When I began doing research for my senior thesis during the summer before my senior year, I was a little apprehensive about my project. Yet, I am finding that this experience is very rewarding because it allows me to apply basic science principles to current scientific questions. Sometimes I feel as if I am reading a Chose Your Own Adventure Story because I never know which twist or turn my project will take and I am always excited to explore a different possibility that I did not consider previously. A highlight of the experience has been working with Georgetown faculty members and I would like to express my thanks to everyone in Dr. Kellar's laboratory and Dr. Eagles for the kindness and assistance. Click here to read Janet's research abstract .
Research is like a box of chocolates.
You never know what you are going to get. Think about it, you come up with a very good hypothesis, which, you are pretty sure, is true. Yet the data that you keep on getting does not support it. Or even better, you get no data. So you keep on trying and trying and trying, until one day you succeed and get something that barely resembles the data you expect.