Week 3! This week has been long and slow for me, but exciting! For the past week I have been waiting for my simulations to finish processing. I have gathered about 300 nanoseconds of simulation from the supercomputer. The complexity of the process means that it often takes a while to get the simulations. A nanosecond is one billionth of a second, or .00000001 seconds. It takes an entire day to get .00000027 seconds of footage; which is actually quite fast. When I get all of my footage I will begin doing data analysis for my project.
While I am waiting I have continued helping my mentor Emilia with her project. We have been doing a lot of data analysis on some mutations of protein kinase A. I ran several programs in order to create different visual representations. In total I created around 15 different graphs. I learned a lot about computer coding this week, mainly using the programs Python and Jupyter Notebook, which was how I created all of the graphs.
Outside of the lab I have been hanging out with my host family. My host mom hurt her foot so it has become my job to walk the dogs when she can’t; I enjoy getting out of the house. I also went to the movies and saw Finding Dory, which was awesome! Two other Pinterns are joining me this weekend at my host family’s house. I am excited to have some new roommates!
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