Melaina Yender, Neuroscience and Click Chemistry at the Scripps Research Institute (Week Four)
Hello everyone! I’m Melaina Yender and this is my fourth week researching neuroscience and click chemistry at the Ye Lab at Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, California. I have been conducting research with my mentors on the binding of hallucinogenic drugs in the brain through the process of clearing-assisted tissue click chemistry (CATCH). This […]
Baen Tougher, Astro Physics and Astronomy, Week Five
This past week has been one of the best weeks of my internship. Loudon and I are at the peak of our work and it has been very exciting. We had a late start to the week because our mentor, Dmitry Vorobiev, let us drive back to Telluride for the 4th of July. When we […]
Loudon Doemland, Astrophysics(CU Boulder), Week 5
Hello everyone! My name is Loudon Doemland and I had quite an eventful fifth week. My sympathetic mentor, Dmitry, let Baen and I miss two days of work this week to travel back to telluride to visit friends and family for the fourth of July. Because we missed two days(excluding the day off, being the […]
Jai Sanchez, The REEF, Week Two
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, and marine life and how to preserve […]
Ashlee Petranovich- Clinical and School Psychology Internship (Murray State University) Week Six
Hello everyone! I hope that my blog post finds you well. My name is Ashlee Petranovich and I am currently in Murray, Kentucky attending Murray State University. While I am here on my internship I will be collaborating with four different programs that are focused on mental health, school safety, school psychology, and psychological assessments. […]
Natalie Trask, Spinal Cord Injury Research at the Fraizer Rehab Facility in Louisville Kentucky, Week Four
Hi all! This is week four of my internship at the Fraizer Rehab Facility in Louisville Kentucky. Even though this week was short due to the holiday, it was still a fantastic week! I continued to observe physical and occupation therapy sessions. Now that I have been here for an extended amount of time, I […]
Cheska Hrupcin, Entomology Research with the Brosi Lab at RMBL(Crested Butte), Week 2
Hello again! My name is Cheska Hrupcin and this is the second week of my entomology internship! This week, I actually spent the majority of my time working with Pinhead for their PunkScience activities back home in Telluride. So last Sunday I drove back to Telluride and got settled in. Then on Monday, I met […]
Sophia McNamara, Microbes at the Schmidt lab UC Boulder, Week 2
Hello all! I’m excited to tell you about my first week at the Schmidt lab at UC Boulder. First, I’ll give a brief summary of the experiment which I a, helping with! My mentor, Steve Schmidt, wants to discern the limiting nutrient for cryoconite in Antarctic sediment holes. To do this, the lab has Antarctic […]
Tahlia Trevino, Marine Biology Research at Marine Science Institute (University of California Santa Barbara), Week Three
Hi everyone, my name is Tahlia Trevino, and this is my third week at the Miller Lab at UCSB! This week was less eventful than the last two weeks, but that meant I had plenty of time to enjoy Santa Barbara. Monday, July 3rd Today was a TRAITS day, which if you have not read […]
Giada Amundson, Organic Chemistry at Scripps Research Institute, Week 4
Hello everyone! My name is Giada Amundson and I am doing organic chemistry at Scripps. This is my 4th week, with 3 weeks left of this internship. I can’t believe I am over halfway through my internship! Monday, July 3 Today, we don’t have work because it is Independence Day, so we had a chill […]
Natalie Lopez Ramirez, Metabolism at the Ye Lab, Week 4
Hi everyone, I am Natalie Lopez Ramirez and this is week 4 of studying metabolism at the Ye Lab at Scripps. I didn’t go to work on Monday or Tuesday. On Monday the other pinterns and I spent most of the day just hanging out at the house. It was Lily’s last day so we […]
Aubrielle Weaver, Microbiology at San Diego State University, Week 3
I am Aubrielle Weaver, and I am 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 3 of my internship. I encourage you to read my previous blogs […]