in the beginning…
So, I’m back at Duke for the summer doing biomedical research as part of the Howard Hughes Research Fellows Program. I wish I could leave a long entry, but it’s getting late, and I need to wake up early to go to the lab.
Overall, it’s been a blast. This first week has gone by so quickly. We’ve had all these events scheduled, and once I got back into the research-y mood, time spent in lab quickly faded away. I’ve having fun cooking for myself and others, and the people I’ve met are all really interested in what they do. It’s such a great community to be a part of.
Anyways, let’s talk some science. I’m in Dr. Fan Wang’s lab in the Cell Biology department and am studying the development of the facial somatosensory system in embryonic organisms. One of my grad student mentors in the lab has already looked at this development in mice, so now, I’m looking at the same development in Chicken embryos, and as of Tuesday, Turtle embryos. Here’s a pic of an embryonic turtle (sans head…): actually, i can’t really figure out how to add in a pic using this blogging software, but i’ll play around with it soon!
Anyways, research is interesting, residential life is good, our schedules are packed, and the free housing is decent. There are a few quirks here and there, but i’ll be sure to address those in a future post. thanks for reading, and goodnight! 