Perhaps my most gratifying research experience was also my biggest research obstacle. During my early undergraduate research in Professor Paul Sternberg’s Lab, I had grown to learn how to communicate science, determine the important experiments to conduct and obtain the necessary laboratory skills. These experiences came from my project in engineering C. elegans to express a photosensitive archaea proton pump in the mitochondrial membrane to explore how we can engineer a more efficient strain of C. elegans. In this process, I learned to construct plasmids using molecular biology and learned to introduce these genetic changes by injections and genetic crosses. Each successive step, I learned to troubleshoot and optimize. The hardest task to
I arrived at the University of Ingolstad still emotionally rocked at my mothers recent depart from this world sadly dying from scarlet fever. On a watchful eye of professor Waldman. I was determined to create life no matter the cost to me all that mattered was the ability I needed to learn to be able to create life.
The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. When I first went into high school, I had no interest in going to college, and since I wasn't going to college, I didn't feel the need to do any of my work - or study for my tests. I did this the whole year, and the year after that. At the end of the second year of high school I found out that I was going to fail the second quarter of Algebra 2. I had to spend my own $200 on one summer school class for three weeks because I didn't care enough to care about my grades.
Many people feel that biology has become more advanced than physics. Biology has in fact become the new focus of the future as we tend to use it a lot in our daily lives. The study of Biotechnology is known as the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes. This study shows that our lives can be transformed.
In my search for meaning and purpose, I stumbled upon a truth – the search is more about the journey than the destination. A knowing began to simmer …we don’t choose our wounds of the flesh; rather freedom comes in knowing that we have a choice in how we respond to that suffering. What I believe today is my suffering is no less, or no more than another’s, it is just a matter of perspective. In the throes of the pain of living life on life’s terms, it often seems that I am alone, but my heart informs me otherwise. In the darkness, after wallowing around angrily licking my wounded pride, I begin to cry out to God in desperation. After a period of darkness, the degree of yearning resonates gently like the ripples on a pond, beckoning my heart
My senior year in high school, I started dating my boyfriend Dontavious. During my senior year I had part time job at McDonald’s. One night my manager ask me to step outside because a customer wanted to talk to me personally. She introduced herself to as Sarah and asked me questions about my family. Towards the end of the conversation she informed me that my grandfather is father, which meant she was my aunt. I went home to tell my mother about what was said. My mother explained that Sarah was telling the truth, but my family did not speak about the situation. Graduation time was slowly approach and Dontavious suggested that our families should all come together and meet one another. Dontavious’s Aunt Sabrina had a baby shower. I enter the
In the last year I’ve come across many lessons learned but there has been a single overall lesson that has had a substantial effect on my life. A lot of times, a lesson may go in one ear and out the other, but once one sticks it is often that it will be carried along with us all throughout our lives. With that being said, it is my senior year of high school and if I were to narrow the lessons I’ve learned down to the most important I would definitely choose the one that tugs on my heart the most. Toxic relationships are real and it is okay to remove them from your life.
The tears hit my face like a midday Georgia thunderstorm–little sprinkles, then, BAM! The floodgates of heaven opened. I’d made up my mind. I was fed up with the bullies, my eating disorder, living, breathing, being. I was going to take my life that night.
Many people have learned a lesson from something that happened to them, this is my story.
I have encountered the quote,” Easy Does It, Sun” in my life. for example, I was in the Woodland summer camp in 4th grade and they were holding an egg drop in competition. I imprudently forgot to work on it beforehand. Therefore, I woke up really early the day it was due to start my project because I really wanted to win the competition. My mind was racing with many ideas I was putting together in my brain. As I ran hastily down the stairs, I mistakenly slipped and fell. Then, my parents, Grandparents, and sister rushed after me to see if I was okay. I suddenly had lost consciousness and was unresponsive. my mom called 911 and my sister prepared to give me CPR. It was a very frightening moment for everyone. Luckily, my sister had
As the school bell rang, the whole class jumped from their seats and sprang out the door. It was Friday, the best time of the week, the next day you can sleep in, no school, you are free. That is what I thought my weekend was going to be like, but I was mistaken. It went more like this.
Everywhere I go, she is always there. Not in a physical sense but more in a spiritual sense. I understand it is all in my head but every time the scent of vanilla appeared, she automatically comes to mind. How she would wake up in the morning with her hair in my face and her back facing me while my arms rested around her waist. Let’s just say it was my favorite place to be. She was the only one I needed. Then things got strange.The sun started going down sooner and the moon started to glow brighter. I know we will be together forever. Will, such a strange and yet demanding word. One night, the wind was blowing hard and the snow just began to fall. Coincidently it was our two-year anniversary. I had just bought a ring for the girl of my dreams and no, it wasn’t a proposal. It was more of a promise ring. She never has had one before which is pretty insane due to her incredible beauty. Any man would be lucky to have her and I’m the lucky one.
The aroma of cotton candy and popcorn pervaded the air. With my sister and brother strolling to the right of me and my parents to my left, we admired our surroundings. We entered Universal Studios, one of the greatest amusement parks in the world and it seemed like a dream to my sixth grade self. Straightaway, we went ride to ride, enjoying the sun and the scenery. Then as we walked towards another section of the park, I heard piercing screams. I looked up and saw vibrant, green steel tracks in the distance. The tracks looped and turned, towering up into the sky and sharply back down, and small carts filled with people rapidly dashed around on the steel monster. I had never seen such a massive roller coaster in person, and watching the ride petrified me.
I learned about authentic leadership through three divergent and transformative experiences in a rural Ethiopian village, a kindergarten classroom in Tanzania, and a boardroom.
Have you ever faced a challenge that is hard to overcome? The answer is probably yes. Was it an adrenaline rush? Maybe so because mine was.
I have proactively engaged in research activity throughout my undergraduate program. I had my first research experience in Dr. B Anand’s lab, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, during my second year. The aim of the project was to study the non-fluorescent beta-barrel structured proteins and engineer its amino acid sequence to make them into fluorescent ones. Our approach was mainly based upon the studies of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) from a jellyfish Aequorea victoria. Tools like Python programming language, Gromacs, Ribosome, PROSS, and Pymol were used to study the structural components of non-fluorescent proteins. I gained invaluable knowledge about protein engineering and developed deeper fascination for life sciences. Later in the fall break, I interned at Globion India Pvt.Ltd–Hyderabad, India where I worked on ‘Growth-curve studies of chick embryo-propagated Infectious Bronchitis Virus’ under the mentorship of Dr. Sophia. My work included cultivating primary cell culture usi...