Started the day off with a 10:00 am lecture. Great! We had a lecture that was supposed to be
on evolution, but it turned out to be a large debate on the origin of allergies and lactose
intolerance. After our quick 1 hour lecture, we headed to an early lunch at Jersey Mike’s where I
ordered the reliable “Mike’s Philly Cheese Steak” with friends.
12:15 comes rolling by and we start loading the bus to head to a biotech company near campus
named “Inari”. Walking into the building, the project lead insisted for us to grab any
drinks/snacks in the kitchen area. I frantically rushed to be first in line to grab some sweet tea
and apple juice then I sat back down to listen to the introduction. Before heading out to tour the
molecular analysis lab, some students were attempting to recreate the viral “cup song” trend
that was popular many years ago.
I also caught an SSPer before the tour excited to explore the agricultural facility!
After the tour of Inari, we headed back to the dorms to chill before dinner and a lot of students chose to work on their ligand docking process in MOE. The past couple of days, participants have recently been obsessed with creating a horn-like animal noise with their hands. It spread like a wildfire, and it has been overdone to the point where the academic directors have started to become annoyed by it. Consequently, the animal noise was banned at dinner by the directors. Darn, I just got the hang of it as well…
Today was an eventful day at SSP. We are currently more than halfway through this program but it feels like I’ve known these people for an eternity. 2 more weeks to go, gotta stay strong.
– Yafet
