An Old Lab Book

An Old Lab Book

Two years ago I posted a little blog post talking about my feelings and excitement in taking a 6-hour molecular biology lab course. I mentioned it once afterwards, then never again. So here’s a summary of what we did, how I felt during the course, and afterwards! This course comprised of one 2.5 or 3 [...]

Attending President’s Lecture featuring Donna Strickland

Attending President’s Lecture featuring Donna Strickland

On Wednesday, January 30th my friends and I attended the University of Waterloo's President's Lecture featuring 2018 Nobel Prize laureate Donna Strickland. We listened to her talk about her research and how it led her to develop chirped pulse amplification with Gérard Mourou, her Ph.D. supervisor. Her lecture was then followed by a small Q&A [...]