My First 2 Weeks with Flies by Jagger Azvolinsky

This program has challenged me into thinking in a way that I have never thought before.

So far, my first few weeks at TRIP have gone very well! This program has challenged me into thinking in a way that I have never thought before. This new way of gathering and analyzing scientific data was quite challenging at first, but I have gotten more used to it as time has gone on. Many of the activities we have done so far have been beneficial to my understanding of this new lab setting, which will only improve in upcoming weeks.

Upon doing some research, I observed that more products are containing caffeine, and more people are also consuming this product as well. Because of this, I have decided to use caffeine as my drug of choice in this experiment. My stressor in this project will be overcrowding, since I would like to observe the social interaction between a large group of flies when they have been exposed to a large amount of caffeine. I will begin this experiment this upcoming week, so I will reveal my results in a future blog!