My name is Ava Heintzelman and I work in Kasper Hanson’s neuroscience research lab at the UofM campus. For my beyond-the-classroom experience, I continued researching, which included genotyping different mice genomes. The goal was to take the various types of mice genomes found and compare them to others to determine if certain expressions lead to certain psychological diseases. What is pictured is my lab station where I run and do the genotyping. Getting ready to genotype mice DNA. Experimenting with the 3A knockout sequencing, excited to see if it will work. a loaded gel with a DNA ladder (far left), each different mice DNA constructs made by me, and wild type (far right). Then I used it with an illuminating device with a wavenumber around 250 to see expression. Trying to test and see if Gin is present. Running the gel is what is pictured next in an 8% solvent, and the last picture is the gel when it has come to completion and imaging is going to take place.

I was extensively grateful for this experience, and I learned that I love science and I am excited to learn and grow more within the field.