Here's a little bit about my week:
This week was a little calmer compared to last week. I got further
into the Day 7 footage, which has some very interesting trends that I will
share in next week’s post once they are more apparent.
I also assisted in a surgery in the vivarium as a scribe for
another researcher. Although I am not familiar with the specifics about the
project, the surgery was very interesting to watch and I was able to take a
small role in helping things run smoothly in the surgery suite which was very
rewarding.
Before I sign off for this week, I wanted to mention some other
interesting things about our project:
The cages that have the enrichment devices in them are not yet
scored for behavior because of a much more involved process needed to complete viewing
their footage. As we want to measure a larger number of things, it helps to
have more than one pair of eyes on the video at a time, so we have only gotten
through a few hours so far, with the assistance of other interns in the lab. In
the divided cages we are looking at the amounts of aggressive behaviors
exhibited by the mice, just like the other cages, but also record the time each
mouse spends in the new enrichment area as it compares to the amount of time
they choose to spend with each other. This data will hopefully shed some light
into the extent of mice social needs.
Until next week!
Tasha
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