BSURF 2021

During his summer with BSURF, Zach is working with the McClay lab (which actually shares a space with the Wray Lab where I am working this summer). Dr. McClay is known for dedicating his career to mapping the gene regulatory...

I knew going into the chalk talks that Misa Foster's would be one to look forward to. From our previous conversations, I knew she was studying butterfly wing development. But even with my high expectations, she still managed to wow...

For those of us working on developing next-generation therapies, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals, it's easy to take the actual mechanism of drug delivery for granted. While the molecules we purify and test against pathogens and/or tumors may do perform quite well...

This week everyone in BSURF gave quick presentations to the rest of the program, essentially summarizing our work so far this summer in our respective labs. Specifically, I wanted to highlight Ben Johns' chalk talk about his work on the...

As one would expect, working in a tissue engineering lab revolves around one main thing: cells! In the lab there are myriads of ways to manipulate and care for cells and ensure that they are happy. In a sense, every...

This week I had the fortune of interviewing Dr. Bursac and asking him questions regarding his upbringing and exploration of his academic interests. Growing up, Dr. Bursac loved math, physics, biology, and sports which led him to pursuing Electrical Engineering...

Dr. Mike Tadross has always liked tinkering with things and looking to solve difficult problems. For his undergraduate years studied to become an electrical and computer engeerir at Rutgers. He liked electrical engeering because of viewing circuits as puzzles that...

My time in the Volkan Lab consists of primarily two procedures, PCR/running gels and ChIP (chromatin immunoprecipitation). This means that my day is usually split into half collecting/dissecting fruit flies and pipetting for these two procedures. I usually start my...

My first stop on my way into the lab is my little lab bench/office space to drop off my backpack. Then, I always go to the shared office space (where there is usually fresh food someone brought) to check in...

While every day has a different to-do list, two tasks remain consistent: collections and dissections. Every morning, we check our boxes of fly vials for the ones we need to collect from. With tons of crosses going at the same...

A typical day at the Wright lab usually starts early in the morning. I get dressed in long sleeves, thick pants, and hiking boots and meet up with the two graduate students I am working with who pick me up...

In the Chilkoti lab, we work to create different proteins that could potentially improve drug delivery. To do this, bacteria must be constantly transformed, grown, and lysed. Each step takes hours, and depends on whether or not the previous step...

Tadross lab is known for its novel drug delivery system called DART (Drugs Acutely Restricted by Tethering) that allows delivery of conventional small-molecule drugs to specific cell sub-types. It is based on a covalent interaction between HaloTag protein and a...