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July 24, 2022

Flower garden and Pizzas – Michael T.

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July 23, 2022

The Final Stretch – Beto A.

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July 23, 2022

5 for 35

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As we approach the end of the “educational experience of a lifetime”, everyone must face the fact that we all […]

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July 22, 2022

Bye Armory :(

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As usual, I never made it to breakfast. And yes, I arrived at the armory classroom again just on time. […]

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July 21, 2022

7 Days Left – Jay K.

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Sitting at my lab bench, pipettes and microcentrifuge tubes littered across the surface, I clack away at my keyboard to […]

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July 21, 2022

We Learned How Dinosaurs Got So BIG!

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Entering the penultimate week of SSP, we’ve been bombarded by a hail of ‘lasts’: the last wet lab, last dorm […]

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Soup Bowl Ladies, Goodbyes, and Other Difficult Things to Face

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*record scratch* *freeze frame* Yep, that’s a bowl of watermelon in chicken noodle soup. You’re probably wondering how we ended […]

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July 20, 2022

Gel Electrophoresis and Karoke – Nosa I.

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Today we got our DNA back from the PCR setup we completed and got ready for Gel Electrophoresis!!! We have […]

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July 20, 2022

Single Digits

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Day 31. The one month anniversary. This experience so far feels like it has been long enough for it to […]

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Isolation (I miss you guys)

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When I was thinking about my blog post a week ago, I would never have guessed it would be about […]

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