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TracyRompich

AdvisoryTasks
JohnHorton
InternshipReflection

Formyinternship,IwenttoEpiVaxlocatedinProvidence,thankstoRhonda.Imostly
workedwithDanielle,butIexchangedemailswithSarah.Therearetwotypesofwork,labwork
andcomputerwork.Somedays,Iwouldntbeabletogobecausetheywerentdoinganything.It
takesawhiletodoeverything.ThepartIlikedthemostwasthelabwork.Daniellewassorting
outcellsmostofthetime.Itwasarepetitivejob,doingmultiplewashesjusttogetwhiteblood
cellsalone.Theystartedoffwithblood,andtheyusedthesespecialliquidstodowashesover
andoveruntilwhitebloodcellswereleftalone.Itwaslikethemachineatthebloodcenter.The
liquidsjustspunaroundandarounduntilaseparationwasformed,whiteatthebottomandpink
atthetop.Oncethewhitebloodcellswereleftalone,theywerefrozenforfutureprojects.
Unfreezingwasalsothesame,washafterwashafter,wash.Then,inthecomputerarea,
scientistsformedequationsfordifferenttreatmentsfordiseases.Theseformulasdependedon
thedifferentaminoacidsbecauseonechangecouldmakeavaccine.Thereweresomewhere
thescientistswantedthebodytoavoidrecognizingthevaccine,sotheymadeahugesoftware
thatmeasureshowmuchofwhattheycreatedwouldworkonpeople.Theywantedpartsoftheir
aminoacidcreationtobeavoidedbypeoplesothemorecolor,thebetterbecauseitmeantthe
immunesystemcouldntsee.Itwasboringattimes,butitdidshowmeIdontwanttobepartof
theinformaticsgroup.

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