Hey Matthew! Great post as always. I'm sorry about your uncle. Neurodegenerative diseases take an unimaginable toll on patients and their loved ones, which is why projects like yours are so important. Computational approaches and machine learning are revolutionary new tools for medical research, especially for time-intensive processes like identifying appropriate sequences for RNA therapy. This is exciting work, and I'm looking forward to seeing what you do over the next few months/years!

Hey Tomás! I really enjoyed reading your post. As someone who was tied between Amiable and Analytical, I definitely relate to the need to improve on assertiveness. We can do it, though! Amiability is such an important communication style, especially to help people feel appreciated and motivated. Tempered with more assertiveness toward ourselves and others, we can become invincible :)

Hey Lydia! I find your consideration of the issues at hand, especially those related to ethics, very thoughtful and balanced, which is essential for a complex topic like this one. How do you locate all of a company's communications about its human rights commitments when they are expressed across a variety of sources? Have you developed a systematic approach to search for these communications or is it more of a case-by-case basis. Also, based on your research so far, I'm also curious to know how many companies in the arms industry have you found to fulfill their human rights obligations. Excited to see where this project goes!

Loved this post, Sindhu! Your reflections are very thoughtful and nuanced. I completely relate to your perspective on the ethics of mouse research; it’s disturbing to watch a mouse die but surprisingly easy to forget that the tissue we analyze comes from once-living animals. I agree that, while the focus should be on the human application and the unique benefits mouse research can provide, we must bear in mind that many animals' lives have been lost. In the meantime, it is important for us to minimize the harm done to these mice by experimenting on as few animals as possible and caring for them properly while they are alive. 

So cool, Claire! I had never really thought about applying eye-tracking software to learning chemistry, but when you mentioned that this technology could be integrated with AI tutoring systems, I also became excited by the prospect of guiding students to learn more effectively by focusing on more relevant aspects of the material. I find this interdisciplinary research so cool and am excited to see what you do next!