August 4, 2015
By: Adam Yaseen
So, the last 3 weeks of the program, I was working 10-14 hour days and working on the weekend and I fell behind on the last two weeks of blogging. Not complaining; I loved the work. Just wanted to give...
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July 29, 2015
By: Mickias Tegegn
People say that our perception of the world is shaped by our experiences. So two people could embark on the same activity for 8 weeks and come out of it with completely opposite interpretations. This summer, I spent two months...
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July 26, 2015
By: Chris Chang
It always amazes me how quickly summer passes when you’re doing research. While every day seems like an endless stream of experiments, the weeks really just slip away. 8 weeks isn’t that long of a span, but it literally seems...
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July 24, 2015
By: Justin Sapp
This summer I was able to have an outstanding research experience. From the beginning I was unsure of how it would turn out. I didn’t know if the work would be to drab for my tastes or not. Apparently, it...
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By: Hayden Walcott
This summer has been a wonderful opportunity for me. I know anyone reading this expects me to say that, but I really do feel like I've learned so much about the research process these past eight weeks. Before coming to...
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By: Michael Widmann
This summer has far exceeded my expectations! I was hoping to determine whether research was for me and if biomedical engineering was for me as well. Through eight weeks of intensive research I have been able to answer these questions....
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By: Reena Debray
It’s hard to believe that I’ll be finishing the program and leaving Durham this weekend—partly because eight weeks flew by so quickly, but partly because my work in the Tung lab is nowhere near finished. I set out to study...
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By: Marie-Martine Uwera
On June 1st , I thought July 24th will never come, but here it is. I'm grateful to have learnt and accomplished a lot in such a short period of time. My HHF research experience has enhance my scientific...
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July 23, 2015
By: Christin Hong
These previous eight weeks have shown me a glimpse of the passion, the dedication, and the heart that constantly propel research forward. I had the opportunity to work in a lab whose research is leading the way in understanding heart...
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By: Jonathan Grego
These past 8 weeks for the HHRF were intriguing and exciting. Each and everyone of us were given the opportunity to participate in a research project and work with PIs, grad students, undergrads and even post docs and I am...
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By: Brian Chan
These past 8 weeks have been a great introduction into scientific research. Not only was I able to conduct real experiments and do real work in a lab, but I was able to hear about what many professors study around...
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By: Kathy Dai
I made an assumption in my very first post this summer – that, as we entered the first week of our program, all of my HHRF peers were sharing the same feelings of great fortune and appreciation for the opportunity...
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By: Brandon Thio
Starting out this summer, I had no idea what to expect with research. I never had done research in the past, so I was worried about the problems I potentially could have faced. Most of my concerns about not knowing enough...
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By: Fabian Jimenez Contreras
Coming into this summer I had little to no idea what real research was about. For all I knew PI could mean penguin igloo. That has all changed as I can honestly say that my first research experience was a...
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By: Emily Wu
Looking at my first blog post, it is apparent that I had high hopes for the next 8 weeks of the program. By the end, I'd hoped that I would be able to decide if I wanted to pursue research...
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By: Rachel Yang
In general, I find many different things interesting, and I think this summer has definitely allowed me to both discover new interests and to focus the scope of my interests. My project revolved around data analysis, and although I may...
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By: Danielle Dawes
I honestly didn’t know what research was or why students went to grad school before this summer. I had never talked to someone who was in graduate school or was working in a lab. The whole idea of research was...
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July 21, 2015
By: Kathy Dai
Of all the fantastic faculty seminars that we've had this summer, I think my favorite still remains the very first one - Dr. Mohamed Noor's talk about his life and his research on evolution. I remember feeling really impressed at his...
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