In my first summer as a Laidlaw Scholar, I worked on a project to characterize the effects of sensory stimulation on the interactions between neurons, microglia, and tumor cells in the brain tumor microenvironment.
I'm fascinated by what you have to say about your leadership experience as a researcher in a collaborative lab setting. It's a very different kind of leadership (much more horizontal) than I think a lot of us are used to, and yet it seems like learning to operate within those environments is a crucial skill that helps across any number of topic areas. As someone who mostly worked independently this summer, I feel like I emerged with a very different vision of what my leadership could be--one that might have been challenged, or at least transformed, by work that was more socially interdependent.
I loved hearing about the details of your project! You covered how essential the iterative process of feedback and improvement shapes research and scientific communication as a whole. Your motivation in understanding and reprogramming immune functions in the body to our advantage in the case of brain tumors is inspiring! I also agree that the potential environmental underpinnings of biological processes are essential to factor into responsive interventions and treatments. I am looking forward to your final presentation!
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I'm fascinated by what you have to say about your leadership experience as a researcher in a collaborative lab setting. It's a very different kind of leadership (much more horizontal) than I think a lot of us are used to, and yet it seems like learning to operate within those environments is a crucial skill that helps across any number of topic areas. As someone who mostly worked independently this summer, I feel like I emerged with a very different vision of what my leadership could be--one that might have been challenged, or at least transformed, by work that was more socially interdependent.
I loved hearing about the details of your project! You covered how essential the iterative process of feedback and improvement shapes research and scientific communication as a whole. Your motivation in understanding and reprogramming immune functions in the body to our advantage in the case of brain tumors is inspiring! I also agree that the potential environmental underpinnings of biological processes are essential to factor into responsive interventions and treatments. I am looking forward to your final presentation!