No matter our age, we learn from those with more experience, through their help and by their example. Gladstone scientists hope to inspire the next generation of scientists by serving as mentors to high school students. In 2008 Gladstone received $6500 from the Wells Fargo Foundation to support our new High School Student Internship and Mentoring Program. Additional funding came from the Institute Directors at Gladstone. The inaugural 2008 class of five high school interns was selected from the 2007 Gladstone NSLC scholars. Each intern was matched up with a mentor for an eight-week internship at Gladstone that culminated in a poster session to highlight his or her summer research project.
2008 Interns
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Interns
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School
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Mentor
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Host Lab
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Jamie Louie
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Burton
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Daniel Zwilling
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Muchowski
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Lily Mak
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Lowell
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Sungyoo Cho
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Ott
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Ben Martinez
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Burton
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Matt Higgins
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Farese
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Angeline Tang
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Lowell
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Shan-Shan Zhang
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Bruneau
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Karen Tang
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Lowell
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Brianna Burden
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Greene
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“I learned about what it is like to be a real scientist. I was so surprised that you can have so much fun while working in the lab. Lastly, I found out that real science is a lot different from textbook science. I enjoyed this internship more than any vacation or program that I have ever been on, and I've been on some amazing vacations. Not only did I gain a massive amount of knowledge, I collected a library of inside jokes and priceless memories. After being an intern, I simply wouldn't mind working at Gladstone for the rest of my life.”- Ben Martinez, 2008 Gladstone Intern.
“This summer has been a very unique and awesome experience. This internship is actually my first job, so what better first job than to be able to work with scientist in a lab. I learned so many things through hands on work from doing immunostaining to counting hundreds of neurons on a computer screen.”- Jaime Louie, 2008 Gladstone Intern.
