A week after I arrived in Dallas, my sister took me to her lab where she does her experiments to get her PhD. During my time in lab, I learned a lot about what exactly goes on inside a lab and some of the processes scientists have to go through in order to build a successful experiment. Hanging out with my sister in lab! The majority of my sister’s lab work with flies in their experiments. Scientists who work with flies need to make sure that the flies have enough food to stay healthy and alive. In order to do that, scientists do something called “Flipping Flies”. One of the scientists in my sister’s lab showed me how to flip the flies and she even let me try to flip some flies. Here are the steps for Flipping Flies: The flies are stored in special protective bottles so the first thing you have to do is bang the bottle on the counter in order for the flies to fall to the bottom. Then, you take a new bottle that contains fresh food and remove the top. You qu...
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