See what’s become of me … Simon and Garfunkel? I might be singing to the wrong crowd here. But oh heavens, the time is slipping by! I remember at the start of this quarter I was thinking “Oh, 14.5 units…
Monthly Archives: April 2011
What a Week!
In my last post I mentioned that I am going to be working with a graduate student mentor on a project rather than on an individual assignment. I still haven’t been able to meet up with the graduate student or…
Experiment: Round 2
The experiment Paul and I have been working on finally worked! This was exciting, but the data was very disappointing. We were testing an idea that we hoped would shed some light on how this type of DNA nanotube forms…
Posted in 2010-2011
Progress!
I am so proud of myself. Yesterday I completed a draft of my literature review. I read a few articles about the achievement gap and setting students up for success instead of failure. I did not realize that I could…
Posted in 2010-2011, McNair Scholars
A new direction
I had been thinking about my research and the direction it was going. It wasn’t really headed towards what I had hope for; I have been independently and the research seemed to be going very slowly. I talked to my…
Ah-ha Moments
“Sun’s gettin’ shinery, to spotlight the finery, Spring, Spring, Spring.” – from my all-time favorite musical, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. How I love Spring Quarter (and corny old-fashioned musicals) The rest of this blog will be research focused, I am…
Spring is in the Air
Hello everyone, and welcome back for Spring Quarter! I don’t know about you, but I am absolutely-positively-for-lack-of-a-better-word, stoked for the upcoming quarter. I had a lovely, albeit rainy, break back home in Lodi, and now with the sunshine and warm weather…
Alex Iteen is a second year student majoring in Biology. He is interested in bioengineering and synthetic biology. He is currently working in Dr. Fygenson's lab on DNA nanotubes. See all his posts
David Wallace is a third year student majoring in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology. He is currently working in Professor Weimbs's lab studying the pathogenic mechanisms of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD).See all his posts
Eneida Chesnut is a senior majoring in chemical engineering. She transferred from SBCC, where she studied chemistry. She works with organic materials for solar cells and is very interested in renewable energy research.See all her posts
Erzsebet is a second year chemical engineering major. She is interested in biotechnology and biophysics, and is working in Professor David Awschalom's lab investigating how cephalopod skin responds to different types of stimulation by light.
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Madison Cornwell is a second year student majoring in Biochemistry and Spanish. She is a EUREKA intern through the California NanoSystems Institute and the Resident Assistant of the Women in Science and Technology House in Manzanita Village. She will be working closely with Dr. Kosik and graduate student Israel Hernandez for the remainder of her time at UCSB.See all her posts
