Shanghai, China; Jiao Tong University; -Jeremey Gneck

This past summer I had the opportunity to participate in a Biotechnology Internship at the Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China. This was a three week internship where we spent two weeks at Jiao Tong University and one week touring the University of Nanjing and various Biotech Companies in the local area. While at Jiao Tong University, we were exposed to current research being conducted at the university and assigned to work in research labs. Due to the short time we stayed at the university, the lab we participated in was limited but, it was a unique experience to see how Chinese researchers are approaching various Biological problems relevant to China itself as well as the world. It was a great experience to work with undergraduate students in the Biological field and exchange different ideas and cultural perspectives. Our tour of the various Biotech Firms provided our group with a business and technology application developing within China. We were fortunate to tour significant cultural areas within Shanghai. This internship provided me with a different perspective on the research process and helped to expose me to a different problem solving approach within my field of study.