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Danika Petit: George Lab Week Five

Hello again!! I’m very sad that there is only one week left to enjoy such a wonderful place and learn more from an amzing lab. San Diego has exceeded expectations and has given me a vision into the future and possible careers I want to pursue. This week I have primarily been focusing on creating […]

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Danika Petit: Week Four

Welcome back,  This week was slower than most and consisted of a lot of reading and learning. I read two papers one from Sierra Simpson a post-grad in our lab and one for a journal club we do every Monday. Sierra’s paper is about her recent experiment on the microbiome. The microbiome is something I […]

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Danika Petit: Week 3- Euthanizing and Surgeries

Week 3 everyone,  This week has been captivating and full of new experiences!  To start off the week, we began dissections on a cohort of rats that have completed their scientific mission and have now passed onto a wonderful rat heaven.  What’s fascinating about the rat is that it’s 97% genetically similar to us, which […]

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Danika Petit- Week Two at George Lab

Welcome back everyone,  This week has been shorter than last since we were given the 4th off. Monday was a rather short day since the lab was bustling with people, so we were sent home early. Tuesday seemed to pick up and was a much longer day. We arrived at the lab at 7:30 am […]

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Danika Petit- Week One at George Lab: Addiction and Genetics

Hello everyone, my name is Danika Petit and I have an incredible opportunity to be interning at George Lab in San Diego. I drove here last weekend and began the internship on Monday. This week has been slow because of Olivier George and Giordano De Gulielmo presenting their research at a conference. We began our […]

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