Let's talk about something near and dear to my heart - STDs! In case it hasn't already been painfully obvious, I care a lot about sexually transmitted diseases (or sexually transmitted infections if you want to emphasize the fact that they're often asymptomatic). They're biologically and socially fascinating to me. To most, though, the concept of STDs can be pretty scary. The number...

No, this isn't another post about millenials or Star Trek. It is about something just as technologically cool as something you'd find in Star Trek. Next Generation Sequencing! More specifically, its use in genome-wide association studies used in epidemiology. Top: Nordstrom Rack Cardigan: Nordstrom Rack Skirt: Uniqlo Shoes: Wanted Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) is just a fancy term for super fast genome sequencing....

I am, as the saying goes, "actual millennial trash". This means I don't buy diamonds or eat cereal for breakfast and that people seem to be obsessed with how, where, and why I use social media. Why what is called a generation of "entitled narcissists" refers to itself as "trash" and "garbage" I don't know, but it amuses me just as much as attempts to appeal...

I don't know what it is about October, but every year around this time my interest in movies grows to become something about which I am absolutely incapable of staying quiet. That's not to say I don't love movies the other 11 months of the year. I do. I watch them constantly (Though not as constantly as some of my more film career-minded...

Some may have become aware that Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known in the United States as Doctors Without Borders, has recently turned down a large donation of pneumonia vaccines from Pfizer. I originally had no plans to write about this, but given that it keeps popping up on almost all of my social media, I now feel like I have to at...

Hemoglobin has become my entire life. I have a biochemistry exam approaching far more rapidly than I'd like, and it's all about protein structure and function. In the context of this class, most of the specific proteins are members of the globin family and immunoglobulins. I've taken immunology so I have a bit of a grasp on immunoglobulins, but the extent of my...

Fall is here! It is finally the season for decorative gourds, pumpkin-flavored everything, and sweaters! Or, it would be if it weren't 90° every day. It's also nearing the middle of the semester, which means I'm beginning to stress about how little time I have to study for midterms (or midterm, as biochemistry is the only one I have), work on my term papers,...