July 24, 2014
By: Nina Sun
"Started from the bottom now we're here" - Well-known Canadian poet As the program comes to close, I cannot believe how quickly the summer has passed. Eight weeks ago, the title of my first post was "Started from...
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July 19, 2014
By: Nina Sun
Between biweekly faculty talks with the Howard Hughes program and the weekly talks in the Computer Science department, this summer has been truly a plunge into academia. While I enjoyed listening to all the research, what I liked most about the...
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July 12, 2014
By: Nina Sun
If I have learned anything in the last six weeks, I have learned how short six weeks is (and eight weeks for that matter). I feel like I have learned so much, but also like I don't have much to...
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July 6, 2014
By: Nina Sun
This week we had the chance to hear about everyone's research through chalk talks. I really enjoyed finally hearing about what each of us were working on. It's always fun to listen to people talk about what they are interested...
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June 29, 2014
By: Nina Sun
A "typical" day in the lab for me has varied over the past four weeks, but here are the basics. Using a protein visualization software called PyMol, I look at the 3D structure of proteins. For the past few weeks,...
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June 22, 2014
By: Nina Sun
Being able to study animals while they behave naturally is key in understanding the brain. Using carbon nanotube electrodes, the firing on individual neurons can be recorded, which can lead to further information about how the brain functions. These intracellular...
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June 15, 2014
By: Nina Sun
This week I had the opportunity to have lunch with Dr. Bruce Donald and ask him a bit about his life. Dr. Donald graduated from Yale with a major in Russian Language and Literature. He had been always been interested...
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June 8, 2014
By: Nina Sun
New summer, new lab, new people, new operating systems. The first thing I learned at Dr. Bruce Donald's lab was how to open a file. Yes, I was making progress at record-breaking pace with the help from my undergraduate mentor,...
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