July 3, 2022
By: Vidita Shah
Throughout her scientific career, Dr. Zhiqing Huang has had to navigate international moves, her obligations as a wife and mother, and her own growing and changing interests as a scientist. At the beginning of our interview, Dr. Huang started by...
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June 26, 2022
By: Amelia Cangialosi
Ever since Dr. John Pearson was a kid, he knew he wanted to be a scientist. He is now living out that dream with his own lab, the Pearson lab. Earlier this week, I had the privilege of sitting down...
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By: Natalia Bojorquez
You know how a lot of the times when you look at someone very successful you imagine that they must have always known what they wanted to do, had a detailed plan of how they were going to do it,...
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By: Sid Ghanta
Dr. Varghese was born and raised in India, traveling around the country frequently due to her father's post in the military. She did primary and secondary school all over the country, although mainly in the southern state of Kerala. Afterward,...
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By: Morayo Abbey-Bada
The scientific journey of Dr. Volkan started in Turkey where she was born and completed her Undergraduate and Masters in Molecular Biology and Genetics. Interestingly, she initially had a strong interest in film but decided to go down the science...
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By: Ashley Alcantar Magana
The Chair of Cell Biology at Duke University Medical Center, George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor for Research in Molecular Biology, Professor of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, and Director of the Transgenic Mouse Facility, Dr. Scott Soderling began his research journey...
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June 25, 2022
By: Sam Shi
My mentor is Rachel Keener. She is a third-year Ph.D. student in the Ko lab in the MGM department. She went to the University of Georgia and majored in genetics. Her first interest in biology, particularly genetics, stemmed from her...
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By: Piper Epstein
My graduate mentor, Jun Zeng, is a 3rd year MGM student at the David Lab. Jun grew up in China, where he recounts loving "taking things apart" and learning how things worked. This love for discovery and exploration has carried...
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June 23, 2022
By: Rena Ouyang
My mentor this summer is Dr. Emily Bernhardt, a genuine, kind, and established scientist who also happens to be the chair of the Duke University Biology Department. In these first three weeks of BSURF, I have gotten to know her...
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