Hi everyone, I am Natalie Lopez Ramirez and this is week 5 of studying metabolism at the Ye Lab at Scripps. [caption id="attachment_20495" align="alignleft" width="264"] Glucose strip containers!![/caption] I started Monday with the weekly lab meeting. This meeting was a little different because there was a postdoc...
I am Aubrielle Weaver, spending my summer in San Diego, California, at San Diego State University (SDSU). For six weeks I have been studying microbiology. My mentor is Gregory Burkeen, who is a Ph.D. student at SDSU. This is week 4 of my internship. I...
Hello everyone! My name is Giada Amundson and I am doing organic chemistry at Scripps. This is my 5th week in the lab with 2 weeks left. I can't believe that it is almost over! Monday, July 10 This morning, I took the mass of the Wittig...
Hi everyone! It has been another great week in Boulder! The week began with an analysis of DNA collections from a previous experiment. A machine called a Quibit counted the amount of DNA in one tube, (in nanograms), and we used this information and a bit...
I’m Jai Sanchez and I’m spending my summer in Santa Barbara, California studying marine and coastal life at UCSB/the REEF (Research Experience & Education Facility). The REEF is part of the Marine Science Institute’s (MSI) education and outreach program. The REEF is dedicated to teaching...
[caption id="attachment_20615" align="alignleft" width="150"] broken slide from the first tube furnace[/caption] This week was my last week at the University of Houston. While I feel like my research was cut rather short, I learned a great amount in such a short time span, and if given...
Hi all! This is week five of my internship at the Frazier Rehab Facility in Louisville Kentucky. I am nearing the end of my internship, with only one week left, and if I'm being completely honest, I am a little sad. I have met so...
This was my last week in San Diego. I was only there until Tuesday morning, but let me just say what a wonderful experience! I will be forever grateful. Because the 4th of July was on Tuesday I didn't have to go to work on Monday...
Hello everyone! I had another great week learning with the Neuromorphs and even got to enjoy some 4th of July festivities with them. This week, I continued to participate in the morning lectures and on top of that, I observed and helped set up some...