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First Day in Lab

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Hello Everyone! Today was my first day actually working in the lab. I drove to Duke extremely nervous but still so excited. When I got there I met Bea who was going to be my mentor. She graduated in 2018 and hopes to be accepted into Med school in the fall. Today she taught me how to do RNA extraction and Cell Cultures. I actually got to do part of the RNA extraction process but couldn't finish it because of an HR meeting. We also had a lab group meeting. In this meeting, one of the undergrads presented a project she had been working on and her data. Everyone bounced ideas off each other and afterward my boss, Jason Somarelli, and a partner of his, Dr. William Eward, had a spicy noodle eating contest which brought a lot of laughs to the group. I can't wait for tomorrow.

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