July 5, 2015
By: Fabian Jimenez Contreras
All of the talks this week were very informative, and I enjoyed listing to all of them. There was a vast array of interesting topics that all offer new approaches finding out how find out more about our world. I...
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By: Mickias Tegegn
This past week I was given a glimpse into all of the exciting things that my peers in the HHRF program are doing in their labs this summer. I thought everyone was doing really interesting things. From Ecoli conjugation to...
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By: Emily Wu
The extensive range of research topics covered this week by chalk talks was pretty mind-blowing, but as Dr. G mentioned at one point, a commonality was that many of us are working at the interface of health and clinical application in...
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By: Hayden Walcott
This week I really enjoyed seeing everyone's chalk talks. It is interesting to learn about all the different types of research people are involved in. I knew that there are many types of research and that we are all involved...
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By: Brandon Thio
I was very impressed by the work that the other members of the fellowship were doing this summer. All of the biomedical engineering talks piqued my interest because they were actually solving a problems that were actually applicable to medicine...
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By: Reena Debray
This week was my favorite so far. Everyone’s talks were well-rehearsed and interesting. I particularly enjoyed Cristin’s talk about her project in the Poss lab. I remembered hearing previously that she was working with zebrafish, and I was puzzled, because...
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By: Justin Sapp
It was a very great experience to be able to learn about everyone else’s research. There seem to be a wide range of fields that research is applicable in. I thought that Bryan’s presentation about the heterologous production of terpenes...
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By: Danielle Dawes
I loved hearing about what everyone has been working on in their labs this summer. I can tell that everyone has learned so much in this short time. You have to fully understand your project in order to be able...
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By: Chris Chang
Although my research is primarily focused on viruses and cancer, I think that neuroscience is perhaps one of the most interesting fields of science today. While scientific advances have greatly expanded our understanding of the natural world, how our own brains function...
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By: Christin Hong
I really enjoyed everyone's chalk talks, especially because I got to learn how common methods were used quite differently in the various labs. My lab uses CRSIPR technology to perform genome editing, but I was quite interested in the research...
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By: Brian Chan
Listening to chalk talks this past week was really interesting- hearing about everyone’s projects and the fascinating work that my peers do was quite engaging. However, one chalk talk that I really enjoyed was Rachel’s. Her project focuses on reading...
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By: Rachel Yang
One of the chalk talks that stood out to me was Emily’s research on the role of the zinc finger 804F gene in causing schizophrenic behavior. Although nature and nurture are most likely both involved in the onset of schizophrenia,...
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By: Kathy Dai
During last week's chalk talks, I remember thinking "wow that's really, really cool" to so many of my HHRF peers' research projects. It's difficult to pick a favorite from this general rosy impression, so I looked over my notes from...
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By: Joe Kreitz
Although I enjoyed all the chalk talks this past week, I was especially impressed by Adam’s project—ultrasensitivity in CRISPR systems. I definitely believe that CRISPR is going to fundamentally change the ways in which scientists, engineers, and clinicians approach gene...
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July 3, 2015
By: Marie-Martine Uwera
[caption id="attachment_1274" align="alignnone" width="300"] Great chalk talk Reena. I loved it :) Can't wait for your research results[/caption] It was such a good experience to hear about my peers research projects. Everyone gave their talks passionately. Everyone took their time...
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July 2, 2015
By: Michael Widmann
This week instead of faculty talks everyone gave a "chalk talk" about their research. These were a great way to learn about everyone's research because no technology was allowed except for a white board, so everyone had to make sure...
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June 28, 2015
By: Jonathan Grego
Oas lab, like I mentioned in my last post, is supposed to be more like a training program for future labs. Day to day operations are fairly consistent, and I'm always eager for new things to do. Everyday, I get...
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By: Emily Wu
Aside from the collection of data (which consists of survey and brain imaging techniques and shipping off to California companies for genotyping) much of the work in my lab is centered around the decisions of what questions would be interesting to...
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