Hello! I’m back again with my weekly update, and to be honest, this one ended up feeling a bit lonelier than usual toward the end. On Monday, I received word that my mentor, Professor Bry, would be away from Wednesday through the following Tuesday. While I...
[caption id="attachment_35134" align="alignleft" width="188"] Running correlations for my speaker notes[/caption] The day is here: my last blog. First of all, thank you to everyone who followed along! It was an excellent journey of growth and learning. Secondly, go check out the other pintern blogs – after...
Hello everyone! I arrived in santa barbara last weekend with my dad after a 14 hour drive! We got to my host families house and after a very short introduction and unpacking, my dad and I Touristed around and then later on I got the...
This week has been incredibly rewarding. From squid dissections to turtle feedings, I have been showered with so much information that I can hardly keep track of it all. I have been rigorously taking notes, but it is impossible to soak it all up, and...
I know I just said it, but I will say it again: wow. I cannot fathom how I am a whole month into my internship. Stepping off that plane into the warm Louisville air and being greeted with warm welcomes from my host family doesn’t...
Hello everyone, it's Gunnar Robinson! This week of my internship was a little different from the previous weeks because I stepped away from the research lab and participated in the Petroleum Engineering Super School hosted by Dr Luis Zerpa and the Colorado School of Mines....
Hello everybody, my name is Kaila, and welcome back to my blog. This is my second-to-last week, and I already miss it so much. MONDAY 07•06•26 Today I started the day off with Selene at Skaggs. Skylar, one of her students, was using the computer I usually...
Insane it's the 3rd week of my internship!! So lets just go right to it:) Monday, July 6th Today we did Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) cloning with Hantavirus still continuing on with Benjamin's project. To recall our purification with the first sample of Hantavirus was not successful,...
Hello everyone, week three, I'm officially over halfway done, and am so sad. I love getting up each morning and seeing what the lab has in store for us. This week was really fun. We did a lot, and got to feel like really a...
Hello everybody! Welcome back to my Pintern blog. I can't believe I only have one week left in the George Lab. This past week was absolutely jam-packed, and more than anything, it reminded me just how much I genuinely enjoy science. By the end of the...
Hello all! I can't believe I'm already over halfway done with my Pinternship! So far I've learned so much and loved being immersed in the world of science and microbiology. This week I did a lot of work under Nathan, who's focusing on Lassa virus...
Hey everyone, this week was definitely the most work-intensive one of my internship so far. After spending the past several weeks learning the basics of the project and preparing samples, I have finally reached the stage where most of the soil samples have been scanned...
Clinical Focus & Breakthroughs: SATCO Research and Keeping Kids Engaged A lot of my time this week was dedicated to SATCO (Segmental Assessment of Trunk Control) research, diving deeper into how we measure and support core stability in children. Alongside the research, I was tasked with...
Hi everyone, just a recap: my name is Zoe Schiffer, and I have had the amazing opportunity to spend 6 weeks in San Diego, interning at the Scripps Research Institute in the Engle Lab. The lab is run by Keary Engle. I have been working...
Hey all! This is already my very last post, and I am so grateful for how fun these past few weeks have been. Even though I'm sure you've heard this before, I'm going to say it: I really didn't expect time to fly bye so...