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Toxicology Internship Quotes
University
of Oklahoma Health Sciences and the Oklahoma Center for Toxicology
The Center
for Toxicology hosted four undergraduate students for the summer
2000 fellows program. Students participated in a 10-week program,
directed by mentoring faculty involved in the Center. Thao Nguyen's
project was "Influence of growth factors and growth factor
inhibitors on the motility of human breast cancer." Her mentor
was J. Thomas Pento, Ph.D. Sally Martin's project was "Role
of a leucine-rich enterococcal protein in cell invasion" and
her mentor was Nathan Shankar, Ph.D. Dar Shah studied in Dr.
Robert
Hurst's lab and was involved in a project entitled "Stable
transfection of green fluorescent protein into bladder cancer
cell
lines as a unique tool for carcinogenesis studies." Bernice
George worked with her mentor, Marie Hanigan, Ph.D., in a project
entitled "Development of cisplatin resistance in mutagenized
C. elegans."
Bernice
George
My internship
experience was a rather rewarding one. It was a good opportunity
to study one of the most widely spoken of diseases, cancer. My
primary focus was to study the toxicity of a chemotherapy drug
cis-platin
by observing its effects on Caenorbdhitis elegans.
Working with these worms was rather challenging, and more so,
attempting
to derive results in a short period of time. The learning was immense.
I learned a number of useful lab skills. I learned a lot about C.
elegans and cis-platin. I learned what toxicology involves
and the various career opportunities associated with toxicology.
I am considering
a career in toxicology. I will be graduating this coming December.
Following this I would like to work for a few months then continue
with graduate school for Toxicology/Pharmacology.
University
of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and the Oklahoma Center for Toxicology,
2000
Jaime
Ian
This internship
was one of the greatest experiences that I have ever had. I had
the opportunity to work at a great company with many wonderful people.
They taught me a lot about the field of toxicology during my ten-week
internship. I started this internship knowing little about the field,
and now I am definitely going to enter a graduate program in some
area of toxicology. Thank you for this opportunity, it has helped
me immensely.
Pfizer,
1999
Kurt
M. Bertram
I would like
to give my profound thanks to the Society of Toxicology and New
York University's Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine for
allowing me to participate in the undergraduate research internship.
My internship took place in the laboratory of Dr. Toby G. Rossman,
Ph.D. I was given the opportunity to work side by side with a post-doctoral
fellow, Dr. Ping Li, Ph.D. to assist with his research project.
This project
involved the investigation of genes related to human lead toxicity.
Dr. Ping Li. taught me many basic molecular biology techniques,
such as: cell culture, isolation of plasmid DNA (including large-scale),
isolation of RNA and mRNA, using spectrophotometer to check the
concentration of mRNA, running gel electrophoresis, labeling DNA
with a radioactive probe, northern hybridization, setting up ligation
reactions, transformations, transfections, and the use of restriction
enzymes to cut out DNA fragments of interest.
I was able to
attend many seminars given by leading scientists in the field of
toxicology. These lectures gave me insight into contemporary issues
in toxicology. As a result of this experience, I have learned that
scientific research is essential for the prevention of environmental
destruction and the betterment of human health.
This internship
has heightened my interests for a career in toxicology. I was excited
to get a hands-on glimpse at current toxicological research, and
look forward to many other rewarding experiences such as this one.
The scientists
with whom I worked with gave me important information on pursuing
a lifetime course in toxicology. They helped me to understand important
decisions in becoming a leader in the scientific community. This
internship helped me as a young scientist to take the first step
towards a career in toxicology.
New
York University School of Medicine, 2000
Will
Bick
I have had
a great experience with my summer internship. I worked in Reproductive
Toxicology at SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Research and
Development. I learned how to do electrophoresis with DNA and
protein, I developed
my aseptic technique, I learned how to do a calibration curve using
a spectrophotometer, how to culture cells, how to make cDNA,
how to do PCR, about doing TA cloning, and about doing flow
cytometry. I gained a lot from the experience. After this experience,
I am
still considering a career in toxicology.
SmithKline
Beecham Pharmaceuticals, 2000
Angela
Kurtz
Thank you
for the incredible internship experience this summer. This program
has given me more than a positive insight into graduate school,
it has allowed me to share in the pleasure derived from the intensity
with which toxicology is pursued as a career.
University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 2000
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