Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities
Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities has 50 remote-ready activities, which work for either your classroom or remote teaching.
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About Me!
Hi, my name is Danielle Marck and I am a senior biology major at Bryn Mawr. I am also premed and plan on applying to medical school over the summer. As a future physician I look forward to becoming a pediatric neurologist or neurosurgeon.
I have always been intrigued by the complexities of the brain and the large role the brain plays to ensure proper functioning of the entire body. I am very interested in the methods of treatment for various neurological diseases, differentiating between cognitive behavioral therapies, physical therapy, and drug treatment plans. I enjoy taking Pilates classes and recently learned that there was a special Pilates class for people with beginning and advanced stages of Parkinson’s disease. These individuals have made tremendous progress over a year long period and suffer less from tremor and muscle rigidity after taking Pilates. The improvements noted in these individuals is very intriguing to me especially since it shows that physical therapy is effectively slowing and making their Parkinsonian symptoms more manageable. Although Pilates is not curing these individuals of Parkinson’s disease, it is helping their body adapt.
I think neuroscience research is very important being that the connections made throughout our body are vital to our survival. Studies conducted in rats can at times be questionable being that scientists do not know enough about subtle differences between each person’s brain to accurately compare a human and rat brain. Since the brain and nervous system is so important to human survival, I feel that research in neuroscience is imperative to further our understanding of human longevity. I feel that research in neuroscience takes two routes, either studying behavior or chemical pathways. I think that for future research, these two routes need to be combined so that a deeper understanding of the brain can be accomplished.