Things are getting pretty routine, by now. I've gotten comfortable with the protocols/procedures in the lab. For example, during my first week, Rob gave me a procedure for DNA isolation to read over, with the intention that it would give me an idea of what...
Last Weekend everyone from the team went on a group bike ride together and it was pretty awesome. My dad also came out to visit me and we went camping at Estes park and went hiking and swimming in alpine lakes. It's incredible how little...
Week Five I am flying through my internship, so fast it will be gone before I realize. Already, I am starting to wonder where my weeks went. As it was for my last few months in France, these last few weeks in San Diego have skipped...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...