Hi everyone! Last week, I was almost done with the laser plate and practiced aligning the cyan laser. This week, I became more comfortable using the miller and learned how to use the lathe. There’s a lot of work to do before using the Raman...
Hi everybody! I am Arianna and I am interning in Public Health with the Rodham Institute at Georgetown University, DC, and this is the end of my second week here. Last Sunday after I posted my blog for the first week, I went to the...
My second week at Rowher Lab has concluded. Starting the week off we had a lab meeting to set up the agenda, everyone getting there own project or continuing previous ones. I was given a couple different options, choosing to focus more on phage therapy...
Hi, my name is Vivian Trommer, and I am interning at Colorado School of Mines. I am working with Professor Petruska, two of his PhD students, and a master’s student this summer. We are working on making a self-driving, electric race car using an RC...
My second week at the Ting Wu Lab in Boston consisted mostly of data analysis. It’s fun to take pictures on the microscope, but anyone can do that, the real science begins when you have to interpret the pictures. At first, this data analysis was...
The second week of my internship is now done, and boy was it so much more than the first week. This week we got started working with the kids on Monday where we first got them setup working with Endstar. Getting the kids working with...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
