Natalie Lopez Ramirez, Metabolism at the Ye Lab, Week 5
Hi everyone, I am Natalie Lopez Ramirez and this is week 5 of studying metabolism at the Ye Lab at Scripps. I started Monday with the weekly lab meeting. This meeting was a little different because there was a postdoc that came to be interviewed. During the meeting, she presented her research. She is originally […]
Aubrielle Weaver, Microbiology at San Diego State University, Week 4
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 encourage you to read my previous blogs in order to […]
Giada Amundson, Organic Chemistry at Scripps Research Institute, Week 5
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 product I made on Friday, and got a […]
Sophia McNamara, Microbes at Schmidt Lab UC Boulder
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 of simple math to find the total amount of […]
Aiden’s aerospace engineering internship week 5
Hey everyone this is my 5th week in Oklahoma. in terms of weather not much has been different from the previous weeks. but this has been an exciting week because I got to build a drone! It was from a kit but it was still fun. it’s not like building a robot for FTC (first […]
Jai Sanchez, The REEF, Week Three
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 everyone about coastal biology, marine life, and how to preserve […]
Saida Holder Chemistry at the University of Houston Week 6
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 the opportunity, I would definitely do it again! This week flew by, and I attempted to get as much done […]
Natalie Trask, Spinal Cord Injury Research at the Frazier Rehab Facility in Louisville Kentucky, Week Five
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 many amazing people and experienced so many new things that […]
Lily Vogel, Neurobiology Scripps Research Institute, Week 4
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 either. Even though I was fine with working on […]
Kiara Warren, Telluride Neuromorphic Engineering and Cognition Workshop, Week 2
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 experiments. On Monday, I attended lectures about past projects the […]
Brooke Duncan: Software Development with Agile Onboarding, Week 4
And all of a sudden, I have only one week left! Hello and welcome (back) everyone! My name is Brooke Duncan and I am doing a software development/engineering internship with Agile Onboarding here in Telluride, CO. As I am sure is the case for most of you, this past week has been primarily a week […]
Rose Kirk-Landry, Environmental Engineering at the University of Utah, Week 5
My name is Rose Kirk-Landry and I am interning in environmental engineering at the Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Monday – We spent the morning with Lei (EGI’s data scientist) going over some basics for coding with python. He set us up with VScode and showed us […]