For the summer, I’ve called Bangalore India my home. Despite all the differences in customs, language, food, dress, and body language, the Indian Institute of Science quickly started to feel like home after a couple days. Thanks to the friends I made and the couple of kurtis I bought off the street, I soon adjusted
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I am on a tirade of journeys running in parallel. It has been a busy day, running from the Wet Lab to the Computational Facility and working at the desk, as well noting down experiments, showing results, validating and correlating data and wrapping up. I have only 10 days before I leave. This time as
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To be a part of Khorana Scholars program-2016 is like a dream come true for me and the opportunity to learn and explore is beyond limits. The very first day I stepped into the city of Columbia I was totally mesmerized. The beauty and the cleanliness of the city, the work culture of people- everything
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It was early on a cold morning that I received a mail of acceptance into the Khorana program. After that, it was a few hectic weeks of finding a guide, acquiring a visa, etc and I was ready to leave for the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Madison is a beautiful city in the mid-west
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My experience working at the number one hospital of USA has been overwhelming! The faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital is wonderful and very encouraging. I am blessed to be a part of this hospital. I am working at Thadani Research Lab, Department of Nephrology under Dr. Ravi Thadani, Chief Of Nephrology, Harvard Medical School. My
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Like every foreigner, I had great expectations before I landed on United States soil. It has been close to 40 days since my arrival here and I can safely say that I have gotten more than I expected. I still remember my first night in UW Madison, although it seems like forever ago. We were
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My beloved hometown, with all my history placed in it; I couldn’t wait to go back to Hyderabad. Through the BOSE Scholars program, I found that I would be working at LaCONES – the Laboratory for Conservation of Endangered Species – under Dr. Ajay Gaur. Being an undergraduate student with no experience in Biology labs
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It is said “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket ” but when it comes to getting an opportunity as huge as this USA internship, I can confidently say you should, because it will be totally worth. I am having the most amazing time at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. I have been
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After 7 weeks, it is still difficult to tell that I am in India. I am not situated in the bustling cities of Mumbai or New Delhi, but instead in the quiet mountain town of Mcleod Ganj. Located just on the verge of the Himalayas in Himachal Pradesh, this quiet town is the home of
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“I am Pallav Goyal, a senior undergraduate student from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. I spent my summer 2016 doing a research project under Dr. Steven V. Sam from the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a part of the S.N. Bose Scholars Program. I arrived at Madison, with a
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