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eighth week
I can’t believe that time has flown by so quickly! I’m now wrapping up the final week of my summer internship at PHRII, which has been an incredibly meaningful and valuable learning experience. Monday through Wednesday consisted of running more miRNA isolations. So far, miRNA have been proving incredibly finicky to work with, so it’s…
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seventh week
Monday 7.4 THE LIZARDS HAVE RETURNED. This week, Anisa and I continued to implement various miRNA isolation protocols in hopes of improving our miRNA quality to reach the 2.0-2.2 benchmark for our A260/280 and A260/230 values. On Monday, Nikhita, Samhita, and I went to A2B for dinner, where I ordered their plain dosa. Tuesday 7.5.2022…
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sixth week
MONDAY: We began today with a staff meeting at PHRII, where each of the interns gave a brief summary of their progress so far and discussed the challenges and successes we faced. Dr. Kiran and Dr. Vijaya also shared about the recent cases they had seen in the clinic. Dr. Purnima and Dr. Karl were…
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fifth week
This week mainly consisted of attending the Cytogenetics and MCB Techniques workshop at JSS Hospital. With Prime Minister Modi arriving on Monday for International Yoga Day, BJP banners, flags, and massive billboards lined the streets touting the primer minister’s “Yoga for Humanity” campaign. As a result, road closures were frequent today with a large police…
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fourth week
MONDAY Today, we went to JSS again to conduct cDNA synthesis. Unfortunately, we were unable to run the RT-qPCR today, so it looks like we’ll be returning tomorrow. On a happier note, I’ve received more responses for physician shadowing! Since I’ve had some downtime due to scheduling conflicts with Medha to run the miRNA project,…
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third week
This week, all the other interns have officially arrived! Leona is a Neuroscience and Performance Arts major from Brown who is incorporating her doula work and emotional support peer coaching experience into a training for ASHA workers. Samhita is a Public Health and MCB major from UC Berkeley. Her project is focused on conducting an…
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second week
Hopefully, it’s nothing too serious. Famous last words. I’ve fallen sick to food poisoning. Yippee. I’ll spare you the details, but my updates this week will be brief. Monday 5.30 As all the PHRI staff were coming in for work around 9:30am this morning, we kept on hearing drumming outside. Rashmi informed everyone that there…
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first week
Monday 5.23 THERE’S A LIZARD ON THE CEILING. oh my heck I don’t know what to do. I went to close the blinds, and it appeared out of nowhere. It’s fifteen minutes later, and it finally scampered away. Thank goodness. Amphibious visitors aside, today was actually pretty productive. This morning, Anisa and I visited the…
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familiar yet foreign
Reflections from my first weekend in India (May 20 – May 22, 2022) After roughly 24 hours of travel, I have finally arrived in India! Special thanks to Priyanka, a PhD student at the University of Arizona and my travel companion who made sure that I was well taken care of every step of the…
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