Shadowing- the 2014-2015 school year

November 2015- Shadowing Dr. Aumentado, Neurologist

Saturday, Dec 13- Shadowing general surgeon, 1 hr- consults and other work with patients
Monday Dec 22- Shadowing C-section with general surgeon and gynecologist
Monday Dec 29- Shadowing Ophthalmologist Dr. Sayegh- cataracts- procedures from 9-11
Switches rooms for surgeries every 5-10 minutes
Plan A vs. Plan B eye
Rip and remove lens from small incisions- ultrasound used
Topical anesthetic
Sterilized environment
Foldable man-made, clear lens implanted
Day of Biology at Brown- All Day on Saturday, March 7, 2015- Tour of Biology Labs,
Lectures (Neuroscience, Genetics, and Microbiology)- notes taken
Notes at Brown- Keynote Speaker
"RNA memories: secrets of inheritance and immortality" by Nobel Laureate Dr. Craig Mello

Movement of information between organisms

Bacteria and viruses neccasary for this transfer of information
Mitochondria- remnants of a bacteria from billions of years ago
RNA is what makes MAKES a pulsing living thing- translation of A, G, T, C
DNA vs RNA polymerase
Query and Target in Protein
C. elegans ... Streptococcus

Take home message- is simple, needs to be known

Question- how does your research apply to fighting multi-drug resistant bacteria, or any bacteria which
mutates very frequently?
Notes: Panel of Neuroscientists
Introduction- The color of the mystery dress and why
Same stimulus/information, different processing
Genetic recombination in neurons?

Stem cell differentiating into sub classes of neurons

Stretches of dark matter

Involving mechanisms in the nervous system

Has your research made it possible to recover from impaired sensory or motor function which may be the
result of a mental disorder? And I was specifically interested in Alzheimer's disease.

The Microbiome
Survey of microbiome in humans

Who's there, what are they doing

Relationship between environment and microbiome
Relationship between host and microbiome
Taxonomy does not reflect function is microbiology
TED Talks
Saving Species
Extinction drivers, catalysts
Make the solution by making it relevant to our lives
Pharmaceutical Company
Comparison to young entrepreneurs
Can we build organs?