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 […]
Azari Guerrero, Burton Lab at Scripps Research, Week 2
Hi everyone, I’m Azari and I just completed week two of my internship here at Scripps Research!! Just a reminder, I’m interning at the Burton Lab at Scripps Research in San Diego this summer. I currently work with Nathan Beutler, a post-doctorate immunologist who, through antibody discovery and therapeutic design, is working to understand why […]
Lana Kenworthy – Chemical Biology at DNC, Scripps, Week 2
Welcome back to my blog! For those who aren’t familiar with my internship, I have been working under my incredible mentor Cailynn Wang in the Ye Lab within the Dorris Neuroscience Center. Cailynn’s work focuses on using CATCH (clearing-assisted tissue click chemistry) to map drug distribution in brains in order to create safer and more […]
Reign Icasiano, George Lab UCSD, Week 2
Hello! Welcome back to my weekly updates from Team San Diego! This week at UCSD has been a short but fun one! Although I was only at work for three days, those three days were packed with a bunch of learning, new concepts, meeting new people, and of course, more rats. Mon. June 16, Day […]
Sarah Belanger, Brown University, Week 2
This week, I began taking on more responsibilities and working more independently. One of the highlights was being trusted to clean, stain, and wash our cells with little to no supervision. After inducing primary senescence in the cells last week, we were ready to take a select few cultures to stain and image. The other […]
Benjamin Carpenter, OAIRE Week 2
Hi everybody! I’m Ben and I just finished my second week at OAIRE. This week unfortunately, much like last week, wasn’t as fast as I was hoping that it would be. I did a lot of grunt work around the lab, and a project we were going to start working on was postponed due to […]
Lachlan Barrett EGI internship Week 1
Hi everyone! My First week at my internship at the energy and geosciences institute at the university of Utah has been extremely fun. This week my mentor Ting had me and Sullivan, the other intern at my lab, work to understand what the Darcy Equation was and how we would be using it during the […]
Jacob Sharpe HMS Internship Week 1
So far, I’ve been loving my time in Boston. It really is a great city, and I feel very privileged to be able to explore it. Right when I landed, I started exploring my neighborhood, finding my local stores and gym. The Wu Lab has also been great. The first day was a bit boring […]
Seamus McParland, San Diego State University, Week #1
This week at SDSU is the first of many fun weeks I will experience in the lab. Specifically, this week was an acclimation period to learn the ins and outs of what the lab works on and contributes to. I am part of a three-man team of interns who will take over an experiment […]