Pintern Blogs

Wow it seems like just yesterday I was arriving in Arizona and now I’m already back home. This last month has been one of the most incredible things I’ve ever done and this final week really wrapped things up. This last week of camp went...

Hello everyone, welcome to my last update. My last week at University of Houston was a bit busy as everyone was preparing their posters for our final presentation. Thankfully everything went well. LAB/RESEARCH  This past week I spent my days perfecting my poster for the...

Hello everyone, for the past two weeks, I have been on a school trip to Scandinavia. This was my first week back, and I jumped right into it! My week was cut short because of a concert at Red Rocks and a short trip back...

My third week at Scripps has been, while somewhat repetitive, very enjoyable! As a reminder, I’m working at the Ye Lab at the Scripps Research Institute. My mentors (Kaili Xue and Leyao Shen) are looking into the metabolism of glucose during learning processes, and how...

Hi everyone! I’ve officially arrived in Isla Vista, California, where I’ll be spending the next several weeks as a marine biology intern at the University of California, Santa Barbara. I’m incredibly excited to begin this opportunity in Bob Miller’s lab, where the research focuses on...

Hello everyone, This was definitely a fun week! Between all of the World Cup games and the Fourth of July celebrations, it felt like there was always something exciting happening. There was a lot to watch and celebrate, and it made the week go by...

Hello everyone! Week 5 at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) was a little shorter than usual since everyone had Friday off for the Fourth of July, but there was still plenty to work on before the long weekend. One of the main...

Hello everybody! Welcome back to my Pintern blog. This week marked the beginning of our fourth week in the George Lab at UCSD. With one of my mentors away on vacation, my schedule looked a little different than usual, giving me the opportunity to spend...

It is the end of week 4 here at the Colorado School of Mines in the RoSE Lab, we are getting close to getting parts to start the prototype of the IPEx rover. This week the first prototype of the drum was made. This week...

Hello all to my final blog post of the internship! This last week has been short and sweet, as I scrambled my way through analysis of the spectra of my samples, finishing up my poster presentation, and saying my final goodbyes to all the friends...

I have just completed my first week on Tybee Island, working at the Marine Science Center. My mentor, Alli, and her team have been incredibly welcoming. My first day of work was Monday, June 29th. I have been primarily working with Sea Camp, a week-long...

Hello everyone! Week 2 at Briney Lab went by quickly and was full of hands- on wet labs and lots of learning! We began the week by being given a sequence of DNA, but more specifically a gene of interest from HIV-1, and our job...

This week was different. I was exposed to such a different aspect of healthcare this week–in comparison to research or clinicals. This almost comes across to me as the most important, universal, and lifelong lesson I will experience while I’m here. Funny enough–nothing grandiose was...