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July 25, 2018

The End

By: Ayana Paul

Summer 2018 is one of the most memorable summers I've had in my whole life. I've gone to Disneyworld, travelled abroad for a couple of weeks but I can never say I recieved as much as I did from this...
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July 22, 2018

My Favorite Seminar

By: Ayana Paul

Besides the immense amount of training I have recieved this summer, I have learned a lot about what I want for myself in the future. This is in part due to the seminars that I have witnessed in the last...
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July 13, 2018

Ayana’s Abstract

By: Ayana Paul

Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungus that is most commonly responsible for the disease meningoencephalitis, an infection of the central nervous system, and is potentially fatal in immunocompromised individuals such as those with AIDS. In addition, research related to C. neoformans...
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How things are going so far

By: Ayana Paul

My activities have slowed down in the recent couple of days because the lab is starting its mice experiments. All that is required is to grow my cultures out and prepare them into an innoculum for the mice. After that...
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June 23, 2018

My Work with Crypto

By: Ayana Paul

The lab that I work in (Perfect Lab) focuses in further understanding fungal Cryptococcus strains and how it utilizes its genes and proteins to function. My project specifically deals in further studying the fungal strain, Cryptococcus neoformans, that causes meningitis in...
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June 16, 2018

My Interview with Dr.Perfect

By: Ayana Paul

During my interview with Dr. Perfect, we discussed numerous topics related to his education, science/research, medicine, his kids, etc. My most memorable moments in life are the times when I give people the oppurtunity to speak freely and simply tell...
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