Tuesday, August 31, 2010

An Ideal Country

Maybe an ideal country not exist, for example there are countries with tropical climate that could be ideal for living but there are many unpleasant insect and animals. Other countries can be excellent in economy and lifestyle but their climate is awful. So I think the better country for living is our country, CHILE!!. We have beautiful landscapes such mountains, lakes, glaciers, icebergs and many others. However I would like to know other places or countries like Cuba or Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. I would like to visit Cuba because I think the cuban people are very friendly and nice and I would know Havana and Varadero beach. Galapagos islands is very interesting for me because of their rich flora and fauna, which is a mystery; how a large diversity of species could develop in a remote place.
I always have wanted to know New York. In general EEUU I don’t like but New York is different for me, it`s a old city with much history and it has a important influence over culture, entertainment, art, education and fashion. If I will travel to New York I would have to go with a lot of money, because of I am a little bit consumer.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

My work

My area of research is Nematology, it is a scientific discipline concerned with the study of plant parasitic nematodes; they are microscopic worms that live in the soil. They are an important crop pest in the world and in our country. The nematodes also can be vectors of other plant pathogens, like viruses.
In my PhD thesis I am studying the interaction between plant parasitic nematodes, plant viruses and plant. Specifically, I want to study the epidemiology of Xiphinema americanum and Tomato ringspot virus on stone fruit crops. These nematodes are difficult for their identification, so I will work with different methods for the nematodes identification, morphology and morphometric characterization and molecular analysis. For the identification of virus strains, I will work with molecular analysis. Later, I will do virus transmission test on indicator plants and I will determinate the transmission efficiency for each virus strains and its vector nematode, on stone fruit crops.
I like much my current research but it represents too much work and the next years it will take me a lot of time. I would like to have more time to enjoy the life, I need days with 34 hours or a little bit more jajaja. That is life of the students!!! :)

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Level 4

I think there are many topics to write, they could be for example violence and delinquency in our society, traditions, family conflicts, lifestyle and food.
Violence and delinquency is a real problem in Chile and other countries, I believe it is a theme very important to discuss.
Traditions is an current topic, you could discuss about the real importance of traditions like bullfight in Spain.
Family conflict is a common theme when you live with many people.
Lifestyle, you can write about your activities and you could analyze if it is healthy for you. Another topic that I would like to write is food, I like to cook and taste diferent food, also I like to prepare diferent drinks and enjoy them.