3.2 Effectively communicate orally in multiple contexts within the discipline.
In my research with Dr. Erin Shanle, I have gotten the opportunity to communicate my studies orally in several ways. It is very important to share research with others, to both show why what you are doing matters, and express to others how you can help contribute to the academic world on a greater scale.
Investigating the Effects of Cancer Mutations on the Activity of p300 Presentation
At the Spring Symposium before I participated in PRISM, or Perspectives on Research in Science and Mathematics, I shared my plan for the summer’s work. I explained what I had been already doing and where I intended to take it from there. I shared this with mostly faculty of the biology department and other students interested in research.
Cancer Mutations Alter the Coactivator Activity of p300 Core Poster
After the summer, I got to present my results in the form of a poster. This was a very small poster session with just PRISM participants and mentors, as well as any family or friends that wished to attend. The small setting allowed me to really go into detail when presenting my results. I had the opportunity to fully explain my entire project to some parents who had never really heard about my kind of research. This was a very rewarding experience for me.
Cancer Mutations Alter the Coactivator Activity of p300 Core Poster
In the following semester, I took the same poster to a larger scale poster session. This was a different environment than the one I participated in during the summer. There were hundreds of posters here at the 2019 Fall Symposium. It was harder to present here since there was so much going on but I did manage to share my research with several students at Longwood in different majors. This was an interesting way for me to further change the context of my oral presentation, to make it relatable to a peer in a different major.