Microbiology Personal Statement

I’ve always had a penchant for science. With its many unique fields, from chemistry to biology to physics, I’m never at a loss for interesting experiments to perform or phenomena to research. My favorite part of any experiment is the excitement that comes from waiting for results and seeing whether everything turned out the way it planned. During my junior year, in biology class, my classmates and I had the opportunity to participate in an Escherichia coli cultivation lab that even included transforming the bacteria with Penicillin resistant recombinant plasmids. I got to learn so much about microbiology because we go to handle each step of the process ourselves. From setting up petri dishes with various agars and varying the amount of Penicillin on each sample to sterilizing inoculation loops with an open flame, each part of the set up taught me how to work with the various material presented and how to efficiently set up labs. The most fascinating part of the experiment came next when we

The E. coli lab I performed allowed me to gain a new perspective bacterial vaccine and antibiotic resistance, but I want to be able to expand upon these skill sets. Instead of just becoming a doctor, I would like to become an engineer as well. I want to combine my ability to create solutions and analyze data with my desire to improve healthcare for all people. If I pursue engineering as well as medicine, I can invent an assortment of new things that can stop people from getting sick. Rather than simply studying and creating vaccines, I want to come up with ways to make them more versatile and deadly to harmful bacteria. Through having a background in molecular and chemical interactions while also thoroughly understanding the way the human body works, with the new technology available in the future, I might be able to make some groundbreaking