Our Students – St. Andrews Biological Station – Bronte Thomas
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My first experience working in the lab here this summer, I actually got to see a lobster embryo under a microscope and I saw its heartbeat for the first time, I would say that was a really amazing moment for me.
I'm Bronte Thomas and I'm here at the St. Andrews Biological Station on an Aboriginal internship program.
The best part about my job here is that I can go and see everything that's going on here at the station. I've been really enjoying going out on the boat on the biodiversity trawls. I also work as a science intern working in the labs helping the researchers collect data. I help the scientists take samples off of the lobsters’ clutch which is kind of where they keep their eggs in their belly. We flip the lobsters upside down and we open up their tail and their eggs are there and we take their egg samples from their clutch to be studied.
The goal of the lobster research is to see how lobster fertility rates could be affected by global climate change.
The scientists here are so amazing and I find they've been so engaging. I'm not just there helping out but they make sure they explain the whole study to me and they're always really eager to answer my questions.
Working at the St. Andrews Biological Station has completely inspired my wanting to return to school for environmental science. I think it's really awesome to be a part of a study that could help influence the way we live our life and the way that policy is made in the future.
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