Daria

"I did different types of experiments and then I also worked with mice, so I learned how to do mouse experiments."

"I do a lot of wet lab experiments, which means hands-on with reagents, doing things like western blah or immunohistochemistry."

"with most labs...you can kind of decide your own schedule"

"it's good to learn as many as possible. Um, and some of the skills you learn from one can be implied to the other one."

"There's quite a bit of flexibility. I can go to an appointment if needed and it's not an issue. I don't have to ask anyone beforehand, I can just go."

"It's like banging your head against the wall, but when it does work, it's, it's beautiful."

"The scientific process can really be applied to a lot of different aspects of life. Trying to figure out truth versus what is out there on the internet or in other forms."

"I think there's a real wide variety of personality types that can thrive, which is pretty amazing."

"If you get experience in undergrad, in a lab, it's actually very different than pursuing a PhD."

"So if you have some coding experience, it's really helpful and really sought out now. Because everyone's trying to move towards big data."

"being able to communicate with people and ask people for help, um, has been, uh, really important."

"if it should be in a lab where you're interested in learning those techniques and perhaps interested in, uh, continuing to pursue that topic."