Profile

• Time Zone

  Eastern

  
  
• Gender

  Female

  
  
• Organization

  Mount Aloysius College

  
  
• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  My research interests lie in the morphological and biochemical characterization of single and multigene mutants of ubiquitin specific proteases (UBPs) within Arabidopsis thaliana. My research in bioinformatic and phylogenetic analyses of ubiquitin specific proteases throughout plant and animal species has revealed conservation and divergence of UBPs amongst species. I’ve used plasmid construction/site-directed mutagenesis followed by DNA/RNA and morphological analyses to implicate the role and importance of gene domains and post-translational modifications to gene function. I also have experience in genotyping, phenotyping, southern blotting, SDS-PAGE, cloning, bacterial cell culture techniques, plant transformation, and various cell, DNA/RNA and protein purification methods.

  
  
• Profile Question 1

  What is best about being a scientist?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 1 here (300 words):

  That my job allows me to ask a variety of questions and then spend my days trying to answer them in new and creative ways!

  
  
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• Availability

  I am currently available for mentoring, please send me team match invitations

  
  
• Capacity: How many teams at a time are you comfortable working with?

  2

  
  

Recent Posts

IDEAL Team B Crystal Goldyn Apr 20, 2017

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Hi Team B,

I just found out I have to attend a meeting at 2 today. So, I will be unable to video conference with you guys. However, I will check the forum for updates on your results and answers to the questions I posed later this evening or…

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Hi Team B,

I just found out I have to attend a meeting at 2 today. So, I will be unable to video conference with you guys. However, I will check the forum for updates on your results and answers to the questions I posed later this evening or tomorrow morning. Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

IDEAL Team B Crystal Goldyn Apr 19, 2017

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Good afternoon Team B! As you have found out research does not always go as planned, and as much as we hope to prepare for pitfalls in our work we often can not. What is so impressive is that you guys immediately came up with a plan B and didn't…

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Good afternoon Team B! As you have found out research does not always go as planned, and as much as we hope to prepare for pitfalls in our work we often can not. What is so impressive is that you guys immediately came up with a plan B and didn't let this little set back stall your learning. I know you are not looking at the effects of pH on plant growth. One aspect to think about is how this may alter the bacteria in the soil. Do you think you have bacteria growing in your soil? If so, what kind? And how do you think changes in pH might alter their growth and then in turn alter your plant growth. I look foward to hearing some ideas on Thursday!

IDEAL Team B Crystal Goldyn Apr 12, 2017

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Hi Team B! I am available to meet tomorrow at 2:15. It seems like forever ago since we've talked, but I'm excited to hear about your trips and the data you collected for your experiments. Talk soon!

Crystal