July 7, 2019
By: Caroline Gamard
Dear Diary, Today was a pretty typical day in lab. I completed a phosphorylation assay using 10% DMSO to make sure that the assay works with DMSO. I started out the day by stopping the dephosphorylation reaction that ran overnight. ...
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July 6, 2019
By: Jaan Nandwani
It’s always a great day when the long-awaited results of my western blot come back clear and easy to interpret. My project this summer involves many, many western blots. Western blot is an important technique used to detect proteins in...
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By: Ella Gunady
My favorite part of life in the lab comes at the start of every day, when I get to flip to a fresh page in my lab notebook. I’ve always loved recording things, so you can imagine my excitement when...
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July 1, 2019
By: Jaan Nandwani
When working in a lab, it can sometimes be hard to fully understand the clinical applications and practical elements of working on a project long term. This week, while listening to the chalk talks of my peers, Simone’s particularly stood...
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June 30, 2019
By: John Modarres
As we continue to degrade our planet, we must find new ways to save the environment. Realistically stopping all carbon emissions will be impossible in the next few years and thus is not an option. Instead geoengineering might be the...
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By: Catherine Yao
When I think of wet labs, I think of researchers working with fruit flies or mice. I assumed that my fellow wet lab BSURFers worked with either drosphelia or mice like me. So when we had the opportunity to listen...
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By: Kathleen Beben
This week during our morning meetings, each person in this year's BSURF cohort gave an 8ish minute presentation about their research project, called a Chalk Talk. It is what it sounds like - no prepared visuals other than those you...
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By: Brennan Simon
What's up readers! It's officially the halfway point of my time in the BSURF program, but it feels like it just started. My research is progressing quickly and I have a lot of exciting data to share next time I...
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By: Eleanor Seo
Some people may call themselves fans of the iconic sitcom Friends, but how deep into the brain does this love go? In her chalk talk, Catherine detailed her work in the Glickfeld Lab, where she studies the neurobiology behind the...
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By: Michael Lee
I really enjoyed hearing everyone’s story of their ongoing scientific journey this past week and was able to gain a better glimpse into the multifaceted world of biology. But in light of the one of the most dire epidemics in...
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By: Alissa Kong
When I was younger, I remember wondering about why things are the way they are. Like why is the sky blue? What causes the seasons? Why does it only snow when it’s cold outside? The world is full of so...
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By: Kacia Anderson
I really enjoyed the chalk talks this week and having the opportunity to present a snippet of my own research as well as learn more about my peers research. Of all the amazing presentations, one that really fascinated me was...
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By: Sophia Jeffery
I have been thinking about my project from one direction. As I am looking at a specific gene linked with autism, I know the process of how the gene is translated into mRNA then into a protein. After that the...
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By: Rachel Estrella
Going into week four of BSURF I was so excited to hear about all the great work my peers are doing in the lab. As the summer continues, I'm gaining a more holistic view of what science is and what...
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By: Simone Wall
This past week, everyone gave short chalk talks on the research they’re doing this summer. After a week of listening to seventeen different chalk talks, I gained new knowledge about a myriad of different research topics. One of the projects...
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By: Nithin Ragunathan
Opioids are an impending crisis in this country and across the globe. The prescription of these heavy painkillers is highly controversial, with some medical professionals claiming that it’s too much and others claiming it’s too little— but we know one...
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By: Claire Yin
The chalk talks we presented and listened to earlier this week were all really interesting, and everyone did a wonderful job of explaining what projects they're working on this summer. But Michael's chalk talk especially stood out to me, because...
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By: Evelyn Sturrock
Everyone did a great job on their chalk talks this past week and I can't wait to see our completed research projects at our poster presentation! One talk that particularly interested me was Eleanor's description of her research on curiosity....
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