July 10, 2023
By: David Su
This week I got a chance to watch everyone’s chalk talks covering a wide range of research topics. One talk that stood out to me was Jarvis’s presentation on elastin like polypeptides (ELPs) and designing sensitive sensors. ELPs are intriguing...
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By: Riley Reeves
Even though I've heard Julian explain the eyelash touch assay dozens of times now, it never ceases to both amuse and intrigue me. I guess it speaks to the spirit of science on one hand-- we make due with what...
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July 9, 2023
By: Maia Goel
This week, we had the privilege of learning about everyone’s projects through chalk talks: short whiteboard presentations. It was really interesting to learn about the wide variety of projects that BSURF fellows are conducting this summer. One such project was...
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By: Christopher Kang
If you say it "shark tank" enough times, it'll eventually sound like "chalk talk" (source: trust me). This week, we had to give chalk talks about our summer projects to the rest of the BSURF team (kind of like pitches...
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By: Lisa Garnier
This week we heard about a variety of different experiments that are occurring within different Duke labs . With this, we learned the reasoning, motivation, and methods behind each project. Emma's chalk talk garnered my attention because of the way...
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By: Jaqueline Villanueva Govea (she/her/hers)
This past week, we all had the chance to learn more about the different and interesting fields of research our program’s cohort was involved in. Each chalk talk was very insightful, from the different levels of science that they target...
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By: Catherine Pyne
This week of BSURF was special because my peers and I had the opportunity to engage in chalk talks together! These "chalk talks" were 6-8 minute summaries of the projects that we plan to complete over the summer. I was...
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By: Frank Lin
Everyone's chalk talk was amazing and presented interesting research projects so it was hard to only reflect on one of my peer's talks. That being said I was really intrigued by Kennedy's talk and her research. First of all, the...
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By: Julian Orrego
On Friday, I heard a lovely chalk talk given by my dear friend, Riley Reeves, who is currently researching calcium signaling and pattern-triggered immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana, otherwise known as thale cress. Riley's research involves looking at the mechanisms behind...
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By: Kennedy Truitt
One of the chalk talks that stuck out to me the most was Vinicius' work with inflammatory bowel disease vaccines. Not only was the talk extremely informative, it was conveyed with ease and made me understand the complex work that...
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By: Emma Podol
Greetings everyone! This week’s schedule was a bit different given July 4th was a holiday. In the lab I spent time preparing for some upcoming RNAscopes by inducing seizures in mice and cryosectioning their brains. The morning BSURF meetings this...
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By: Jarvis Savage
Vinicius’ chalk talk this past Wednesday focused on the creation of peptide nanofibers that have the capability to serve as an inoculation for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). His research is focusing on the creation of an intranasal vaccine as opposed...
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By: Arielle Kim
Hello everyone + Happy end of week 5! This program has been flying by. I am happy to share Kang's research project, which focuses on microfluidic devices - the "organ-on-a-chip." I will try my best to summarize what I learned...
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By: Vinicius Xie Fu
This Wednesday, Hannah presented us her research on glycogen storage disease (GSD), a genetic disorder that affects glycogenolysis in hepatocytes resulting in low blood sugar and enlarged livers in patients. The G6PC gene is a central piece of her studies...
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July 8, 2023
By: Kibir Elias
This week, each of the us in BSURF had the opportunity to give a chalk talk about their summer project. A presentation that stuck out to me in particular was Hannah's. Her presentation was about rare metabolic diseases that affect...
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By: Wigdan Hissein
This week, I had the wonderful opportunity to learn more about various fields of research that span throughout our program. From Frank’s talk on ferroptosis to Emma’s presentation on epilepsy and Kibir’s introduction of pseuduridine— each and every project presented...
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By: Hannah Baetge
Before this week, I was aware that Duke was a prominent research institution. However, the chalk talks I've listened to this week have left me astounded by the vast array of research areas present here. Among the talks, Kennedy's presentation...
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July 2, 2023
By: Riley Reeves
When I walk into lab in the morning, my first move is to check in with my mentor, Saunia, about the day's tasks. We'll work together to form a plan for the day and she'll give me any important information...
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