... my first datablitz. Each datablitz features students from
the UA who have had the opportunity through the BRAVO! program to conduct
research abroad, and/or foreign students who have come to the UA to do research.
As a current UBRP student looking into the BRAVO! Program, I wanted to attend a
datablitz to hear about these "BRAVO!ers" experiences and impressions after
participating in the program. While sampling wonderful Italian and German food,
I listened to Carla Escobar and Christoph Schulz describe their research and
adventures.
Carla Escobar, UBRPer in Dr. Rance's lab, Pathology, spent last summer in
Florence, Italy working in Dr. Giancarlo Pepeu's lab, Department of Pharmacology
at the University of Florence. Although she did plenty of travelling around
Italy and other parts of Europe (of which she showed great pictures!), Carla
spent a lot of time in lab working in the area of neurobiology with a
neurotransmitter called Acetylcholine (ACh).
Christoph Schulz, a German graduate student from the laboratory of Dr. Stephan
Silbernagl and Dr. Michael Gekle, Department of Physiology at the University of
Wurzburg, came to the UA to enhance his research as part of an ongoing
collaboration between the UA and the University of Wurzburg. In addition to
acquainting himself with the sights and culture of the United States, Christoph
worked with Dr. Stephen Wright and Dr. William Dantzler in the Department of
Physiology. He is studying the subcellular distribution of a CA2+ dependent
potassium channel in migrating cells. After giving us an overview of this
research, he took us on a photographic tour of his native Germany.
I found it remarkably interesting to listen to what other students are focusing
on in their research, even though I only came in with no more than a simplified
understanding of neurobiology or renal physiology. As the discussion of both
speakers helped to show, many of today's research goals aren't isolated to one
country or another. Having the opportunity to work and collaborate with foreign
laboratories seems like it was an excellent opportunity for these two to
experience first-hand.
Carrie Reed, Dr. Sterling's lab, Veterinary Science
Carla Escobar, UBRPer in Dr. Rance's lab, Pathology, spent last summer in
Florence, Italy working in Dr. Giancarlo Pepeu's lab, Department of Pharmacology
at the University of Florence. Although she did plenty of travelling around
Italy and other parts of Europe (of which she showed great pictures!), Carla
spent a lot of time in lab working in the area of neurobiology with a
neurotransmitter called Acetylcholine (ACh).
In addition to
acquainting himself with the sights and culture of the United States, Christoph
worked with Dr. Stephen Wright and Dr. William Dantzler in the Department of
Physiology. He is studying the subcellular distribution of a CA2+ dependent
potassium channel in migrating cells. After giving us an overview of this
research, he took us on a photographic tour of his native Germany.
I found it remarkably interesting to listen to what other students are focusing
on in their research, even though I only came in with no more than a simplified
understanding of neurobiology or renal physiology. As the discussion of both
speakers helped to show, many of today's research goals aren't isolated to one
country or another. Having the opportunity to work and collaborate with foreign
laboratories seems like it was an excellent opportunity for these two to
experience first-hand.
