Xiomara Garcia

What's your name?
Xiomara Garcia

What do you like to do in your free time?
Listen to music and hang out with friends

Describe what you're doing at RAP and how you feel about it.
I am entering data into the system and I am helping with the Access and GUTS program, so far I really like it because everyday it is something different.

Tell me a little about yourself. What kind of music do you like? What's your favorite color? What's your sign? What clothes do you like to wear?
I like all different types of music not just one, my favorite color is blue an purple, my sign is Pisces, I like to wear comfortable and casual clothes.

What's something cool or interesting you learned this week that you didn't know before?
I didn't know how many people were connected to the GUTS program and how long it has been going on for.

What's your dream job?
My dream job is to become a Psychologist or a Pediatrician.

Final (very important) question: Pancakes? Waffles? French toast??
Waffles

Han Gil's

What's your name?

Han Gil Jeong

What do you like to do in your free time?

I love to listen to music, play tennis, watch movie, and sleep.

Describe what you're doing at RAP and how you feel about it.

I'm working in Garrett Lab, and our main focus of study at this moment is colorectal cancer. So far, I have been learning different techniques in the lab such as how to use equipments, how to handle hazardous chemicals, and how to be friends with mice in the basement. I am very excited about many different things that I learn everyday, and I feel very blessed to have this opportunity.

Tell me a little about yourself. What kind of music do you like? What's your favorite color? What's your sign? What clothes do you like to wear?

-I like all the genres, but I mostly listen to rock, R&B, rap, and electronic music. My favorite artists would be Maroon 5, Coldplay, Norah Jones, OneRepublic, Paramore, Eric Benet, Kanye West, Eminem, and Jason Mraz. I can put down some more, but I better stop now because it might be endless :P
-I love any bluish color.
-I'm an aquarius.
-I like to dress casually & slightly formally: dress pants, shirts, and sometimes tie.

What's something cool or interesting you learned this week that you didn't know before?

I learned how cute the mice are. The baby mice are the cutest animals in the world. I dream about them almost every night. I also learned that getting results from experiment requires high level of skill, patience, and concentration.

What's your dream job?

A doctor/bioengineer/drug developer/diplomat

Final (very important) question: Pancakes? Waffles? French toast??

Why isn't cereal one of the options? This is not fair. Just sayin.

Midley's Workspace

Where I work: Midley

I work in the eight floor in the HSPH Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases. In the lab I am surrounded by different tools like pipets and expensive machines like the microfuge centrifuge. The lab tends to be very laid back and quiet. Most of the employees are doing independent studies, so they are always either in front of their computer typing a lap report or doing more research, or at their station running many test. I enjoy working in the lab and believe it has an efficent atmosphere where anyone can get their work done.

Who's that?

What's your name?
Midley Theork

What do you do in your free time?
During my free time, I like to hang out with my friends, play sports (basketball, soccer, softball and track), take a lot of pictures because I am interest in being a photographer as my main hobby as an adult, and to relax I like to read a book, watch a movie, and listen to music.

Describe what you're doing at RAP and how you feel about it. What's something cool or interseting you learned this week that you didn't know before?
Working in the lab, I am always learning something new every day. To be more specific, I am learning about the infectious disease called tuberculosis, known at TB, that about one-third of the world's population is affected with. The reason the number is so high and people aren't able to be cured is because of drug resistance. Because of two resistant, MDR and XDR, when an antibiotic is applied, it is not effective and only drug resistane cells live. My goal is to get a better understanding of the evolution of drug resistant cells, so I have many more to learn and many tests to complete. Learning this, I began to understand what am important summer I am about to have, for myself and my lab which doesn't fully understand drug resistance as well.

Tell me about yourself. ewhat kind of music do you like? What's your favorite color? What's your sign? What clothes do you like to wear?
I listen to all types of music; what catches my attention if often the beat or lyrics of a song.
My birthday is February 13, so I am an Aquarius, who are known to possess strong and attractive personalities. It was difficult choosing my favorite color, but because my birthday is the day before Valetine's Day and I am not a girly girl, I simply chose red.
I like to wear a variety of different clothes. There are days that I love to wear basketball shorts/baggy sweats and a tank top, while there are other days I like to wear a skirt or a short dress with high heels. I just like to be comfortable and relaxed no matter the moment.
Oh one last thing, I LOVE to smile! :)

What's your dream job?
My dream job is to work with infectious diseases internationally, so I can have the ablility to travel the world to enjoy myself while helping many people.

Final (very important) question: Pancakes? Waffles? French toast??
French toast of course!

My Workspace

This picture shows where I have been working for the past week in the Nutrition department of HSPH. These piles of papers all have the files of over 300 males who participated in the "Health Professionals Follow-Up Study," a study where one aspect dealt with colon polyps. The first day I got to the office, I was given a 7 page list of ID numbers, one for each participant. I then had to go into the filing room and search for the files of all of the participants, and check them off on the list once they were found. Once all of the files were pulled, I then started sifting through all of the paperwork in each file in order to find the patient's pathology report as well as their signed consent form in order to make two copies of each. As I did this, I read over some of the reports and I thought it was interesting to see that there were different kinds of cancerous polyps that could be inside one's colon that had to be removed. I am happy to say that I am just about done making the copies and I'm excited to see what I will be doing next with the information in this study!

Taylor!

What's your name?
Taylor

What do you like to do in your free time? I like to listen to music, play basketball, go to the beach, and shop.

Describe what you're doing at RAP and how you feel about it. I'm working in the Nutrition department of HSPH on a study about colon polyps. For now, I've been finding pathology reports and consent forms and making two copies of each. Sometimes it can be a bit tedious, but I still enjoy it!

Tell me a little about yourself. What kind of music do you like? What's your favorite color? What's your sign? What clothes do you like to wear?
-I like mostly all types of music but specifically I like hip-hop, R&B, and pop (My all time favorite artists are Drake and Trey Songz!)
-My favorite color is constantly changing but right now it's yellow or green.
-I'm an aquarius.
-I like to dress casually: jeans, t-shirts, etc.

What's something cool or interesting you learned this week that you didn't know before? I learned what pathology reports were: they are reports ordered by authorized healthcare professionals that describe what was found in tissues removed from a patient's body.
What's your dream job? A dentist/orthodontist.

Final (very important) question: Pancakes? Waffles? French toast?? hmm...that's a hard one, but I'm gonna go with french toast.

Denver's Bio

What is your name?: Denver

What do you like to do on your free time? Listen to music and exercise!

What do you do in your department and how do you feel about it? I learn how to use scientific materials and to manipulate DNA. I feel excited about my work!

What is your dream job: To teach

Do you prefer pancakes, waffles or french toast? French toast

What kind of music do you listen to? Rap, R & B, and soft rock

What is your favorite color? Green

What is your astrological sign? Taurus

What is your favorite dress style? Casual

What are your hobbies? Music and exercise

What is something interesting you have learned from your work so far? Something interesting I have thus learned is that DNA is negative and moves toward the positive direction.

Laboratory Extrication of DNA from Bacteria

Hello, my name is Denver. I work currently at Harvard Medical School (HSPH) with the Research Apprenticeship Program (RAP). I am interning in the Immunology and Infectious Disease laboratory. In my laboratory, I am studying Tuberculosis.
In this picture is shown the apparatus in which enzymes are brought to optimal conditions and activated to cut DNA. Prior to the using of this tool, we performed a series of processes to extract the DNA of bacteria from them including adding extrinsic chemicals and antibacterials to and precipitating them through spinning the mixtures. In this phase of the experiment shown, the extracted DNA samples are being cut by a specific enzyme at 37 degrees Celsius so as to split them strategically. The collective experiment is part of an assay on the characteristics of Tuberculosis. The characteristics of the bacterial disease were being discovered through experimenting on a relative kind of bacteria.

Danaisha

whats your name?
*Danaisha
what do you do on your free time?
*listen to music
*write my own songs and poems
*read sometimes
what is your dream/future goal?
*major in pediatrics
waffles, pancakes, or french toast?
*waffles
music that you like to listen to?
r&b/hiphop, rap
favorite color?
*blue
sigh?
*aries
favorite hobbies
*music
what i learned being apart of the RAP program?
you can look up people that you have losted by using their social security, i found my uncle by doing obituary filing.

First Day!

The Research Apprenticeship Program (RAP) started today with an awesome building tour from Danny Beaudoin. Thanks for the backstage passes to the HSPH campus Danny! Lab work is also beginning today – can't wait to check in at the end of the week.
– Jori & Sarah