July 16, 2022
By: Amelia Cangialosi
Mentors: Anne Draelos, Ph.D., Liz O’Gorman, John Pearson, Ph.D (Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics) The intersection of neuroscience and advanced computational software opens the door for increasingly complex and integrative experiments. Improv is a software platform that allows users to...
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July 15, 2022
By: Morayo Abbey-Bada
Mentors: Chengcheng Du, Shania Appadoo, Pelin Volkan, Ph.D. Department of Biology The social environment modulates animal behaviors in many aspects. Studies have shown that male Drosophila raised in social isolation perform differently from those presented in groups in the courtship...
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July 11, 2022
By: Tochi Onuegbu
Listening to Morayo’s chalk talk about her project gave me a new perspective on how one’s social environment affects one. More specifically, her project focuses on Drosophila, or the common fruit fly, and she is looking to see how changes...
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By: Sam Shi
The innate immune system is highly complex with its intricate maps of signaling pathways and hard-to-remember, long protein names. It’s quite remarkable that this large network can detect pathogens, initiate a number of intracellular processes, and signal for a coordinated...
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By: Emma Sardy
This week gave me a great opportunity to learn what my peers have been doing in the lab every day! While every project is unique and very different, Rena’s work is especially exciting. Most of the members of BSURF are...
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July 10, 2022
By: Amelia Cangialosi
Over this past week I really enjoyed listening to everyone’s chalk talks and learning about their projects. I was particularly interested in Piper's talk and her project on the gut microbiome. Nutrition is very important to me, so I’m always...
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By: Natalia Bojorquez
Technically spelled DANNCE for 3-Dimensional Aligned Neural Network for Computational Ethology, I found Shivam's presentation on his work this summer very interesting. This DANNCE contraption is essentially a special box that his lab has been developing to better track mice's...
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By: Shivam Singh
This week, we all had the opportunity to listen to our peers deliver an 8-minute chalk talk, briefly discussing their projects, questions, and methods they are employing to investigate their area of research. One talk I found particularly interesting was...
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By: Lauren Sar
In our program this week, all BSURFers gave 8-minute ‘Chalk Talk’ presentations in which we outlined background details and the main goals of our project, almost like a drawn-out form of a paper abstract. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing about the...
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By: Ariella Ruiz
I really enjoyed listening to everyone’s chalk talks this week. It was interesting to see the different projects, but Vidita’s discussion caught my attention the most. Her research focuses on ovarian cancer and what is found in the tumor microenvironment,...
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By: Ashley Alcantar Magana
Last week's chalk talks presented a valuable opportunity for all 0f us to learn about the science we are contributing to as individuals and as a group. One such talk was Vidita's discussion on the potential role of POSTN in...
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By: Sid Ghanta
Over the course of the past week, everyone presented and explained the research they've been doing this summer via a chalk talk. It was awesome to see not only the diverse array of topics and subject matter on the edge...
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By: Kyle Coaker
This week in B-SURF, everyone in the program presented an 8-minute chalk talk explaining their project for this summer. It was a very enjoyable experience and I loved hearing the diversity and scope of biological projects being completed by my...
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July 9, 2022
By: David Bearden
Muscles are essential in every way to our existence. It is an aspect of ourselves that we often take for granted because of the ease with which me make an action with minimal conscious thought, like lifting a fork to...
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By: Piper Epstein
This week, we finally got to hear what everyone in the program has been up to for the last month and I'm impressed. There is such a diverse array of subjects, questions, and techniques we as a program have become...
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July 8, 2022
By: Jordan Reaves
I want to reflect on Yaneli’s chalk talk. I’m interested in precision and regenerative medicine, and thus I found her talk really interesting. Her research focuses on muscle regeneration, particularly on the role of the TREM2 gene in regulating macrophage...
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By: Morayo Abbey-Bada
I truly enjoyed this week of Chalk Talks and being able to hear what everyone was doing this summer. It also was nice preparing for my chalk talk, talking to my mentor, and being able to gain a better understanding...
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July 7, 2022
By: Laura Scarpelli
Everyone this summer is working on interesting and important research areas, however, the one that caught my attention the most is Piper’s research: the gut microbiome. Every day we all consume different types of foods from pizza to fruits to...
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