Wicked Witch of the Western Blot: Hello world!

Hello world! I'm starting this blog as a requirement for the Alan Alda Center for Science Communication course I am taking this semester, Spring 2019, called JRN 504 Communicating Science Using Digital Media. It will run for 5 weeks; March 4th-April 8th (you're right, you can count and that's 6 weeks, because there is spring break in the middle there).

I will be posting blog posts and assignments as required by the course. But I will also likely post additional blog posts of my own accord. I will specify which category they fall into. This post is one of my own accord because I felt like I should have an intro. So, here we go:

Hi! I'm Caitlyn. I graduated from Minnesota State University, Mankato in 2013 with a B.S. in Human Biology and Psychology with a minor in Chemistry. Post-graduation, I worked in Quality Control at Coloplast (a medical manufacturing company) and as a Research Assistant for the Behavioral Medicine division of Psychiatry at Columbia University. I am now a Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Ph.D. student under the guidance of Dr. Daniel Bogenhagen at Stony Brook University; where I study RNA processing in the mitochondria. Outside of lab, I enjoy running, yoga and watching hockey. At least I used to enjoy watching hockey, I haven't exactly had as much time to do so since I've started grad school. I am not even sure I know how my team is doing. Jk, I know they aren't doing so hot. But either way go Minnesota Wild!