May 17, 2021
By: Nicolas Rey
It’s a simple answer but, my expectation from this research experience is to learn A LOT. I’m feeling fortunate for the opportunity to get involved in genetic engineering; something that I am truly passionate about and that I think is...
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May 16, 2021
By: Izzy Costanzo
Even before the pandemic cast its looming shadow over society as we knew it, diseases had always piqued my interest; first in middle school, where I first formulated my intense fascination with pathogens and the spread of disease (solidifying my...
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By: Joe Laforet Jr.
Nanoparticles, quantum mechanics, molecular dynamics, supercomputers, and machine learning. All five of these topics sound like things that Tony Stark and Bruce Banner work on in their free time. However, with modern advances in computing technology these fields...
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By: Jayden Cyrus
Initially, I wasn’t quite sure how to verbalize my goals and expectations for the summer. I had so many responses running through my head; to learn about the science of my lab, to make friends, to get a head start...
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By: Alec Morlote
As I'm sure is very common for students new to research and lab work, it is difficult to verbalize what exactly about research makes us excited to do it. Perhaps what is appealing about it is the idea of exploring...
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By: James Zheng
If there's one thing COVID-19 has taught us, it's to be amenable to change. When I first came to Duke in August of 2019, I had three big goals in mind: to act in a play, to find a close...
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By: Min Ju Lee
The first time when I was exposed to what neuroscience research really was, I was only in tenth grade and yet to learn University level Biology. I did not know what a PCR is, nor how each neuron was connected...
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By: Alexus Roberts
Although I’ve always been certain that I want to study something in the sciences, I wasn’t always interested in research. I had never met anyone who did scientific research before coming to Duke, so the specifics of what happens in...
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By: Anuj Som
I've always looked forward to applying the knowledge I've gained regarding Biomedical Engineering towards research, and this past week I was finally given the opportunity to do so! At first I was very nervous; was anything I learned in class...
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By: Camila Rodriguez
When first entering the Chilkoti Lab, you’ll take notice of the giant flasks around the room filled with dark golden liquids and covered in foil. Like most other things in the lab, these flasks are one of the many tools...
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By: Jenna White
The brain is an amazing enigma. We as humans use the brain to do everything, but we are unaware of how it controls much of the body. This summer, I am working in Dr. Tadross' lab, which studies the connection...
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By: Ali Pagliery
For my entire life, I have been interested in all things related to biology. I grew up fascinated by animals, the environment, the relationships that exist between different organisms, and the human body, along with a variety of other topics...
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By: Neica Joseph
I just finished my first week at the Segura Lab, a Biomedical Engineering Lab interested in the impact of hydrogels on diseased sites of the body. My project focuses on the stroke response to hydrogels, and on Friday, I did...
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By: Misaki Foster
There has been a lot of change for me lately: moving from west campus to east campus, being away from home (and thus away from my amazing cat, Oreo) for the summer AND fall semester, working through a long-distance relationship...
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By: Megan Stone
Ever since I can remember, people have been asking me variations of the question “what do you want to do with your life?” When I was as young as 4 years old, it manifested itself in the ever-so-popular “what do...
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By: Bryan Rego
What did I expect from my summer research experience? The only thing expected was uncertainty. Uncertainty in what working in a lab would consist of, in the expectations in what life would entail, and if I would even like working...
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By: Emily Prudot Gonzalez
Cryptococcus neoformans = something I had no clue about until I came here and became entirely flooded with interest in it Coming into the lab the first time, I had no expectations. I knew a bit about the fungi I'd...
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By: George Romero
I think all of us know someone who we would describe as a birdbrain. You know, that one friend or distant cousin who’s just not completely there all the time. I’m not quite sure how this saying came to be,...
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