Hi everyone, welcome back to the blog! This week in the lab, we were working on two main projects for Nathan and Terrance; we were mainly focusing on protein harvesting, which is a big step and enables us to isolate the antibodies, which opens doors...
Hello all! I can't believe I'm already over halfway done with my Pinternship! So far I've learned so much and loved being immersed in the world of science and microbiology. This week I did a lot of work under Nathan, who's focusing on Lassa virus...
Hello everyone! Week 2 at Briney Lab went by quickly and was full of hands- on wet labs and lots of learning! We began the week by being given a sequence of DNA, but more specifically a gene of interest from HIV-1, and our job was...
Hello! My name is Belle McTigue, and this summer I am interning at the Briney Lab at TSRI (The Scripps Research Institute) in San Diego. The Briney Lab is a microbiology lab focusing on infectious diseases and antibodies. I will be working under Jonathan, a...
Hello! My name is Belle McTigue, and I'm a junior at Telluride High School. This summer, I'll be interning at the Brinley-Burton Labs at Scripps, working alongside scientists to study microbiology, focusing on antibodies and infectious diseases. I have been surrounded by science from a young...