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Overcoming Dynamic Times

My motivation for writing this post is due to a comment from my colleague during our monthly lab group meeting. In her words “Precious, I am jealous by how much progress you made this month” I know she meant, she was motivated by my productivity despite the pandemic situation we are in right now. ThisContinue reading “Overcoming Dynamic Times”

Importance of soil microbial communities

I have been studying the effect of climate change on soil microbial activity for a few months now, so I thought to share the importance of soil microbial communities in food systems so you can understand its relevance even without being a scientist. Microbes have existed for over 3.5 billion years. There are five major kindsContinue reading “Importance of soil microbial communities”

CLIMATE CHANGE

I was preparing to participate in the “Week of the young child” event to be held at Tennessee State University on April 8, 2020. However, it was cancelled due to the covid-19 outbreak. I intended to engage the kids via activities that would teach them about global warming and enlighten their guardians on what theyContinue reading “CLIMATE CHANGE”

Learning R programming for statistical analysis as a beginner

I joined the lab of Climate Change and Soil Biogeochemistry group at the Department of Agriculture, at Tennessee State University on January 13th, 2020. One of my goals for graduate school was to learn R programming language for statistical computing and data analysis. Since I joined my research group, I joined the lab of ClimateContinue reading “Learning R programming for statistical analysis as a beginner”

JOURNAL CLUB MEETING

A journal club is an educational meeting where a group of individuals review published articles to keep abreast with new knowledge, and current research methodologies/ findings. On the commencement of my master’s degree program at Tennessee State University this year, I have been opportune to attend several journal club meetings with my professors and fellowContinue reading “JOURNAL CLUB MEETING”

SOIL RESPIRATION

This month I participated in the measurement of soil respiration using the pp system (EGM5 Carbon dioxide analyzer), in the Lab of Climate and Soil Biogeochemistry, Tennessee State University. I found this procedure very fascinating and I would be sharing a brief description of this procedure and a background on soil respiration. Interestingly, over 2,700 GigatonnesContinue reading “SOIL RESPIRATION”