Monthly Archives: December 2013

Ride of the (Ph)ages

Posted on December 13, 2013 by wjin5

By Winston Jin It seems like it was yesterday that I dug up pieces of dirt from the AMR II courtyard and looked like a crazy person in front of my peers during the first week of classes. Here I … Continue reading →

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My Pride and Joy

Posted on December 11, 2013 by ccisner1

By Celina Cisneros Back in pre-school, after a long day of finger-painting and reciting the ABC’s, I would eagerly run home to present to my mother the lovely piece of art I had ‘skillfully’ painted for her. Of course, as … Continue reading →

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Struggles of Phage Hunting

Posted on December 5, 2013 by erickangg

By Eric Kang Throughout the semester I have experienced the ups and downs of phage hunting to the greatest extent. In just the past few weeks I have been frustrated beyond compare because of endless contamination that comes out of … Continue reading →

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Marketplace tells story of Hopkins Biophysics undergrad

Posted on December 4, 2013 by jhuphagehunters

Although he wasn’t  a phage hunter (he arrived a year before we started), this story on George Alvarez is definitely worth a listen: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/wealth-poverty/first-family/one-students-path-elite-university

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How I Fell in Love

Posted on December 2, 2013 by caitbarrett

By Caitlin Barrett I walked into Phage Hunting completely convinced the only reason I was there was to fulfill those irksome natural science credits I needed in order to become a Classics major. The first several weeks only confirmed that, … Continue reading →

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Phage Lab: An Escape by Matthew Williams

Posted on December 1, 2013 by mwill172

By Matthew Williams Phage Lab is a diamond in the rough. The rough is intro level classes. Whenever I am in the lab, it’s like my day pauses for a few hours. All the little things that I need to … Continue reading →

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