I recently graduated as a Genetics & Biotechnology major and had the
opportunity last summer to travel to Temuco, Chile to do an internship
at the Centro de genómica nutricional agro acuícola (CGNA). It was a
great opportunity both to travel and to gain lab experience working at
CGNA. While in Chile, I was able to live with an LDS family in the area,
eat local food, see volcanoes at Villarica and Pucon on the weekends,
and had a great time meeting people and learning the local culture and
language. I was able to grow personally during my time there by learning
to live outside my comfort zone. During my time at the CGNA lab, I
studied Canola, an important crop grown worldwide and used to produce
Canola oil. I performed a molecular marker study which helped to
determine which types of Canola were the most diverse and should be used
in future breeding of this crop. I was able to gain more experience
using the lab skills I had learned at BYU as well as gaining valuable
new skills. I was also able to learn how these lab skills can translate
to almost any kind of research. Although I studied plants as an
undergraduate, I am now using the same skills for human research in
graduate school. For those who haven’t had lab experience, internships
are a great place to start! It is a great way to gain experience and
confidence to prepare for a job, graduate, or medical school. It’s also
a great way to build your resume and personally gave me an advantage
over others in applying and being accepted into graduate school. I
would encourage everyone to look for internship opportunities and see
what you have to gain!
For more information visit: http://www.cgna.cl/index.php?id=13&L=1.
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