Comments on: APEX Fellowship | Kayla Bertholf

By: Sarah Sobeck

Sarah Sobeck — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 19:21:06 +0000

Thank you for sharing your work Kayla! It is good to hear more about the outreach and impact of this work on your IS research. Best wishes for the rest of your senior year!

By: Cathy McConnell

Cathy McConnell — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:56:47 +0000

Hi Kayla,
Really appreciated your explanation of what you did with the children for the applied component. And congratulations on expanding on your work from the previous summer.

By: Macy Bischoff

Macy Bischoff — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:11:31 +0000

Wow, Kayla! This sounds like such an interesting and rewarding internship. Did you have the opportunity to teach basic genetics concepts related to your research in any of your lessons?

By: Kayla Bertholf

Kayla Bertholf — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:09:17 +0000

Ana-Maria,

Thank you so much for all of the support, and for your patience in answering my many questions! I had a great time and have learned so much!

By: Kayla Bertholf

Kayla Bertholf — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:08:20 +0000

Carly,

Thank you so much, and thank you for helping with this opportunity! It was a wonderful experience!

By: Kayla Bertholf

Kayla Bertholf — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:07:33 +0000

Dr. Arnosti, yes, there have been many times I found something I learned over the summer that is applicable to my work now! Most of them have been either in the lab related to IS when I am working on IS or when I attend seminars with unfamiliar topics. In my IS, I have been using a lot of the organizational aspects of how protocols were kept and described as I found it was an easy way to keep myself organized over the summer, as well as looking back at how s2 cells were cultured to troubleshoot when my E. coli became contaminated. I have also been able to apply my study of transcriptional regulation to classes and seminars; it surprised me how represses and enhancers relate to my immunology class. This understanding is also helpful while attending seminars, I am able to feel proud when I have a better grasp of the research the speaker is doing than what I expected. I believe that listening in on the grad student’s talks this summer also helped with that. In terms of what I would like to do next, I have found that I want to involve more genetic work in my future. I have realized that I miss this!

By: Carly Eppler

Carly Eppler — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 15:41:58 +0000

Kayla, I think it’s excellent that you were able to build on your previous experience this past summer by growing new and old skills!

By: Ana-Maria

Ana-Maria — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 14:55:59 +0000

Wonderful presentation, Kayla! It was so wonderful working with you the past 2 summers 🙂

By: David Arnosti

David Arnosti — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 14:52:19 +0000

Hi Kayla, very well presented – looks like you had a very enjoyable and meaningful experience! Especially being able to do things in-person.

Question: having had this lab experience over the summer, where there “aha” moments that you have experienced while taking classes this fall that connect to what you were doing during the APEX work? And any “aha” moments that prompted thinking about what you would like to do next?

Best regards,

David Arnosti