Benjamin Carpenter OAIRE Week 3
Testing a 14 ft long tube kite tail (the one we will use for the actual flights will be 65ft long) Hi, I’m Ben Carpenter. I am interning with Oklahoma State University for aerospace engineering. This week has been exciting. The first few days I continued my work with the hot wire foam cutter. […]
Arianna Galindo Roca, Rodham Institute, Week 3
Hello and welcome/welcome back to my blog! I am Arianna and I am interning in public health with the Rodham Institute at Georgetown University. This past week was supposed to be my last week here, but thanks to my mentors and Sarah Holbrooke agreeing on me doing a great job here, I got my internship […]
Shiloh Warthen – Immunology + Microbiology at Briney Lab, TSRI – Week 3
Welcome back! I’m Shiloh and this is week 3 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, […]
Vivian Trommer, Colorado School of Mines M3 Lab Internship, Week 3
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 […]
Maiya Wagner – Organic Chemistry at TSRI, Engle Lab – Week 3
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 […]
Reign Icasiano, George Lab UCSD, Week 3
I can’t believe I’m already halfway through my internship! It’s honestly gone by so fast, and I’m excited to continue to learn what I can in the last half of my stay here at UCSD. I’m so thankful for all of the George Lab staff, as they’ve welcomed me thoroughly, and it feels as if […]
Azari Guerrero, Burton Lab at Scripps Research, Week 3
Hello everyone!! I’m Azari and I just finished week three at the Burton Lab 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’ve slowly taken on […]
Lana Kenworthy – Chemical Biology at DNC, Scripps, Week 3
Welcome back! Week 3 has been so much fun! For those only now reading my blog, I have been interning at the Ye Lab within the Dorris Neuroscience Center at TSRI. I am assisting my mentor Cailynn Wang with her work on CATCH and mapping drug distribution in the brain (and other organs). So far […]
Noelle Roth, University of Houston, Week 3
Hello! Last week, I hoped to start samples by the end of this week, but I ended up working on a few other projects as well. This week ended up being pretty busy! Lab Work Although I didn’t get to test new samples with the Raman spectrometer, I worked on about three projects at once […]
Eli Ellison, APR Internship, Week #1
My first week interning at APR was awesome. APR is a performance engineering company that specializes in aftermarket tuning and upgrades for Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche vehicles. They develop high-performance software, hardware, and accessories to enhance speed, handling, and the overall driving experience. This week, I had the opportunity to spend time with several departments […]