from
the natural mud pots to cleanse ourselves of impurities. Then we chilled in the
hot springs and sauna for two hours. After, we came back to Finca and had lunch
(spaghetti!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) We then continued to work on our science
experiments, had dinner and ran before the bugs could get us. Time to go…I see
a moth.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hawks in Costa RIca 2014http://www.blogger.com/profile/00733337582012691027noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086721693864284161.post-49273566360067174502016-07-07T20:07:00.003-07:002016-07-08T18:54:58.015-07:00Day 3<div class="MsoNormal">
Day 3<o:p></o:p></div>
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Today was a lesson in phase change. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We woke up early (not early enough—we didn’t make it in time
to swim at the base of the waterfall), got ready for the day despite complete
darkness due to an electricity outage, and drove to Rincon de la Vieja national
park. We hiked through snakes and
spiders and poisonous spiny caterpillars for a couple hours. There, we saw
boiling mud of a variety of colors and compositions, sulfur-scented steam, and flowing
waterfalls. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We saw a butterfly change from cocoon stage to ready-to-fly
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Taylor has not yet eaten any of the meat served at Finca la
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The fruit juice is still really good.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Taylor has not ceased to scream every time she sees a moth.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The moths have not ceased to attack Taylor.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Taylor still, like last year, wants DQ at the airport. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The dogs are still here from last year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We’ve all still not been stung by a bullet ant. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We are all still insanely grateful for this opportunity (@
mama and baba ;))))) ). <o:p></o:p></div>
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Pura Vida, <o:p></o:p></div>
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Hawks in Costa RIca 2014http://www.blogger.com/profile/00733337582012691027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086721693864284161.post-88713011053503070762016-07-06T18:46:00.001-07:002016-07-06T18:46:07.950-07:00Day 2<div class="MsoNormal">
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Once upon a time, there were 16 students. Then they became
17. We were so responsible that we did the exact opposite of losing a student.
You may be questioning our methods, so we’ll grant you an answer—we were
studying all day. Actually we welcomed Jacob. We revisited all the information
from the classes we had throughout the year in a single morning, and then we
got to work looking into ideas for projects. We have been eating goooood. We
had breakfast (with coffee) then lunch and then a break with churros y chocolate
caliente, then dinner. Now we are writing you live from the insect-infected
porch, which we have been sitting on for a significant number of hours
throughout the day. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Also after lunch we went to the small shop of the village
(the pulperia), quickly followed by a trip to the ice cream store (aka a local’s
home with a sign for ice cream ). It was also Nathan’s birthday, so we sang and
ate cake and even more ice cream <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span>
We are starting to get to know each others’ names…it’s a work in progress. Tomorrow
we’ve got to get up at the crack of dawn, 5:15 am approximately. We are taking
a bus to the National Park which is about an hour away to hike, swim and have
lots of fun before an afternoon of working on our project proposals. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Good Night, from Ellie and Iya! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Hawks in Costa RIca 2014http://www.blogger.com/profile/00733337582012691027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086721693864284161.post-50638500962855069232016-07-05T18:30:00.003-07:002016-07-05T18:30:42.134-07:00Day 1<div class="MsoNormal">
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1:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Just
swallowed a mosquito. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Everyone arrived at the airport at 3:15 sharp, starting off
our journey with nothing but smiles. Getting through security was easy, aside
from Nick getting his bag torn open by security guards and he himself being searched
for any dangerous materials by security. Next we made our way towards the gate,
G 11, but as we arrived, young man Jonny AO realized he forgot his suitcase at
the security checkpoint. He sprinted back with the grace of a gazelle and speed
of MasterCraft speedboat. He recovered his bag, but on his way back his speed
turned into that of a turtle, ultimately knocking an elder gentle aside in a
skirmish for an airport taxi ride to his gate. Soon we were on our way. Gliding
through the air, with the clouds spread out across the sky like a patient
ithicarized upon a table. Once we landed in Georgia, we almost missed our
flight, but we weren’t worried for we had broads in Atlanta. Although we had
this backup plan, we made our flight safely. After six hours of flying we
landed in Costa Rica, pumped for the two hour bus ride ahead of us. Before arriving at Finca La Anita, we
stopped for huge beef burgers, which were yummy. We then arrived at the ranch,
everyone in one piece, no one left behind, except for apparently one kid who’s
back in the States and meeting up with us later. Oh well. This group is very cohesive
and we’re all excited for the educational endeavors and enjoyable moments to
come. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Love, <o:p></o:p></div>
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Young man AO & S Muneyyy <o:p></o:p></div>
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(Jonny AO & Sam Petronio).<o:p></o:p></div>
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