My first weekend at Cambridge was great! The Marshalls from Cambridge all hung out with each other on Sunday, going punting on the river Cam. For those that do not know, punting is propelling a boat on a river using a long pole (like they do in Italy). I had never done anything like that before, but it was great fun and did not take too long to learn how to do it successfully, and I didn't fall in the river either.
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| Nate, Jessie, and me punting on the Cam. Thanks to Jessie for the photo. |
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| King's College from the Cam. |
Being in Cambridge also meant that I could finally settle down for a few days, after a week straight of orientation events. On my 10th day of my Marshall experience, I was able to meet with my research supervisor. My supervisor is a professor in a Drosophila (fruit fly) lab in the Department of Zoology at Cambridge. My degree will be a Master’s in Biological Science, through one year of research and a thesis. Everyone in my future lab was very nice and welcoming, and the cooperative and relaxing environment of the lab works really well with my experience at the Oregon. Having never been to Europe, my supervisor was very supportive of my desire to take a few days off here and there to travel around the U.K. and occasionally Europe. Needless to say, I was very excited to start in the lab, and made a plan to do a little work during the next two weeks before starting up full-time once introductory events end around campus.
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