Final Week-Mikaela
I can’t believe my internship is already over. The last couple weeks have been super busy and flew by. In my last post I talked about the island trip that I was going to go on. Well let’s just say that trip was the highlight of my summer. Everyone who was going on the trip […]
Jess- Week 3
Week 3 This weekend Lisa took me to Atlanta. We were able to stay with the Tatums (Tom’s Daugher, Elizabeth’s family). Saturday, we had a trip planned to the Georgia Aquarium, which turned out to be very fun. Despite it being extremely crowded, we were able to do a small behind the scenes tour. We […]
Marten: Week Two
I spent my weekend with some friends who live in the area and we had an amazing time playing ultimate Frisbee and just visiting with each other. However I came back Sunday evening ready for the week ahead. On Monday Morning we went to our meeting (Tom brought muffins because he is awesome) […]
Week 4 Sabine
Oh my goodness, I am over halfway done with my internship! Where did time go, what is happening? It’s going by so quickly. This week in the lab, we started off with the Qubit (pronounced cubit). The Qubit is a little machine that tells you how much RNA is in your sample. We already used […]
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 […]
Week 5. Aaron
My time here in Auburn is winding down fast and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it. It feels like I arrived just a day or two ago and now I only have a week left. The past week I rotated to the ambulatory station. This rotation a group of students and their professor Dr. Taylor […]
Jess- Week 2
Week Two: Tuesday of this week I was lucky enough to visit Sapelo Island, another one of the 14 barrier islands off the coast of Georgia. My fabulous soon-to-be host mom, Zelda, was able to use her never ending connections to send me to Sapelo with Savanna Country Day School. Sapelo is home to the […]
Sabine Week 3
I’m settling in quite well and I’m having a lot of fun. Click here for a video! —> Me Pipetting Last week, we left off with NanoDropping the RNA samples. We ended up with a large quantity of RNA without many contaminants, which is very good! We did some quick calculations so that we could dilute […]
Marten: Week One
My name is Marten Kendall and my internship is in our very own state of Colorado in Boulder at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder. I will working on the Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer (MinXSS). This is a very small sized satellite known as a cubesat. There […]
Week Five-Mikaela
This week has flown by! It’s crazy to think that my internship is almost over. Tomorrow morning at 6 am I am heading on a 4 day camping trip to the Chanel Islands with Bob and his undergraduate class. I’m really looking forward to going because multiple people from my lab and my dorm have […]
Week 4. Aaron
Between all the excitement at the university and at home I find myself late writing my blog. But better late than never so here I go. The group of grad students that I’ve spent the last four weeks with are moving on to other parts of their education. These are good people and were always […]
Zach– week four
Other Stuff So far, and especially my last post, have been mostly science based. Which is great– I am here in San Diego for a science internship. But that’s not everything I have been doing. San Diego is a beach town, this is my summer, and I have been enjoying the sun and heat. […]