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The CCRA blog is authored by Columbia undergraduate researchers, who are invited to reflect on all aspects of the research process and their own undergraduate research experiences, beginning (but not ending) with the Core.
Author Archives: Avi Adler
One Email and Few Fruit Flies
You never know where one email might take you. One email landed me a spot in a lab, a scholarship, a work study job, then another few scholarships, a research class, a few publications, and so much more. To say … Continue reading
Posted in Faculty Mentors, Funding, major research, STEM research, Summer Research
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Fruit Flies and the Life and Times of Mitochondria
Around campus, when chatting research, I often say that my hours in the lab are spent “messing with flies.” While this is perhaps a stretch, it is not far from the truth. Most days begin with fly work: the necessary … Continue reading
Posted in STEM research, Summer Research
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