July 23, 2014
By: Dani Smith
As the summer comes to an end, it is finally hitting me that I have to return to the harsh reality of classes soon. So instead of worrying about the semester ahead of me, I am choosing to reflect on...
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July 20, 2014
By: Dani Smith
I have never been a morning person. I generally don’t schedule classes before 10am during the year, because I know that I have a difficult time getting myself to pay attention to anything in the mornings. That being said, I...
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July 11, 2014
By: Dani Smith
After six weeks in the Patek lab, I feel at home in the basement of the Biological Sciences building. In addition to feeling comfortable with my lab colleagues, I have also gotten to know the other researchers located nearby. I...
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July 6, 2014
By: Dani Smith
This week's presentations were a great way for all of us to finally figure out what in the world everyone else in this program is spending their days doing. And one project in particular really caught my eye, partially because...
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June 29, 2014
By: Dani Smith
Now that I have comfortably settled into my routine at the Patek lab, my days have drastically changed since my first week in the lab. During my introduction to the lab, I spent most of my days reading papers that...
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June 22, 2014
By: Dani Smith
While I am working in the lab this summer, I will be spending the majority of my time digitizing the photographs of mantis shrimp appendages that my immediate supervisor, Dr. Phil Anderson, and I took during our trip to the...
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June 11, 2014
By: Dani Smith
Sitting down with Dr. Sheila Patek for this interview, it was clear to me how much this scientist loves her work. She carved the time for this interview out of an incredibly busy schedule, running from meeting to meeting in...
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June 7, 2014
By: Dani Smith
When I first read that I had been accepted to the Howard Hughes program for the summer, I was immediately nervous and incredibly excited to see what the summer would hold. After talking with an alumni of the program, I...
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