July 24, 2023
By: Erika Rispoli
This summer, through BSURF, I’ve had the opportunity to hear talks from a vast array of Duke professors, allowing me to gain a better understanding of the many possible paths through academia. Dr. Chantell Evans’ talk stood out to me–not...
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July 23, 2023
By: Maia Goel
This summer, I’m really grateful to have had the opportunity to learn from so many amazing scientists through our faculty seminars. Our first talk was given by Dr. Steve Nowicki, and it set the tone for all the interesting talks...
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July 23, 2018
By: Michael Williams
Of all the Nobel Laureates and Basically-Nobel-Laureates that came to talk to us this summer, none stood out to me as much as Dr. Anne West. The main reasons that I found Dr. West's talk so valuable was because it...
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July 22, 2018
By: Julia Marshall
Over the last two months, we’ve had many different speakers come to give us talks. It was surreal for me to be in the same room as many people who have conducted breakthrough research (even one Nobel Prize winner!) and...
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By: Felix Steinruecke
Over the course of the summer we have had the opportunity to hear from a wide range of exciting and inspirational scientists at Duke, from up and coming faculty members such as Dr. Lawrence David and Dr. Amy Schmid to...
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By: Lillian Needam
Sometimes, as students, we forget to take advantage of all the resources provided by this phenomenal institution. One of these resources is the faculty. Twice a week, different faculty members speak to our program about their lives as a researcher....
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By: Melissa White
One of the things I look forward to the most each week are the faculty talks. I always find it valuable to be able to look into the life of a researcher and hear about their journey through life, especially...
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By: Caitlin Lamb
Over the course of the program, my fellow BSURFers and I had the opportunity to listen to various scientists talk about their research and their journey. All scientists had something amazing, thoughtful, and encouraging to say about their science, and to...
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By: Alina Xiao
One of the many things that I look forward to each week is to hear the faculty talks. While no one can predict what would happen in the future (to quote what Dr. Telen quoted from John Lennon, "Life is...
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By: Ayana Paul
Besides the immense amount of training I have recieved this summer, I have learned a lot about what I want for myself in the future. This is in part due to the seminars that I have witnessed in the last...
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By: Dang Nguyen
After a troubling week in lab (5 inexplicably failed trials, time restraints, and deadlines deadlines deadlines!), it's certainly nice to reflect on other research being done at Duke, especially when that research involves my favorite buggers: viruses! I introduce Dr....
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By: Claire Engstrom
Throughout my eight weeks as a BSURFer, we had various faculty members present their research along with their inspiring stories about their journey to a faculty postition. An overall theme in each of their stories was the uncertainty about their...
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By: Simeon Holmes
Throughout the course of the summer we have listened to talks from professionals from all sorts of backgrounds and focuses particularly in the field of science. We were able to here from multiple perspectives as to how these medical doctors,...
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By: Luke Sang
Over the course of the program there have been many great talks that have given me a glimpse into various topics of research. Speakers have also shared their own personal journey and wisdom so that it might help younger scientists,...
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By: Adaora Nwosu
One of my favorite activities of the BSURF program was the opportunity for all of my classmates and I, along with Dr. Grunwald and Jason, to gather in the early hours of the day to listen to inspiring scientists...
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By: Michelle Lee
Having all these seminars this summer has really made me appreciate the huge variety of faculty at Duke and how amazing many of the people here are. The fact that I can contact many of them and have a discussion...
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By: Michael Wen
Throughout the past 7 weeks, the research fellows have had the great privilege of listening to some amazing faculty speakers. From Dr. Nowicki investigating bird song to Dr. David collecting fecal matter for microbiome analysis, I have thoroughly enjoyed listening...
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By: Christine Adjangba
In my experience, it’s not often you meet someone who works with poop regularly. So when I learned that Dr. Lawrence David studied the microbiome using human stool samples, I was immediately intrigued. But it wasn’t Dr. David’s research that...
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