Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
The CRISPR/Cas9 wave that’s recently swept through the scientific community is now churning up a storm of controversy in its wake. Due to its relatively low cost and high efficiency, CRISPR/Cas9 has facilitated many breakthroughs in the areas of genome engineering, many of which are oriented at improving human health. Proof of this technology’s power […]
Xuan Pham ⋅ Perspectives in Research Cas 9, CRISPR, CRISPR/Cas 9, DNA, Ethics, human genome editing ⋅
These days, science is ripe with “big data” challenges. From next-generation sequencing to complex structural analysis, experiments that were once considered niche are becoming more commonplace in many laboratory environments. A single sequencing run alone can produce up to terabytes of data, and with this massive increase in information comes an inherent need to also […]
Bree Yanagisawa ⋅ Perspectives in Research Big Data, Code Academy, Data, Data Visualization, EA Games, Girls Who Code, Jmol, Minority Male Makers, Molecular Editor, Programs, PyMOL, Software, UnityMol, Video Game Engines, Video Games ⋅
It is truly awe-inspiring to go to Orioles Park at Camden Yards and watch the O’s play. What is most thrilling to watch is when a player hits a home run. There is nothing as exhilarating as watching an athlete fulfill his or her potential, especially because of the immense amount of precision required in […]
Kevin Monk ⋅ Perspectives in Research Acetylcholine, Behavior, Hussain Shuler, Neurons, Neurotransmitter, Primary Visual Cortex, Time, Timing Signals, V1, Visual Information ⋅
What makes someone a leader? Is it an individual who makes the important decisions in a group setting? Or is it someone who is able to dream and carry out his or her vision? For many new postdocs beginning their careers around the country, being put in leadership positions for the first time can be […]
Paul Sirajuddin ⋅ Events and Happenings Academia, Johns Hopkins Professional Development Office, Leader, Mentoring, Myers-Briggs, Networking, Postdoc, Project Management, Publishing, Research Budgets, Research Leadership ⋅
Establishing a healthy work-life balance is hard, and ironically, finding ways to squeeze in de-stressing hobbies can be extremely stressful. Over the years, John Froehlig, a graduate student in the Program in Molecular Biophysics, has perfected the art of making progress on his thesis without sacrificing his other passion: music. Froehlig joined Johns Hopkins in […]
Shannen Cravens ⋅ A Day in the Life Johns Hopkins Jazz Band, Johns Hopkins Wind Ensemble, Multidrug Resistance, Music, Peabody Institute, Proteins, Work-Life Balance ⋅
Pretend for a moment that you’re a developing neuron in the mammalian cerebral cortex. Your cell body, which houses the command center of the neuron, sits in one out of the six cortical layers. Your job is to establish the proper connections with up to thousands of other neurons. How do you establish these connections? […]
Alisa Mo ⋅ Perspectives in Research Cerebral Cortex, Circuits, Connections, Neurons, protein ⋅
One of the most memorable experiences of my medical training was my first home visit. I was a medical student participating in a primary care elective with a physician in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to gaining experience in the clinic setting, I was expected to make a visit to a clinic patient in his/her home. […]
Ryan Lang ⋅ A Day in the Life Clinic, Home care services, Home Visit, Medical Training, Patients ⋅
The white coats these days are at their starchiest, the haircuts are fresh and even the Tylenol orders are being triple-checked — it’s July again at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. That is to say, the academic medicine new year has come and gone, and a flock of some 26,000 wide-eyed but eager new physicians have […]
Benjamin Oldfield ⋅ Perspectives in Research American Psychiatric Association, Anesthesiology, Burnout, Family Medicine, internal medicine, Medical Trainees, Pathology, Patient Health Questionnaire-2, pediatrics, Professional Exhaustion, Radiology, Self-Care, Surgery ⋅
Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill directly impacting the biomedical research community. If approved by the Senate, the 21st Century Cures Act promises to increase the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and provide it with an additional $8.75 billion over the next five years. The Food and […]
Arielle Medford ⋅ Perspectives in Research 21st Century Cures Act, Bill, Biomedical Research, cfDNA, Cross-Talk, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, House of Representatives, National Institutes of Health, NIH, Noninvasive Prenatal Testing ⋅
As some of the most impressively gargantuan creatures to ever roam the earth, dinosaurs are a constant source of intrigue and inspiration. In the latest remake of the classic Jurassic novel, Jurassic World, dinosaurs again steal the spotlight by giving moviegoers’ imaginations an exquisite bite (pun intended) of life among these magnificent beasts. But as […]
Xuan Pham ⋅ A Day in the Life, Perspectives in Research Cloning, Dinosaurs, DNA, DNA Extraction, Genetics, Jurassic World, Movies ⋅