Tag Archives: science
Research: Estrogens and the body
Let’s first start off by stating that I am a student in the Endocrinology and Animal Biosciences Program at Rutgers. The program I am in is very diverse and we study multiple aspects of endocrinology–or the study of hormones. There … Continue reading
A new language to learn
It is often difficult to recognize jargon in the everyday life of a graduate student. In lab all day, the terms polymerase chain reaction (PCR), nanodrop, and reverse transcription (RT) seem like mundane words used in a classroom. However, it … Continue reading
Finding the needle in a haystack
Research methodology in the sciences can either make you jump up and down like you’ve won the lottery, or sit and cry (you already have enough of a headache, so banging your head on a table isn’t an option). There are those methods that … Continue reading
Randomly Walking through Research
From reading papers, it’s easy to gain the following picture of what the research process looks like: someone starts at point A, a known point in the space of knowledge, then directly proceeds through various arguments and data to one’s … Continue reading
Research Methodologies in Laboratory Sciences- The Joys of Analytical Instrumentation
Obtaining a graduate degree would be so much easier if the analytical instrumentation would just work…For those of you would don’t have to run various chromatography instruments (ICs, HPLCs, GCs), thermo-cyclers, spectrophotometers, or any of the other numerous finicky pieces … Continue reading
Identity, Goals, and Diversity in Interdisciplinary Research
While I was an undergraduate physics major, my interests and research experiences were quite clearly of the pure physics variety: particle physics, cosmology, astrophysics. There was never any question about my scientific identity or goals — I was unambiguously a … Continue reading
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