Young scientists tour Atlanta research labs

Posted on December 10, 2012 By Editor Junior Residents

Photo from Episcopal School of Jacksonville

Episcopal students in the Honors Science Seminar spent two days in Atlanta, touring a variety of research labs at Georgia Institute of Technology. The labs were selected based on the relevance of their work to the science projects that the students will be doing this year. The research topics included psychology, muscular dystrophy, genomics, robotics, nematodes, thermal energy and tumor inhibition.
Students gained knowledge in their fields of interest and made valuable connections with potential mentors.
“I enjoyed the fact that we visited a wide variety of laboratories, because they not only gave me insight into my own project, by also into the ideas of my peers,” said Ortega resident Elizabeth Smithwick.
GT researchers who are also Episcopal graduates — Daniel Smith ‘06 and Daniel Murphy ’07 — conducted two of the lab tours. Both Daniels are continuing to research in the field of work that they started while they were enrolled in the Honors Science Seminar at Episcopal.
“The work ethic, joy and passion displayed by the grad students and researchers motivated me to persevere through any obstacles and mishaps that my project may encounter,” shared Riverside resident Sid Yarlagadda.