I’ve never been a fan of what I call “flat notes”. The kind of notes where the text just runs down the page in one incomprehensible, daunting wall of words. I tend to take those only during lecture courses where I don’t have time to make them my own with doodles, diagrams, and colors. So when I started a research journal over the summer to refresh myself for the incoming college biology courses (after a two-year gap from sophomore biology), I took the time to have a bit of fun.
Viruses have fascinated me for years. The idea that a microorganism can take a cell and hijack it, turning it into a factory to further its own agenda seems like something out of a horror movie. However, the idea that this is something that happens regularly in our own bodies is something that I decided required a lot more in-depth investigation than the three pages of notes I had from 2012. This journal will continue to be a work in progress as I have time between classes this year, and as long as there are still pages to be filled.
