August 2, 2016
By: Courtney Hill
My primary motivations for getting involved with/applying for BSURF were primarily based around me having a general knowledge of my interests but not idea how to apply them to come up with a game plan or possible career for myself....
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By: Ricardo Matias
I thoroughly enjoyed the seminar portion of this program. It was valuable to me to have scientists come in, talk to us about their path through science, and introduce us to their research. It was great to hear about how...
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By: Murotiwamambo Mudziviri
The seminars are an enjoyable opportunity to learn how other scientists became who they are. I was especially fascinated by the differences that emerged; some knew what they wanted to do from kindergarten while others experienced a wild transformation at...
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By: Chad Munger
Dr. Charlie Gersbach’s seminar was one of the most interesting talks presented during the BSURF program. What really struck me about his path to where he is now was his consideration between the environments of working in industry versus academia....
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August 1, 2016
By: Margo Orlen
One of the reasons I applied for this fellowship program, besides my interest in biology, was to discover what I wanted to do with my life. I wanted to know if biomedical research was for me. With the help the...
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July 31, 2016
By: Moreen Njoroge
We have all once experienced a fork in the road. I have always heard that the difference between those who are successful and those who are not is how much one is willing to overcome certain obstacles. Dr. Raphael Valdivia...
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By: Griffin Haas
Throughout the entirety of our program, we've had the privilege of getting to hear several speakers from the Duke faculty describe their lives and their experiences in research. I've really enjoyed receiving insight from each faculty member in regards to...
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By: Raj Borra
I really enjoyed listening to the different faculty members that came in to speak to us this summer. Not only was it interesting to hear about the research that they all have done / currently do, but it was cool...
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By: Ajile Owens
This summer, one of the most rewarding parts of B-SURF was getting to hear from multiple members of Duke faculty about how they got involved in research and then specifically the research that they currently do. It is certainly endearing to...
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By: Elizabeth Snyder-Mounts
The series of seminars I have had the privilege of partaking in this summer have been very interesting and enlightening. The science was exciting and the presenters offered thought provoking ideas and concepts. It was very interesting to see people...
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By: Demi Zhu
These past few weeks, I've truly enjoyed hearing all of the faculty seminars. I love learning about their research and how they had different backgrounds and paths yet all ended up here at Duke. In terms of research, it probably comes as...
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By: Susan Zheng
Every week this summer, we had the opportunity to listen to esteemed Duke scientists share about their current research as well as their career paths. Not only was it fascinating to learn about the diverse projects they’ve dedicated their careers...
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By: Melissa Horowitz
Hearing about the research and life stores of various Duke faculty members was really enlightening; every speaker took a different path in science, yet all seemed to truly love where they ended up in their research. While some knew from...
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By: Yilin Yang
The morning seminars have all been absolutely amazing. It’s great to hear about how all the speakers got to where they are, and most importantly, the science that they are doing. From fruit flies to lemurs, from evolution to medicine,...
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By: Megan Jiao
For the past 7 weeks, I've thoroughly enjoyed all of the faculty seminars, which have given me both breadth and depth of knowledge in the many disciplines within biological science. I came into Duke last year with a focused interest...
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By: Hannah Ahrendt
Throughout the past seven weeks, we have had the opportunity to hear from many faculty members about the fascinating research they are doing on campus. The work I found to be the most interesting was that of Dr. Mohammed Noor. ...
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July 30, 2016
By: Casey Kuka
This title suggests a blog post that's all over the place, right? Well, I wanted to talk about all three aspects covered in one faculty seminar this summer so hold on to your hats. Whee! I've truly enjoyed all of the...
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July 25, 2016
By: Murotiwamambo Mudziviri
My time in the Perfect lab has been highly rewarding. I have had some setbacks but none of them was enough to upset my work. Firstly, the important part of my experiments involves mapping the whereabouts of an incision that...
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