July 29, 2019
By: Michael Lee
Eight weeks is almost nothing in the world of science, where experiments are marked in months and results in years. At most, I can say I caught a fleeting glimpse, a snapshot of a singular moment in the scientific process....
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By: Evelyn Sturrock
What a summer it's been! I honestly feel like I've aged 5 years this summer, but in a good way. No more am I the freshman with no lab skills who can't cook for herself to save her life. From...
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July 28, 2019
By: Rachel Estrella
This summer has been an amazing experience. I had no idea that I would learn as much as I did when I first started, and I am so glad to have developed a better understanding for the world of science...
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By: John Modarres
This summer was fulfilling in all the ways I had hoped. I got the chance to meet great people in both BSURF and my lab. I am so glad I was a part of this amazing opportunity and I am...
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By: Eleanor Seo
This was the title of my first blog, foreshadowing the ratio of the questions and answers I would gain over the summer. These questions were made apparent within my curiosity-memory project, but more importantly, in the methods and mindsets to...
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By: Claire Yin
As May turned to June and I found myself on a flight back to Durham, I was nervous, apprehensive, excited, curious. I wasn’t sure what to expect–how I’d get along with the other students in the program, if I would...
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By: Alissa Kong
This summer has been a great learning experience, both in terms of making me more aware of the science community here at Duke as well as helping me develop skills to become a better scientist. I got the opportunity to...
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By: Nithin Ragunathan
After a grueling, yet rewarding 8 weeks of lab work, BSURF 2019 has concluded. My summer experience culminated Friday evening with the Duke Summer Undergraduate Research Showcase (pictured above), during which I presented my poster. This summer has been...
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July 27, 2019
By: Sophia Jeffery
First and foremost the opportunities to glimpse what research is like in BSURF were plentiful. We heard talks from revolutionary scientists and trailblazers, read countless papers, and presented our work in a variety of methods. These activities revealed examples of...
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By: Ella Gunady
There’s a beautiful laser-cut wood art piece hanging in the lobby of the Co-Lab entitled “I’m Just Here for the Pizza,” inspired by “the moments in life when we go to an unfamiliar place for a certain reason, and we...
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By: Simone Wall
I was interested in BSURF because I had never worked in a research lab before, and I was curious about what it was like. I learned some new benchwork techniques and I learned how to use several different machines. Although...
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By: Jaan Nandwani
I started this summer diving in at the deep end with my first lab meeting, where I was taken aback by how much I didn’t know, but excited to begin. Fast forward to my last lab meeting of this summer,...
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By: Caroline Gamard
You really can’t imagine what research is like until you actually do it. Coming into this summer, I had absolutely no idea what working in a lab would entail. When my friends and family asked me how I would be...
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By: Shannon Houser
This has been a truly amazing summer and an experience I will never forget. I was not expecting to love my lab and the research as much as I do. I was also not expecting to meet so many amazing...
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By: Brennan Simon
Hey readers! Well, after 8 short weeks of gratifying summer research, the time has come for me to graduate from the BSURF program. Yesterday I presented the poster I created detailing the research I performed this summer. It felt satisfying...
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July 23, 2019
By: Kathleen Beben
Over the course of the summer, we have had the privilege of listening to the work and academic/ life trajectories of some of Duke's most distinguished faculty. These Faculty Talks have been enlightening as they keep us informed about the...
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July 22, 2019
By: Brennan Simon
Hey readers! Welcome to another week of my blog. I submitted my poster for printing this afternoon, so for the next week I will be finishing a couple of experiments and practicing for our poster presentation on Friday. For this...
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July 21, 2019
By: Michael Lee
Few people are recognized by the HHMI as exceptional scientists who deserve a lifetime of nearly unconditional funding-- scientists who are entrusted to do good science no matter what, as long as they have the money to do so. It...
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