June 28, 2015
By: Chris Chang
When I first imagined becoming a scientist, I dreamed that I would be a master of the elements. I would be lord of the cells - and the lab would be my domain. But as soon as I started working...
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By: Marie-Martine Uwera
My day at the lab involves a couple of connected protocols. Everyday before I leave the lab, I prepare solutions and organize equipments that I will use the next day. Then, I go through some protocols with my mentor and...
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By: Hayden Walcott
In the Haase Lab I study the model organism S. cerevisiae, or baking yeast. All of the experiments I have performed so far involve growing cultures of different strains of S.cerevisiae in different medias and taking samples at intervals to...
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By: Adam Yaseen
In my experience so far, no two days in lab have been the same. There are a couple reasons why this is the case. For starters, my work involves two different parties. I work in the Buchler Lab with my...
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By: Michael Widmann
From my past summer working a 9 to 5 job at a company I assumed working in a research lab would be similar, but in reality is completely different. In the lab my days vary from coding the entire day...
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By: Reena Debray
I start each day at the qPCR machine in CIEMAS, picking up the data from last night’s qPCR run. A quick scan of the amplification graphs can usually tell me if there were any problems with the qPCR, but I’ll...
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By: Mickias Tegegn
Work in the Telen lab has yet to fall short of being a pleasant experience. I walk in every morning and feel welcomed by its members. I normally take the first half hour or so to organize data from the...
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By: Brandon Thio
A typical day in my lab life involves me getting to lab at around 9am. After I arrive at lab I precede to go to my desk and put down my things. If I have any questions to ask my...
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By: Rachel Yang
Much of my research revolves around pattern recognition, specifically training algorithms to learn how to differentiate between the normal sinus rhythm of someone with atrial fibrillation (AF) and that of someone without AF. Although there are powerful machine learning algorithms...
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By: Brian Chan
When I get into lab, I usually start my day by setting up my desk: I take out and turn on my laptop, get out my notebook and pen, and put my water bottle on the corner. Besides that one...
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By: Christin Hong
I stride into my lab, grab my white lab coat, squeeze on purple gloves, and whip out my lab notebook. "Did you eat your Wheaties this morning?" my mentor asks with a chuckle. Amy, the lab manager, and Adam, a...
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By: Justin Sapp
To start off my day I wake up. If we have a Howard Hughes seminar I grab some yogurt, maybe even some tea and OJ to start off my day. After listening to the interesting talks from influential researchers I...
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By: Danielle Dawes
The Truskey Lab consists of post-docs, researchers, graduate and undergraduate students all working together to make new discoveries to advance the medical field. Everyone is very helpful and supportive of each other. People are constantly teaching each other new ways...
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By: Joe Kreitz
Because my project this summer involves the use of C. elegans nematodes, much of my usual day involves designing and calibrating worm experiments and protocols. Because neither my mentor nor I have ever cultivated worms, it has taken much time...
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By: Kathy Dai
My daily life in the Wang Lab is recursive. The tasks to complete each day, the type and amount of progress to make feels heavily dependent on what I accomplished the day before. This observation may seem ubiquitous and reflective of work...
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June 27, 2015
By: Fabian Jimenez Contreras
My daily life as a devoted member of the scientific arts might seem a little routine, and perhaps to the untrained eye, mundane. That could not be further from the truth. Although there might be sometimes where it seems as...
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June 23, 2015
By: Adam Yaseen
Hey guys! Sorry for putting this out late. It took me some extra time to thoroughly explain everything I'm working on, yet keep it reader friendly and as concise as possible, and include some helpful visual aids. I put a...
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June 22, 2015
By: Fabian Jimenez Contreras
During my summer research I have been tasked with trying to derive the structure of the protein MtrR this protein is an activator for a three gene complex called the MtrCDE. That in turn produces an energy dependent protein by...
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