Week 6:
The Children’s Hospital
July 4, 2013 | This week I have been continuing to collect the necessary clinical data as well as measuring x-rays. I have finally been given access to the x-rays I need (which I couldn’t access before), so I have been able to make quite a bit of progress these past few days. After I measure the x-rays for […]
Week 7:
University of Iowa Department of Biochemistry
July 3, 2013 | The fractions most likely to contain FANCJ were run on an SDS-Page gel which showed a very faint signal in Fraction 7 for FANCJ. Fraction 7 was analyzed on the Nanodrop spectrophotometer at 280 nm wavelength but there was no detectable concentration of FANCJ. Because the concentration of FANCJ in the fraction was so low […]
Week 6:
African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa
July 2, 2013 | Monday – Wednesday: Staff meeting on Monday, as usual. After finishing the Virgil Powell Collection photos, I can start on his papers. Now, that’s a very vague term because those six colored tubs of materials I mentioned last post? They were full of his papers. This means everything from invention designs and newspaper clippings to a fingerprinting game […]
Week 6:
University of Iowa Department of Biochemistry
July 2, 2013 | Week six held many good things. We finally have data. Hooray! Yuan took some of the slides I had prepared with the tadpole sections to the confocal microscope where we took pictures of construct H30 expression. It was so nice to see the results up close and with the greater resolution of the confocal. What […]
Week 2:
University of Chicago Medical Center
July 2, 2013 | Fellow in Research Monday of week two was great! First off we worked on de-fatting the cerebellum slides. Being as fat is hydrophobic, it gets in the way of the luxol fast blue staining the myelin. We placed the slides in the luxol fast blue dye overnight. Then I got to watch Aya and Kae […]
Week 2:
National Association of Chain Drug Stores
July 1, 2013 | I had another fantastic week at NACDS! This week, I had the privilege of attending two Congressional Hearings on Capitol Hill! Both of these were incredible experiences. The first hearing discussed Drug Abuse and the CMS Reimbursements. This was interesting because I had never heard of the “doctor shopping” or “pill mill” fraud schemes before. […]
Week 5:
Twin Cities Orthopedics
July 1, 2013 | This past week at Twin Cities Orthopedics has provided me with some valuable information and details for my personal project. Several weeks ago I began observing a patient who had a knee replacement and over the many visits have learned the specific reasons for changes in her rehab program. One of the major goals of […]
Week 6:
Mayo Clinic
July 1, 2013 | This week was pretty exciting because I had my first interaction with a patient. I was invited to observe Dr. St. Louis give a neurological examination to a patient participating in our sleep deprivation study. The patient was staying at St. Mary’s Hospital, which is the other Mayo Clinic campus in Rochester about five minutes […]
Week 5:
Project Transitions
June 30, 2013 | At Cornell, I am lucky enough to know my professors. They know how I act in class, and through discussion and interaction, they have a context in which to put my paperwork when I turn in exams. They understand that I am more than a number on a roster, more than a score on a […]
Week 7:
Baruch Institute for Marine & Coastal Sciences
June 29, 2013 | This week went by fast. I have three sets of samples right now, and I had to process them without mixing up which was which. To that end, I’m keeping clear notes on what I’ve done so far. Two of the three samples were the same as what I’ve been dealing with already. The other […]