Every time my collaborator presents our joint research in skeletal and cardiac tissue engineering, he shows a clip of a muscle biopsy to show the audience how he obtains patient samples. As part of a collective that studies muscular dystrophy, he processes these muscle samples in multiple ways: a simple stain to observe native tissue structure, genetic analysis to investigate … Read More
Presenting at the USC Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Retreat
Posted: November 15, 2017, 6:32pm Last month, I attended my first Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Departmental Retreat since starting my PhD program. Hosted by the USC department of the same name, this two-day conference brings student researchers, post-docs, faculty, and administrators together to explore the studies being conducted across the university that falls within these exciting fields. Covering … Read More
Neely Center Ethics Competition
Posted: October 21, 2017, 9:52am Having studied engineering for undergraduate at USC, I’ve always been surprised and disappointed at the lack of ethic classes available or required for our coursework. Of course, we already have more units than a majority of other majors, but engineers deal with societal problems that have drastic consequences if solved indifferently. Every single engineering program … Read More