A Summer of Growing Bacteria; They’re Not All Bad

Emilia Caya Blonkenfeld, COL ’25, San Francisco, CA

This summer I had the privilege of continuing my project in the Warren Lab out of CHOP’s Center for Pediatric Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure. With the help and generosity of Career Services …

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Shielding Astronauts on Mars: My Summer at StemRad

Maya Kfir, SEAS ’27, Ganei Yehuda (Savyon), Israel

This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to work as a software engineer intern at StemRad, a start-up company that develops cutting-edge protective equipment to shield astronauts from ionizing radiation in space. …

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Using PET Imaging to Study Opioids

Joshua Pascale, COL ’26, Secaucus, NJ

This summer, I had the wonderful opportunity of working on Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging research at the Division of Nuclear Imaging and Therapy at Penn Medicine. Throughout this 8-week journey, I not only …

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Studying Bitter Taste Receptors in the Brain

April Park COL ’26, Bakersfield, CA

This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to continue working in the Lee Lab at the Perelman School of Medicine. The lab, part of the otorhinolaryngology department, focuses on translational research related to diseases …

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Conducting Computational Research: Learning the Mechanisms Behind Drug Discovery and Building Relationships

Anna Chung, COL ’25, Haddonfield, NJ

This summer, I had the pleasure of working alongside Dr. Kim Sharp in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, continuing my research on protein interactions and their implications in drug discovery. This experience was …

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My Summer with BrainMind

Elizabeth Jia, COL & WH ’27, Princeton, NJ

This summer, I had the opportunity to be an Advanced Special Projects Intern for BrainMind, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works to bridge the valley of death between promising neuroscience research and the …

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A Summer of Discovery in Orthopaedic Research

Micah Johnson, COL ’25, Grand Blanc, MI

This summer, I had the privilege of working in the Killian and Abraham Orthopaedic Research Laboratories at the University of Michigan, where I embarked on an independent research project thanks to the support …

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Working at the Kayser Lab

Kevin Wu, COL ’27, Clovis, CA

Over the summer, I’ve been working at the Kayser Lab and investigating the link between sensory processing and sleep in neurodevelopmental disorders in Drosophila. I was drawn to this topic because of its application …

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Cellular Senescence and Periodontal Disease

Megi Hysa, COL ’26, Philadelphia, PA

This summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to continue my research at the Sahingur Lab in the Penn School of Dental Medicine, where I have been working since the summer of 2023. Under the …

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Perspectives from a BioSciences Recruiter – Q&A Session

As a part of Career Services’ Career Insights Series for Penn graduate students and postdocs, we hosted a recruiter from Calico Labs to learn more about the ins and outs of recruiting.  Below is a snapshot of the advice offered …

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Dianne Hull Senior Associate Director, Graduate Students & Postdocs
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