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Week 8

July 31, 2018

Final Stage: Thank You

By: Dang Nguyen

During the poster presentation Friday, someone approached me and told me that he had read many of these blogs and liked my style, applauding my writing. Before I could really grasp that he was not simply after the 30-second rundown...
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July 30, 2018

B-Surf? More like A+Surf

By: Sweta Kafle

Up until last semester, I viewed science in one context- to learn science. I had never been exposed to the other spectrum- to do science. While we “did scientific experiments” in high school labs, it just felt like I was...
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July 29, 2018

ByeSURF!

By: Felix Steinruecke

My BSURF experience has been incredibly enjoyable and rewarding. Having grasped certain techniques, as well as a bigger picture understanding of how to plan out experiments, I now feel that I can independently ask and answer a pretty wide range...
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July 28, 2018

Goodbye BSURF

By: Lillian Needam

I am beyond thankful to have had the opportunity to be apart of the BSURF program. I have had the opportunity to work with some amazing researchers. I got to hear talks from amazing faculty members. I have also gotten...
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BSURF Series Finale

By: Michael Williams

I came into this summer initially wanting to focus on being able to ask tough questions in order to further myself as a scientist. When I originally came up with this goal, I thought that I would be coming up...
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BSURF 2018

By: Alina Xiao

In my BSURF application, I wrote that I hoped to use this summer to explore a new field of biology and to connect with animals that I had not worked with before. Now at the end of the program, I...
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July 26, 2018

The End of the Road

By: Melissa White

Before my journey at Duke began, I never thought I would do research. I saw research as just working with mice 24/7 and doing menial tasks, not anything special at all that I would enjoy. And yet, something in my...
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The end of the chapter

By: Caitlin Lamb

At the beginning of the program, I made some goals, and fortunately, I reached those goals.  As a refresher, here were my goals I wanted to accomplish:  I would like to learn to make mistakes.  I would like to learn...
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Endings and Beginnings

By: Tamanna Srivastava

When I first applied to BSURF, I had no idea what to expect. I had no experience working in a research lab, and the thought of dedicating my entire summer to it seemed daunting, to say the least. I felt...
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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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