Work hours for me were 8:30-5:00 but this depends on lab and supervisors' schedules. Work consisted of mostly computer programming in MATLAB and also gathering patient data, with some time spent on other activities such as journal club and other events. Other interns' projects involved wet lab ex...
Day in the Life
Biomedical Engineering
Summer Intern
National Institutes of Health
NIH
Medical Research
The interview process was fairly straight forward - 30-60 min interview and a short written "quiz". Along with the typical interview questions, they do ask a lot of questions revolving past animal care experience as well as difficult animal welfare/ethics questions. I think those were the hardest...
Government
Interview
Research
Animal Caretaker
NIAID
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Its a very rewarding but monotonous job. I always want to make sure people understand that it is a highly active job , with heavy workloads, and repetitive motions. This does not mean it is a bad job though, I learned a lot about infectious diseases, got to work with all different species of anim...
Like any undergraduate REU, the focus is on your research and technical background. Convey interest in the project, communicate relevant skills, and make sure to do read up on the lab's papers to be able to have an intelligent conversation about the research you may be selected to do.
Interview
Biomedical Engineering
Summer Intern
National Institutes of Health
NIH
Medical Research
