Undergraduate Student Stories
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Political Aspirations I have worked in Dr. Lohitash Karumbaiah’s lab since January 2014. Prior to beginning in this lab, I attended the weekly RBC lab meetings. Scientific research leads to progress; progress leads to a better world; therefore, scientific research leads to a better world. As this syllogism suggests, scientific research is necessary to improve…
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Changing Lives My grandmother has Alzheimer’s disease and I have seen firsthand how devastating the disease can be on a person’s quality of life. Cures for diseases such as these through regenerative bioscience research could change the lives of countless individuals and their families for the better.
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regenerative bioscience…can potentially impact degenerative neurological diseases and on other impairments such as spinal cord injuries.
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My goal has always been to be a doctor and I know that hands on research can teach me a lot about the medical field that I am missing in just my studies for class.
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Fascinated by the endless wonders of science, I aspire to soak in as much knowledge as my brain allows — make discoveries even the most reputable of scientists couldn’t dream of.
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I’m working/volunteering in multiple types of physical therapy settings, allowing me to use what I’m learning in the lab to see what kind of implications that information may have in a clinical setting.
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Neurological Damage During the second semester of my freshman year of college, I took a CURO gateway seminar which introduced me to a few different lab groups interested in stem cell research. After attending Dr. Stice’s discussion of biobots in spring 2014, I became associated with the RBC and found my place in Dr. Karumbaiah’s…
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A Turning Point There was my hand. Floating in the chasm between myself and the man in front of me. I was frozen with embarrassment. I interned at Shepherd Center a week before I met my first patient. Casey, the occupational therapist under whom I worked, arranged the introduction before their therapy session. “Nigel, this…
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Be a MentorI would like to attend graduate school which will provide me with the tools I need to achieve my overall goals of helping treat neurodegenerative diseases and becoming a professor at a university to teach and mentor aspiring students.
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Without research, we as a society cannot expand and improve. A trend seen throughout history. As new scientific research becomes mainstream, society as a whole moves forward into a new cultural norm. I do not do things in half measures. Once I commit, I give it everything. If I do not know the answer, I…
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