Danielle- Week 5
Hi there again! Week 5 was a busy one, which is why I’m writing this post on Thursday of Week 6. But don’t worry, a lot will happen between now and Sunday, so my Week 6 post will be just as action-packed as this one is. Since my internship is coming to an end, I’ve […]
Danielle- Week 3 and 4
Hi again everyone! So week 3 passed by so quickly that I didn’t even get a chance to write my blog post on time, so I’m just going to combine week 3 and 4. These weeks were action packed and full of fun things both inside and out of the lab. Research-wise, I ran polyalalanine […]
Danielle- Week 2
This week in Santa Barbara was very busy but extremely fun! I ran my first computer simulation studying the interaction between the osmolyte urea, the amino acid alanine, and water. We chose to use alanine because it is a very simple amino acid with only a methyl group (-CH3) as it’s side chain. Alanine also […]
Danielle: Week 1
Hi everyone! I’m Danielle Nguyen and I am doing a Pinhead internship at the University of California Santa Barbara this summer. I arrived in Santa Barbara on Sunday, June 29 around noon. The night before, I went to sleep at 2 AM and had to wake up at 3 AM so I was super tired, […]