Arianna Galindo, Rodham Institute, Week 1
Hello everyone! I’m Arianna and I am interning with The Rodham institute at Georgetown university, DC. Founded in 2013 by Dr. Jehan (Gigi) El-Bayoumi in honor of Ms. Dorothy Rodham, The Rodham Institute focuses on providing the underserved populations of Washington DC with resources to improve health equity in the district. My first task after […]
Rider Abbott, Oklahoma State University, Week #1
Hello everyone! My name is Rider Abbott. An intern out here at OSU! I just finished up my very first week out here in the open fields of Oklahoma, and I’m loving it! Spending the days out at the Excelsior engineering building here at OSU. The first few days were a hodgepodge of meeting new […]
Noah Landefeld U Houston Week 1
I am pleased to have started my internship in physical chemistry at the University of Houston. This Week has just blown by with so many new things. I never knew that I could learn so much in such a short amount of time. The campus has been so cool to walk around on and explore. […]
Sarah Belanger, Brown University, Week #1
Hi everyone! I just wrapped up my first week as an intern at the Nerretti lab in the Department of Biology at Brown. The first day was all about orientation, getting familiar with the lab space, and understanding the broader goals of the project. The lab focuses on the processes of senescence from their markers […]
Vivian Trommer, Colorado School of Mines M3 Lab Internship, Week 1
Hi, my name is Vivian Trommer, and I am interning at Colorado School of Mines. I am working with Professor Petruska, two of his PhD students, and a master’s student this summer. We are working on making a 1/6th scale self-driving, electric race car using an RC car (the Super Baja Rey 2.0). I started […]
Noelle Roth, University of Houston Internship, Week 1
Hi everyone! I’m Noelle Roth, and I’m thrilled to begin my chemistry internship at the University of Houston. I’m working with Professor Baldelli and two grad students, utilizing the Raman spectrometer for material analysis. First, I have to build my portion of the spectrometer, working with systems previously built, to begin my data collection. This […]
Azari Guerrero, Burton Lab at Scripps Research, Week 1
Hello everyone!! I’m Azari and I’m interning at the Burton Lab at Scripps Research in San Diego this summer. I work with Nathan Beutler, a post-doctorate immunologist who, through antibody discovery and therapeutic design, is working to understand why an effective vaccine for malaria hasn’t been developed yet. The lab itself isolates and characterizes antibodies […]
Shiloh Warthen – Immunology + Microbiology at Briney Lab, TSRI – Week 1
Hi guys!! I’m Shiloh and for the past week (one of six!) I’ve been an intern in the Briney Lab at Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, California. Bit of context on that: the Briney Lab operates within the immunology and microbiology department at Scripps as a subsection of the Burton Laboratory. Its members work […]
Reign Icasiano, George Lab UCSD, Week 1
Hello! My name is Reign Icasiano and I got the exciting opportunity to be a Pintern this summer! I am working in the George Lab at UCSD studying neuroscience, specifically dealing with addiction and how it affects the brain. This blog will document my full internship, start to finish, tuning into the full experience with […]
Maiya Wagner – Organic Chemistry at Scripps Research, Engle Lab – Week 1
Hi everyone, my name is Maiya Wagner, and I feel so blessed to be given the opportunity to work in San Diego interning at the Scripps Research Institute. I am working at the Engle lab, which works with catalysis, and is run by Keary Engle. and with Madison Wagner, a third-year graduate student and PhD […]
Lana Kenworthy – Chemical Biology at DNC, Scripps, Week 1
Hi everyone! My first week in San Diego has been amazing! I am lucky enough to be interning at the Ye Lab within the Dorris Neuroscience Center at the Scripps Research Center. I am interning under the guidance of my incredible mentor Cailynn Wang and her research on CATCH (or clearing-assisted tissue click chemistry). My […]
Benjamin Carpenter, OAIRE Week 1
Hi everyone! I’m Benjamin Carpenter, and this summer I am interning with OSU (Oklahoma State University) in their aerospace engineering department, or Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education (OAIRE). I am here with another Pintern, Rider. This first week was pretty slow, but it was slow for important reasons. This week focused on instruction, as well as the […]