{"id":1463,"date":"2024-09-04T09:32:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T13:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/epic\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2024-09-06T11:26:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T15:26:04","slug":"1463-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/epic\/1463-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Seifert Scholars Profile: JJ Ammerall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1476\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/epic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/09\/Jaelin-2-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1476\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1476\" title=\"Jaelin Ammerall\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/epic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/09\/Jaelin-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jaelin Ammerall\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jaelin Ammerall<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\ud835\udc16\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1d \ud835\udc32\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2e \ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc28 \ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc12\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc12\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc29\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc20\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc26?<br \/>\nI was attracted to the Seifert Scholar program because it allowed me the opportunity to conduct research throughout the summer and continue with my research project from the semester. Summer research allowed me to completely focus on my project without the other responsibilities present during the semester (classes, extracurricular activities, job, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>\ud835\udc16\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc32\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc2b \ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc21?<br \/>\nThis summer, I conducted research with the amoeba Naegleria gruberi, which is a very close relative of the &#8220;brain-eating&#8221; amoeba Naegleria fowleri. In my research, I focused on gene editing and targeted the surfactant protein in N. gruberi through transfections. As my project progressed, the focus shifted to cloning, building a plasmid with extended homology arms, Puromycin resistance, and a promoter to transform into N. gruberi.<\/p>\n<p>\ud835\udc16\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc1b\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc27 \ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc22\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc28\ud835\udc1f \ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc12\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc12\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc28\ud835\udc27 \ud835\udc32\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc2b \ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b?<br \/>\nThe experience as a Seifert Scholar this summer has been invaluable. This summer has provided me the experience of being an independent researcher, where I decide on the focus of my project, the methods to achieve results, and any troubleshooting when I encounter issues and unexpected results.<\/p>\n<p>\ud835\udc16\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc31\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc29 \ud835\udc28\ud835\udc1f \ud835\udc32\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc2b \ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b \ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc30\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc20 \ud835\udc20\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc1d\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc27?<br \/>\nThis experience has provided me with the confirmation that I would enjoy scientific research as a career. Therefore, following graduation, I wish to continue with my education and attend graduate school, pursuing a PhD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud835\udc16\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1d \ud835\udc32\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2e \ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc28 \ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc12\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc12\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc29\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc20\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc26? I was attracted to the Seifert Scholar program because it allowed me the opportunity to conduct research throughout the summer and continue with my research project from the semester. Summer research allowed me to completely focus on my project without the other responsibilities present during the semester [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}