July 24, 2014
By: Mitch Lee
For the past eight weeks, I've had the opportunity to be a scientist. Or, at least, I've had the opportunity to feel like a scientist. And if I had to say just one thing about that feeling, it would be...
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July 21, 2014
By: Mitch Lee
Having the opportunity to attend private seminars given by some of Duke's most premiere researchers has been by far one of the most rewarding aspects of being an HHR Fellow. And it's rewarding for two reasons: because I get to...
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July 13, 2014
By: Mitch Lee
Science is difficult. I said that I expected this coming into the program, and indeed I have been proven to have anticipated correctly. Oddly enough, however, I came into this program expecting the theory behind the science to be the...
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July 6, 2014
By: Mitch Lee
Hearing about the projects and research being done by the other HH fellows was, in one word, exciting! And it was exciting for two reasons. The scientific theory behind each project--ranging from studying the genetic variation that drives speech-pattern development...
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June 29, 2014
By: Mitch Lee
Describing a "typical" day in the Buchler lab is difficult, as my agenda for any given day depends on the tasks required to advance my research project to its next step. That being said, there is a general pattern to...
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June 22, 2014
By: Mitch Lee
Researchers in Dr. Buchler's lab are working to better understand the regulatory mechanisms that occur naturally within the gene networks of organisms. The bulk of their research goes toward answering three basic questions. Firstly, how do these mechanisms function? Secondly,...
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June 15, 2014
By: Mitch Lee
Preparing to interview my p.i., Dr. Nicolas Buchler, was admittedly a daunting task. After all, I had asked him to squeeze thirty minutes out of his tremendously busy schedule so that I could pick his brain with questions that were...
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June 8, 2014
By: Mitch Lee
When we gathered for our first official morning meeting as Howard Hughes Fellows, we were given—in addition to coffee and an immensely appreciated breakfast—a few handfuls of useful advice, encouragement, and assurance about scientific research, its methods, purpose, and benefits....
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