July 15, 2017
By: Annika
Since choosing a chalk talk to write about was so hard (everyone’s projects are so cool), I decided to go with the topic I found most intellectually intriguing. Martin Acosta’s presentation on ‘Rapid Tryptophan Depletion: Sex-mediated Differences in Rats’ stuck...
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By: Rebecca Lee
Everyone did such an amazing job with their chalk talks this week, given that no one had really done one before. New knowledge has been acquired from all of this. Success! To be honest, it was a bit nerve-racking, especially...
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By: Iris Chang
When one of my friends first mentioned that he literally did not want to leave his bed sometimes in winter and could have a case of seasonal depression, I was awfully confused. Seasonal depression? In my mind, depression couldn’t be...
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July 10, 2017
By: Aaliyah Davy
My day usually starts with me trying to drag myself out of bed...which takes a while. Then I go to the program meeting or have breakfast. Before work or at least sometimes during, I usually have some sort of coffee,...
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By: Bruny Kenou
My day in the Levin lab usually varies. Some days I come into the lab and I have a few rats to harvest. Harvesting includes extracting the brain and spleen and liver from each rat (after they have died of...
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July 9, 2017
By: Martín Acosta
In four actions, that is essentially a day at work for me. Let me clarify, that's just the series of actions you go through when you're running samples through High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). I'm essentially a lab assistant and...
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By: Ulises
After completing my fourth week of the BSURF program, I have a better understanding of my role and what to expect in the lab. Most of my time in the lab revolves around a computer screen, while a small portion...
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By: Cassie Ingram
My day usually starts with cells. I am culturing dendritic cells, and they need to be passaged on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. So when I get into lab, I meet with the Lucas, the graduate student I am working with,...
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By: Alie Fink
The impending doom of an alarm clock waking me up from my nightly hibernation is less terrible when I know I have lab to look forward to (needless to say I’m not a morning person). Usually three snoozes later my...
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By: Kristie Kim
That’s a lot of L’s. Not to worry, the L’s are an unfortunate pattern, unrepresentative of this blog post. If you can think of synonyms beginning with, let’s say the letter, W, feel free to comment below. At this point,...
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By: Maddie Ojeda
I wake up by 8:00 every morning just in time to get my morning coffee, making sure to start my day off with a kick. Depending on the day I will either head to French Family Sciences for a B-SURF...
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By: Chumba Koech
My day in the lab I must say varies a lot day to day. Most weeks we perform several Glucose tolerance tests with our mice, so the morning is spent fasting them and getting prepped for the GTT. This involves...
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By: Georgia Young
10:30 – 12:30: Say hello to the lab and the lab dogs. Pipette 10µl of one sample of solid phase extract into two tubes. Repeat ~170 times for a great thumb workout. Our challenge every day is to get a...
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By: Michael Ong
Mother, you've always wanted me to become a doctor. Sorry to say it, but I kind of sort of like lab life. I can imagine your expression right now: [embed]http://imgur.com/SFIK2LU[/embed] source: http://imgur.com/SFIK2LU And while I've got your attention to the lab,...
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July 8, 2017
By: Annika
Although my lab is in the division of translational neurosciences, most of our day-to-day work involves cellular, molecular and microbiology. We’re currently comparing two methods for bacterial DNA extraction from mouse feces to study shifts in their microbiomes during depression,...
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By: Maddie Go
9:00am (Mon & Fri) / 10:00am (Tues-Thurs) Arrive at lab. Say good morning to everyone. Receive a friendly round of nods/verbal greetings back. Check in with my mentor Jacob. Exchange our plans for the day, and confirm any meetings we...
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By: Iris Chang
Hudson Hall is usually chilly when I walk in. I take the steps all the way to the back, the path once a maze but now familiar, up the stairs, and into the Annex. I check in with my graduate...
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By: Rebecca Lee
(That title sounded better in my head) My day begins with a reminder that I should probably go to the gym more often (never knew three flights of steps could wind me so much). Thus begins my entire day of...
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