Delaney Carlin

Collaborated with other board members to recruit guest speakers and host events to build a community of chemistry majors

Optimized PCR conditions to improve mutant Taq DNA Polymerase amplification of XNA

Improved methods for characterizing enzyme activity with XNA using quantitative PCR

Reduced length of XNA PCRs from 25 hours to 1.5 hours

Used longest template to date for XNA PCR

Developed new protocols for testing the thermostability of Taq mutants

General Chemistry Lab, Integrated Biology and Chemistry Lab, Microbiology Lab

Helped prepare materials for lab

Oversaw and mentored students on projects and new lab techniques

Graded assignments and provided feedback on students' lab reports

Helped students in Introductory Chemistry and Biology learn content for the class

Provided advice for learning material based on my past experience in the classes