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Summer Interns

Summer brings high school and undergraduate interns to the halls of ISB. ISB’s internships are competitive and students all agree that being immersed in the cross-disciplinary, collaborative and entrepreneurial culture that distinguishes ISB is a profound experience. One example of the ISB difference involves Will Greene, who will be a freshman at California Polytechnic State University this fall. Will trained with ISB senior research engineer Chris Lausted, who invented a $70 photometer for high school science teachers as an antidote to commercial models that cost hundreds of dollars. Will then was able to instruct a group of visiting high school teachers on how to engineer a photometer.
Learn more at http://bit.ly/WGphotom.

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Intern Will Greene shows high school teachers how to solder a circuit board for a $70 DIY photometer.

Recent Articles

  • Drs. Jennifer Hadlock and Alexandra Ralevski

    ISB Study Highlights AI’s Potential and Pitfalls in Analyzing Health Data

    New peer-reviewed research out of ISB highlights the strengths of large language models in uncovering social determinants of health while underscoring the need for human oversight and improved de-identification methods.

  • Dr. Sid Venkatesh

    Sid Venkatesh Publishes Co-First Authored Paper in Science

    ISB Assistant Professor Dr. Sid Venkatesh is the co-first author of a paper in the journal Science. While at Washington University in St. Louis, Venkatesh and colleagues identified a novel gut microbial enzyme that impacts satiety-related signaling pathways in undernourished children treated with microbiota-directed complementary foods.

  • AmeriCorps Member Faduma Hussein Joins ISB as Public Health Ambassador Coordinator

    Faduma Hussein recently joined the ISB Education team as the Public Health Ambassador Coordinator, becoming only the fourth AmeriCorps member to serve at ISB. In this Q&A, she shares insights into her education, what drew her to ISB, career aspirations, and more.