Arianna Galindo Roca, Rodham Institute, Week 4
Hi everyone! This was my last week interning in public health with the Rodham Institute at Georgetown University. A lot of things outside of my internship took place this week, so I had a lot of free time, but I still made the most of my time here. We had one last health fair to […]
Destiny Lawley UCSB Marine Science Institute Week 1
Hello everybody and welcome to my first blog and first week of my internship. We arrived July 1st which happens to be my birthday and I started work the next day. I arrived at the UCSB Marine Science Institute in the afternoon where I met Bob Miller, my mentor, and he gave me a tour […]
Rider Abbott, Oklahoma State University, Week #4
Welcome back everyone to yet another blog! This week was by far my favorite as we spent the days working towards obtaining our sUAS licenses! These would allow us to commercially fly drones that weigh between .55 and 55lbs! I take the test for this license on Monday (July 7th) so wish me luck! We […]
Jacob Sharpe, Wu lab HMS, Week 4
Hello everyone! This past week in Boston has again been a blast. In the lab, one of my mentors, Fei, showed me more about telomeres, which she is currently researching. She gave me a bunch of pictures of telomeres she had taken, and she told me to research ways I could analyze these pictures. She […]
Benjamin Carpenter Week 4 OAIRE
Hey everybody! I’m Ben and this was my fourth week here at OAIRE at OSU. This week was different, but in a good way. It started out normal, with Monday being filled with continuing to learn how to use the foam cutter. Myself and another intern were tasked with designing and cutting a fuselage for […]
Maiya Wagner – Organic Chemistry at TSRI, Engle Lab – Week 4
Hi everyone, to recap 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 […]
Lana Kenworthy – Chemical Biology at DNC, Scripps, Week 4
Hi everyone! Hope you’re ready for another weekly update from the Dorris Neuroscience Center at The Scripps Research Center in La Jolla! For those who don’t know what I’m doing, I am interning under my mentor Cailynn Wang, a research technician, and her work with CATCH (clearing-assisted tissue click chemistry). This week mainly focused on […]
Vivian Trommer, Colorado School of Mines M3 Lab Internship, Week 4
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 […]
Azari Guerrero, Burton Lab at Scripps Research, Week 4
Hello everyone!! I’m Azari and I just completed my fourth week at Scripps Research. Just a refresher, I’m working with Nate 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. This week I preformed an ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay), […]
Shiloh Warthen – Immunology + Microbiology at Briney Lab, TSRI – Week 4
Welcome back! I’m Shiloh and this is week 4 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, […]
Kiera Iversen, Ting Wu Lab HMS, Week 4
Hi all, and Happy Independence Day!! It has truly been just another incredible week here in Boston at the Ting Wu Lab. This week, we started a new chapter of our internship. Using the knowledge that we have gained when it comes to imaging and analysis, along with many other fields of knowledge and experience, […]
Eli Ellison, APR Internship, Week #2
Hi everyone, My second week at APR is now complete, and I’ve been having a great time! This week was a short one, running only from Monday through Wednesday, and the office was pretty quiet with many people out. Despite that, I still had the chance to learn a lot and work on some really […]