User:Taylor Makela

Taylor Makela

Contact Information

• Email Address:
  • t makela 1 at lion dot lmu dot edu
  • Email Taylor Makela through OpenWetWare
• Mailing Address:
  • 1 LMU Dr, Department of Biology, Los Angeles, CA 90045

Education

• Biology Major
• Expected to graduate in May of 2022
• Upper Division Courses:

1. Bioinformatics Lab
2. Immunology

Career Interests and Goals

• After graduating from LMU and obtaining my BS in Biology, I hope to go to medical school.
• My specific interests within medicine include pediatrics and surgery.

Work Experience

Katherine Johnson STEM Academy

• Tutor
• Katherine Johnson STEM Academy
• 01/2019 - 05/2020
• Responsibilities:
  • Worked closely with students in grades 6 through 8, helping to develop math and essay writing skills.
  • Helped students with subject knowledge as well as general abilities in learning, studying and retaining information.
  • Recorded student progress and tutoring session details.
  • Structured tutoring environment to promote productivity and foreign language learning.

Hoag Hospital

• Volunteer
• Hoag Hospital Newport Beach
• 01/2017 - 12/2018
• Responsibilities:
  • Worked with others to greet and direct patients entering the hospital.

Saddleback Church

• Volunteer
• Saddleback Church
• 08/2015 - 01/2016
• Responsibilities:
  • Worked with 3-year-old children during church services.
  • Read to and taught 3-year-old children/

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Personal Interests and Hobbies

• My interests/hobbies include:

1. Baking
2. Going to the Beach
3. Reading
4. Fashion
5. Community Service

Favorite Aspect of Biology

• My favorite aspect of biology is its ability to allow us to learn about the world around us, as well as how our bodies function.
• I am very interested in medicine so I enjoy learning about how our bodies and different diseases/viruses work.

Favorite Aspect of Computer Science

• My favorite aspect of computer science is the ability to connect my interest in science to the ever-evolving and important tool that is technology.
• I enjoy looking at and comparing data involving medication concentrations in the blood over time or infection rates of various diseases over time.

Template Links

• Taylor Makela
• Taylor Makela Template
• BIOL368-01: Bioinformatics Laboratory Homepage

Assignment Pages

• Week 1 Assignment Page
• Week 2 Assignment Page
• Week 3 Assignment Page
• Week 4 Assignment Page
• Week 5 Assignment Page
• Week 6 Assignment Page
• Week 7 Assignment Page
• Week 8 Assignment Page
• Week 9 Assignment Page
• Week 10 Assignment Page
• Week 11 Assignment Page
• Week 12 Assignment Page
• Week 14 Assignment Page

Individual Journal Pages

• Taylor Makela Journal Week 2
• Taylor Makela Journal Week 3
• Taylor Makela Journal Week 4
• Taylor Makela Journal Week 5
• Taylor Makela Journal Week 6
• Taylor Makela Journal Week 7
• FoldamerDB Review
• Taylor Makela Journal Week 9
• Taylor Makela Journal Week 10
• Taylor Makela Journal Week 11
• Comparison of Human and Hamster ACE2 Receptors for SARS-CoV-2 Week 12
• Comparison of Human and Hamster ACE2 Receptors for SARS-CoV-2 Week 14

Class Journal Pages

• Class Journal Week 1
• Class Journal Week 2
• Class Journal Week 3
• Class Journal Week 4
• Class Journal Week 5
• Class Journal Week 6
• Class Journal Week 7
• Class Journal Week 8
• Class Journal Week 9
• Class Journal Week 10
• Class Journal Week 11
• Class Journal Week 12
• Class Journal Week 14

Acknowledgements

• I acknowledge my homework partner, Nida Patel, who I consulted before and after class for several hours.
• I copied and modified the protocol shown on the Week 1 page.

Except for what is noted above, this individual journal entry was completed by me and not copied from another source. Taylor Makela (talk) 14:03, 11 September 2020 (PDT)

References

1. Denning, P. J. (2008). Voices of Computing [Abstract]. The Profession of IT. doi:10.1145/1378704
2. Denning, P. J. (2008). Computing is a Natural Science [Abstract]. The Profession of IT. doi:10.1145/1272516
3. Janovy, J. (2004). Ch. 1: Naturalists. In On becoming a biologist (pp. 1-33). Lincoln, NB: University of Nebraska Press.
4. OpenWetWare. (2020). BIOL368/F20:Week 1. Retrieved September 10, 2020, from https://openwetware.org/wiki/BIOL368/F20:Week_1