Help me agar, you are my only hope.
With the efforts of previous weeks directing our methods, week 3 passed very quickly with relative efficiency. This week had a few aims.
- Using what had already been learnt, experiment with new traps based on different mediums
- Choose the most effective protein dye
- Further examine the effects of cercariae penetration on elastase release
With regard to our first criteria we experienced relative success! From previous weeks we had learnt the importance of leaving adequate time for the cercariae to burrow. Wax also did not seem like a good medium and so we experimented with a variety of new chemicals.