October 2023

Growing Adventures #1: Cheery Cherry Tomatoes!

Hello! My name is Wesley, and as of the writing of this post I am a second-year Pre-Med Biochemistry major and a student researcher under the Freshman Research Initiative (FRI) at UT Austin. One of my roles in my research lab is managing the very website you are reading this post in! Today, I am going to be discussing my seven-week old cherry tomato plant, but before I start I would like to give some background…

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Urban Ecosystems Insider #1: September Shenanigans

Good day, everyone! Hopefully, y’all are enjoying the cooler weather! It's about time Texas gave us a break from the brutal 100-degree weather. For today's (first) blog post, we are going to discuss some of the things going on in our very own analytical chemistry team – aka Team Ruth. I had the pleasure of talking to researchers Anisa, Teja, and Ashley of Team Heavy Metals under Team Ruth (Lots of teams, huh!?). These three have spent the last two weeks looking for, well, heavy metals!

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