Maya Santa Ana Rainbow Youth Center Week 2
Hello everyone! Here is week 2 of working with the Rainbow Youth Center! (RYC) Monday 16th Monday was a relaxed day, and I made sure to read up on some psychology in textbooks I could find, as well as research on human behavior. Tuesday 17th Z, our outreach specialist, had brought me with him to […]
Noelle Roth, University of Houston, Week 2
Hi everyone! Last week, I was almost done with the laser plate and practiced aligning the cyan laser. This week, I became more comfortable using the miller and learned how to use the lathe. There’s a lot of work to do before using the Raman spectrometer, but it’s rewarding to build components of my equipment. […]
Arianna Galindo Roca, Rodham Institute, Week 2
Hi everybody! I am Arianna and I am interning in Public Health with the Rodham Institute at Georgetown University, DC, and this is the end of my second week here. Last Sunday after I posted my blog for the first week, I went to the MedStar Hospital Cardiology Unit with my mentor’s husband, Adrian, who […]
Seamus McParland-Daab, San Diego State University, Week #2
My second week at Rowher Lab has concluded. Starting the week off we had a lab meeting to set up the agenda, everyone getting there own project or continuing previous ones. I was given a couple different options, choosing to focus more on phage therapy and its application. The implications of my choice mean that […]
Vivian Trommer, Colorado School of Mines M3 Lab Internship, Week 2
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 self-driving, electric race car using an RC car (the Super Baja Rey 2.0). I am staying with […]
Jacob Sharpe Wu Lab HMS Week 2
My second week at the Ting Wu Lab in Boston consisted mostly of data analysis. It’s fun to take pictures on the microscope, but anyone can do that, the real science begins when you have to interpret the pictures. At first, this data analysis was tricky. I had to learn a brand new software, make […]
Rider Abbott, Oklahoma State University, Week #2
Welcome back for week 2 of my internship here at OSU! This week has been full of interesting and fun activities that I’ve participated in! I’ve had the honor of working on everything for UAVs to Composite layups! This past week we had a intense focus on Composite layups and data recording software. For example: […]
Adam Szigeti ASU/MIX Internship Week 2
The second week of my internship is now done, and boy was it so much more than the first week. This week we got started working with the kids on Monday where we first got them setup working with Endstar. Getting the kids working with Endstar was not without its own issues many of the […]
Noah Landefeld U Houston Week 2
My Second week at the University of Houston is now over. This week, I continued to work on creating the thin metal films (The Featured image shows the thermal evaporator setup). It works by placing copper between two electrodes so that electricity can flow through it and heat it. The copper and the electrode are […]
Kiera Iversen, Ting Wu Lab HMS, Week 2
This week has been such a great way to continue my internship; I’m learning so much and enjoying each and every day! Just a reminder, I am interning at the Ting Wu Genetics Lab at Harvard Medical under the mentorship of two post-docs, Laura and Fei (though everyone always pitches in, and I’m learning so […]
Shiloh Warthen – Immunology + Microbiology at Briney Lab, TSRI – Week 2
Welcome back! I’m Shiloh and this is week 2 at the Briney Lab at Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, California. Quick Refresher: the Briney Lab operates within the Immunology and Microbiology department at Scripps as a subsection of the Burton Laboratory. Its members work to analyze human immune responses to infectious diseases like HIV, […]
Maiya Wagner – Organic Chemistry at TSRI, Engle Lab – Week 2
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 […]