Hello everyone! It has been almost a month since my last blog post, but so much has happened with my progress with modeling my proteins since then. I finished up the surface model of the keratin I chose to 3D model, and the image will be linked down below! I am currently working on fine-tuning…
Category: Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship
CURF: My Journey to Becoming a Researcher
Hey everyone! My post today is about my journey to working on my current research project with my research mentor, Dr. Judy Chang. I initially came across Dr. Chang’s research during the summer after my freshman year of college. I started to develop an interest in pursuing a career in women’s health during that time…
Becoming a Film And Media Studies Researcher: CURF
The CURF is my third fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh and my second fellowship through Fredrick’s Honors College. Through my other fellowships, I have had the opportunity to learn about research methods in the Humanities and how it compares to research in other fields. I got into Humanities research through my Introduction to Film…
CURF: My Journey to Research
Before this experience, I had never seen myself as someone capable of being involved in the research field. I had believed that research was an area I was not qualified for, and was intimidated by the idea of entering this new space. Having little understanding of what research looked like in the psychology field, I…
CURF: Becoming a Cancer Immunology Researcher
I have wanted to pursue cancer research since the third grade when several family members passed away after losing their battles with cancer. I first met my research mentor, Dr. Lotze, when I was a freshman taking University Orientation with Dr. David Fraser, who was a scholar mentor in the FHC at the time. Through…
CURF: My Path to Math Research
My path to math research began during an Honors Ordinary Differential Equations class taught by Dr. Thomas Hales. During office hours, I sought advice from Dr. Hales on how to get exposed to math research. Serendipitously, he was working on the Reinhardt conjecture, reformulated as an optimal control problem heavily reliant on ODEs. He shared…
CURF Introduction: Examining Parents’ Math Language with Preschoolers Pre-Pandemic Versus Post-Pandemic
Hi! My name is Abby Liebe, and I am a senior at the Univeristy of Pittsburgh majoring in psychology with minors in studio arts and secondary education, as well as a certificate in children’s literature. I am from Palmyra, NJ and love spending my time at home at the shore or at the local bagel…
CURF Introduction: Looking into Developmental VGLUT Expression
Hi everyone! My name is Divia Shah, I am a senior here at Pitt and the Honors College studying Biology. I’m very excited to work as a Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research fellow this semester! I recently completed the Certificate in Conceptual Foundations of Medicine, and have minors in Chemistry and Film Studies. This semester, I decided…
CURF: Patient-Provider Communication Regarding Gestational Weight Gain
Hi! My name is Malini Harinath and I am so happy to have been awarded the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship for Spring 2024. I cannot wait to share the research I will accomplish through this fellowship this semester. I am a third-year Bioengineering major with a minor in Chemistry and a Conceptual Foundations of Medicine…
CURF Introduction: Characterizing and Predicting Immune Cell Diversity
Hi! My name is Alison Ross, and I am a junior molecular biology major in the David C. Frederick Honors College (FHC). Currently, I am enrolled in the Honors Degree, but I hope to switch to a BPhil. In addition to my major, I am pursuing chemistry and bioengineering minors, as well as the Conceptual…