June 6, 2021
By: Colby Cheshire
Every day in my lab, like many of my colleagues, is a bit different. I start of the day with a meeting with my mentor Liz and then get to work on modeling in R. Basically, we can train the...
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By: Neica Joseph
I never thought I'd be handling rodents so closely, but lately, my life seems to revolve around them. As mentioned in my previous blog posts, my mentor and I are studying the impact of particular hydrogels on damaged stroke tissue...
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By: Irene Jonathan
A day in the life of the Bilbo lab usually has some routine tasks that I do every day and then usually I learn a new lab procedure. For instance, in the morning I fill syringes full of ethanol for...
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By: Nadeska Montalvan
Every morning this summer I take the bus and walk to French Family Science Center and report to my lab, Hargrove lab. I usually walk into the office before the lab itself, where I drop off my backpack in my...
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By: Megan Stone
Life in the lab varies from day to day, but most consist of at least one of the following: observing or doing surgery, slicing / imaging / recording from visual cortex (V1), or figuring out Matlab. Performing surgeries on mice...
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By: Xitlali Ramirez
My daily life in the lab took quite the untraditional turn when I developed lower abdominal pain on Tuesday, May 25th. It started off as a pain that was barely there--it didn’t restrict my movement at all. I was able...
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By: Shibani Mallik
While a day in the Sherwood lab looks a little different every day, there is always one constant to start (and end) my day: collections! The minute we get to the lab in the BioSci sub-basement, we bring out our...
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By: Alexus Roberts
Although I have a project plan, every day I go into the lab I have different tasks and responsibilities. I’ve learned lots of practical skills, like the full process of genotyping, from collecting the tissue to imaging the gels, as...
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By: Sofia Guerrero
As in most labs, each day at the Silva Lab holds something different. There are routine tasks that must get done, like prepping cells, making media, and autoclaving flasks. There are frustrating tasks that must be dealt with, like troubleshooting...
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June 5, 2021
By: Lola Adewale
An average day in Rausher Labs is full of bags of soil, bright blooming flowers, and soggy wet floors. I start my days in our office space. I am always greeted by my mentor Jonathan Colen around 10:00 is every...
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By: James Zheng
If there is one person in B-SURF that's happy about living on East Campus again, it's me. Unlike many of my colleagues, who undergo a daily commute to West Campus and back, I take a 15-minute walk through downtown Durham...
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June 4, 2021
By: Ben Johns
Most of my days begin in White Lecture Hall on East Campus. Here, I meet with my cohort to work through journal articles, talk about different aspects of research life, or hear from distinguished Duke faculty about their research and...
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By: Zach Pracher
During our interview, Dr. McClay said keeping up with the perpetually-advancing frontier of science was easy because "The game is fun." Now, after three weeks, it's time for me to recount my own opening moves in the game of scientific...
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June 3, 2021
By: Skylar Montague Redecke
Every day in the lab consists of different experiments to conduct, exciting protocols to learn about, and new lessons take home. In the mornings, I work with my mentor Carl, a PhD student in Dr. Wrays lab, to assist him...
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June 2, 2021
By: George Romero
Alright - a day in the life at the Mooney Lab. First off, I’d like to say that there isn’t really one “typical” day or set routine in the lab. The day pretty much depends on the experiments you want...
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By: George Romero
Complex questions never have one simple answer. Similarly, the hardest questions never offer the most satisfying answers. Reflecting on my conversation with my PI, Dr. Mooney, I realized this remains true for many questions in the field of research. We...
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May 31, 2021
By: Lola Adewale
Talking with Dr.Rausher during our interview he made it clear that it is easy to get discouraged in the field of research. Hurdles like competing for grants with your peers, or your experimental plants never germinating make it hard to...
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May 30, 2021
By: Izzy Costanzo
On February 14, 1978, a patient with underlying Hodgkin’s disease received a lumbar puncture to collect cerebrospinal fluid for further testing. The doctor working that night examined the fluid and identified the H99 strain of Cryptococcus neoformans for the very...
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