Yale Young Global Scholars
It was the very moment that I finished praying, my finger nervously trembling across the trackpad as I clicked “Submit Application”. For months I waited, continuously wishing my essays hopefully were persuasive to the admissions officers to demonstrate what kind of person I…
Read MoreFirst Seminar: Off with their heads…and onto another body: Frankenstein science in the modern era
Instructor: Mr. Jack Moen Today was my first seminar of YYGS and my second day of the program! Yesterday was when I had family time (kind of like advisory)! Our mentor is Maddy from Dartmouth ( a neuroscience major) who is extremely affable…
Read MoreFirst Seminar (CONTINUED): Off with their heads…and onto another body: Frankenstein science in the modern era
Day Two Refresher: Theoretically possible to transplant human head (mice, dogs, monkeys) Don’t know what complications may arise because no animal can communicate their pain Longest animal experiments were still relatively short even for lifespan No one is volunteering to be the first…
Read MoreLecture 1 – Understanding the geometry and topology of big biomedical data by Smita Krishnaswamy
(Honestly this was one of the most difficult lectures I’ve ever heard, so my notes on this were VERY messy) Big biomedical data = lots of observations and efeatures of each of observations Patient data : units of observations are different patients Features…
Read MoreLecture 2 – Robots that Teach by Brian Scassellati
*The lecture was led by the professor that had advised me to send my email to other professors actually working on microbes (during my article for microinsectbots) Autism kids wanted to play with the robots for 5 hours (perseveration on topic of interest)…
Read MoreSecond Seminar: Understanding PageRank: Google’s renowned Search Engine. Does it need updating?
By Matthew Stephens Pagerank is Google’s renowned algorithm and foundation of Goolge How Google Search Works Index (giant library of search) 1. Try to understand what you’re looking for 2. Shift through millions of matchign index —> page with most relevant info on…
Read MoreThird Seminar: Nature already did it better: How to hijack millions of years of evolution to give humans superpowers
By Jack Moen The seminar divided the possible traits by superheroes! Superheroes and how we could possibly mimic their abilities: Deadpool – Super healing & super cancer powers Is super healing possible? Borrowing from animals: African Spiny Mouse Mouse never really gets scars,…
Read MoreTHE BEST FAMILY TIME EVER HAHAHAHA
(Sidenote: I joined class at the wrong time AGAIN today and today was a hectic day so I literally had to borrow my mother’s phone, turn on hotspot in the elevator and join my first class, which unfortunately was seminar (THE TIMING)) YEs.…
Read MoreThank you YYGS ❤
My closing seminar just ended, with everyone sending love emojis, thank yous and shoutouts to the wonderful family time groups and friends! Throughout the past two weeks of YYGS, despite starting and ending the sessions much later than the usual New Haven time,…
Read MoreAn Email Reply!
This is a bit late regarding the date of the reply, but I am still so excited to share Professor Brian Scassellati’s email response! I had known his email prior to the actual YYGS lecture because I had sent him a bunch of…
Read MoreYYGS: How the Imaging Core Facility Supports Research
General Inspiration: Bill Bryson – “The Body: A Guide for Occupants” All functions of the body and brain How he was interested in the scientists discovered and the stories of how the scientists discovered things, who they are, their circumstances when discovering the…
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