June 7, 2015
By: Brandon Thio
[caption id="attachment_1004" align="alignnone" width="300"] Lots and Lots of Matlab[/caption] My initial thoughts of research are that you tinker in a lab asking questions all day long figuring out how the world works one small step at a time. Every day...
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By: Chris Chang
Viruses are cool. From zombies to apocalyptic plagues, viruses have managed to capture our imaginations on a level few other organisms have achieved. Like many other kids, I dreamed of working in a fancy lab trying to save humanity from...
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By: Kathy Dai
During the opening breakfast of our Howard Hughes Research Fellows program, Dean Lee Baker reminded me and my fellow rising-2nd year undergrads that this – the opportunity to become deeply involved in research so soon in our scientific careers –...
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By: Jonathan Grego
As a wise man named Captain Joe once told me "Jonathan, you must take advantage of all life's opportunities given to you.", I sought out my hunt for opportunities here in Duke University. This summer research program is a huge opportunity for me to...
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By: Hayden Walcott
This first week has been very exciting, I'm really enjoying settling into this summer's research life and gaining more responsibility. I cook my own food, cash my own checks, and when the apartment's water heater floods at 10:30 pm on...
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By: Marie-Martine Uwera
[caption id="attachment_977" align="alignnone" width="300"] A great research team...Duke Division of Infectious Diseases![/caption] I have always wanted to participate in a research program, but I wasn't sure whether that time would be this summer. Today, I feel so privileged to be...
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By: Michael Widmann
“What is happening? What are we doing? How does this work?” Probably some of the phrases I’ve said the most during my first week working in Dr. Yiyang Gong’s lab. Whether it was designing a primer for a PCR reaction,...
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By: Fabian Jimenez Contreras
So far my summer research experience has been not only engaging, but the amount I have learned in such a small time is astounding. So far this research has been exactly what I was expecting going into this program. Working...
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By: Reena Debray
I’m in a somewhat unusual position, because my experience in the Tung lab will last beyond the summer. I already knew Dr. Tung, and had asked her permission to register for an independent study course in her lab this fall,...
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By: Danielle Dawes
I am really excited to explore the world of research this summer. I have never participated in research before, and I have spent limited time in the lab. I am curious to see what goes into all these discoveries and...
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By: Joe Kreitz
This summer will be the first time I will ever be affiliated with Duke BME. For the last year I have been nearly dead-set on studying biology for my four years as an undergrad, and as such I have gotten...
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By: Adam Yaseen
My hope for the summer is to see what scientific research is truly like. I’ve really enjoyed the science classes I’ve taken at Duke so far (albeit the lab write ups), but with most subjects, there can be a big...
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By: Mickias Tegegn
I didn’t expect to get into this program. Which made for an ecstatic freshman when I received my admissions email. I was pretty humbled to learn about all of the features that came with it. Above all, I was looking...
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By: Christin Hong
[caption id="attachment_1027" align="alignnone" width="300"] My first heart surgery!Here I am amputating the heart of a zebrafish to study heart regeneration[/caption] As I pulled into Duke after a 8.5 hour drive, I was suddenly overwhelmed with the realization that I would...
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By: Rachel Yang
If I were asked to describe Day 1 with one word, I would say “lost.” First, I was lost in the Gardens, completely failing to find the quickest route from Central to West, and more shamefully lost looking for the...
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By: Emily Wu
Coming into this program a week ago, I had no concrete idea of what to expect from the next 2 months, which seemed to me the best way to maximize my experience here and hopefully minimize the disappointments encountered. After...
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June 5, 2015
By: Brian Chan
When I got accepted into the HHRF program, my parents and I were pretty excited. To be completely honest, my parents were probably more excited than I was. While of course I was happy and elated to A) have something...
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May 28, 2015
By: Ron Grunwald
So, what am I most looking forward to this summer? Well, here are two things: 1. Exposure to new ideas and approaches in biology. Some will be things that I didn't know. And others will convince me that everything I know is wrong! I expect...
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