Ellyssa Castillo
Past Projects
Ellyssa Castillo spent her freshman year of high school enrolled in Foster High school’s Intro to Biotechnology course. Besides learning how to use various lab equipments, she also participated in many different studies; one of which is the yEvo project. The yEvo project is a 7-week long investigation that started around the end of April 2022 and ended around the beginning of June 2022. During this lab, Ellyssa specifically observed how her strand of yeast survived and evolved in an environment that progressively increased in Fungicure concentration. To conclude her study, Ellyssa was able to produce a population of yeast that was more fit than the ancestors, and ultimately learn about how mutations in organisms impact how it interacts with its world.
Current Projects
Currently, Ellyssa Castillo is enrolled in Foster Highschool’s Advanced Biomed course. Here, she is working on exploring the world of Bacteriology and Cell Culture by solving calculations to make the right concentrations of media. Using the media she makes, Ellyssa plans to perform a Kirby-Bauer Test in order to learn more about bacteria’s susceptibility to different antibiotics. With luck, Ellyssa hopes to learn about how to use a Flow Cytometer as well as understand how it functions. With her acquired skills in biotechnology, she wants to be able to make her own questions and use scientific procedures to find her own answers.
Personal
From being an artist to being a lawyer, Ellyssa has thought about many different jobs she might want to pursue in the future. Although as of now, Ellyssa sees herself as having a career in the medical field. She plans to be a pharmacist or a sonographer but is always open to other paths that she may later find is more suited for her. Other than science, Ellyssa has interests in arts and literature and sees them as hobbies she enjoys. She enjoys reading books, watching films, making clay sculptures, and spending time with her friends.
