July 25, 2018
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
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
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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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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July 6, 2018
By: Ayana Paul
I really enjoyed all of the chalk talks from last week. To be frank I felt a little proud of everyone because from what I could understand everyone had fairly complicated subjects and projects. To see that everyone could effectively...
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June 29, 2018
By: Ayana Paul
My work in the Perfect Lab varies from day to day. The day may start with me immediately working because at this point I know what I'm expected to do. Nevertheless, on days where I have no idea what I'm...
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June 23, 2018
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
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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June 10, 2018
By: Ayana Paul
My core expectation for the summer is to gain a general perspective of how research is conducted. In addition, I would like to at least be exposed to some of the basic experiments and techniques used in molecular biology and...
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