August 16, 2013
by Alyssa Banotai
Comments Off on Mikah Farbo ’14: National Autism Conference
I attended the 17th annual National Autism Conference held at Penn State University. I had the honor of meeting many important researchers in the field of autism and applied behavior analysis as well as teachers, parents, and advocates. Jodi DiPiazza, … Continue reading
August 1, 2013
by Alyssa Banotai
Comments Off on Ivana Wang ’15: It’s Working!
Good news! I started my project over again, and everything is working! I isolated plasmids from BP clonase colonies, and the insert was in the plasmid, as confirmed after sequencing. The LR reaction was run after this, using both PDEST … Continue reading
July 16, 2013
by Alyssa Banotai
Comments Off on Ivana Wang ’15: Take Two!
This week, a major problem has been detected. The primers used originally had the wrong sequence, so they had to be redesigned and reordered. We found out that the insert was not in the LR product or the BP product, … Continue reading
June 25, 2013
by Alyssa Banotai
Comments Off on Alicia Makepeace ’14: The Beauty of the Dry Box
With the official start of summer research, we jumped right in and synthesis started the second day. The first step in the reaction pathway is the addition of a dithiol to synthesize a substitutated dithiane. The dithiane acts as a … Continue reading
June 25, 2013
by Alyssa Banotai
Comments Off on A Postcard From: Ivana Wang
Name: Ivana Wang Class Year: 2015 Major: Biology What’s happening? We’d love to hear how your internship is going: I am working on a pancreatic cancer research project at Fox Chase Cancer Research Center. I am currently working on obtaining … Continue reading
June 18, 2013
by Alyssa Banotai
Comments Off on Mikah Farbo ’15: The Classroom
The classroom that I’m in has a lead teacher, three Therapeutic Staff Supports (TSS’s), and five Personal Care Assistants (PCA’s) to teach eight children with autism ranging in age from kindergarten (six years old) to sixth grade (twelve years old). … Continue reading
June 17, 2013
by Alyssa Banotai
Comments Off on Alicia Makepeace ’14: A Summer of Chemistry
When summer is mentioned, images of beaches, cold drinks and friends commonly fill one’s head. So what would motivate working eight-hour workdays, five days a week for ten weeks during the summer months? For me, the rationale is this: summer … Continue reading
June 5, 2013
by Alyssa Banotai
Comments Off on Mikah Farbo ’15: Pediatric Autism and ABA
In August 2012, I was notified of the opportunity to apply to be an Alumnae Regional Scholar. Eleven sophomores are selected each year who have at least a 3.3 GPA, receive some form of financial aid, and have Bryn Mawr … Continue reading
June 5, 2013
by Alyssa Banotai
Comments Off on Meet the Blogger: Mikah Farbo ’15
Name: Mikah Farbo Class Year: 2015 Major: Psychology What’s happening? We’d love to hear about how your internship is going: This summer, I have the opportunity through an Alumnae Regional Scholarship to work with a psychologist who specializes in autism. … Continue reading