June 18, 2017
By: Bruny Kenou
BSURF began this week and throughout the week I've been thinking about what my ultimate goal was. I was thinking about what exactly I want to get out of my experience. One of my dreams is to come up with my...
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By: Ian Levitan
Starting research in the Caron lab has been an exciting, yet terrifying experience. As the recipient of prestigious awards such as the Lieber Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Schizophrenia Research, Dr. Caron has set the standards high for his lab....
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By: Martín Acosta
After just one week in the Kuhn lab I can now officially say I am an *expert* in high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) protocols. Well, not really. Actually, I can't because I'm not. But that sure is one of my many...
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By: Alie Fink
When presented with the opportunity to experience full-time research for the first time, expectations run wild. My excitement leads to visions of me in a lab coat conducting successful experiments every day and makes it difficult for me to ground...
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By: Justin Savage
My first week of research in the Eroglu lab has been filled with a lot of information. Having done research before, I didn't quite expect to find myself spending so much time as the student. However, I have learned so...
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By: Justin Savage
My first week of research in the Eroglu lab has been filled with a lot of information. Having done research before, I didn't quite expect to find myself spending so much time as the student. However, I have learned so...
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By: Michael Ong
Finding Nemo: a movie I would watch with my beloved family members nestled in the cushions of our couch. A nostalgic family memory often includes gathering around the couch, yet this carefree, happy memory became more harmful as I grew...
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By: Chumba Koech
The first day I met Dr. D’Alessio and his lab, excitement ensued. I was presented with an opportunity to be engage and learn from a great lab! I was really excited for this opportunity because I had no previous research...
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By: Cassie Ingram
Coming into BSURF, I honestly had no idea what to expect. I’ve never worked in a lab before, but I have thought for a while that I would like to work in one. I mean, one of the reasons I...
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By: Ulises
I came into the program with enthusiasm, I was excited in the sense that I would be able to continue doing research which is something I was unable to do during my first year at Duke. I was lucky enough...
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By: Maddie Go
When I found out that I had been placed in Dr. Sheila Patek’s lab for BSURF, I almost burst with excitement. As a scuba diver who has grown up swimming around the islands of the Philippines, I've fallen in love...
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By: Georgia Young
I have spent the past five summers working as a summer camp counselor, so the day to day camp routine comes as second nature. I’ve learned how to tackle many a camp-specific obstacle such as poop in the pool, a...
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June 17, 2017
By: Annika
I started in my lab only midway through the week, and by then, the imposter syndrome had set in. Hearing about all the things that my fellow BSURFers were doing and learning, I felt incredibly incompetent. However, when I finally...
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By: Rebecca Lee
What would a person normally expect from a summer research experience? Probably meeting new people, getting to know what goes on in a research lab, maybe even being part of some exciting experiments. I guess I have similar expectations. I...
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By: Iris Chang
A textbook can give me the equation for principal stresses and the Young’s Modulus for a 6061-Aluminum shaft, but it can’t give me the experience of working with cervical spines and human brains. Joining Dr. Bass’ Injury and Orthopaedic Biomechanics...
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By: Maddie Ojeda
A little less than a year ago, I was filled with anticipation as I was about to begin my first year here at Duke. I was starting my college career and was filled with so many questions and expectations as how the...
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June 12, 2017
By: Ron Grunwald
I'm very happy to announce the first week of the Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Fellows (BSURF) for 2017! Now in it's 27th year at Duke (the first 25 as the Howard Hughes Research Fellows), almost 600 Fellows having completed the program run by the...
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