Ready, Set, Action (Potential): A Postbac Studies Neurons at NIH
A Young Scientist’s Perspective on Neuroscience Research
Butterflies swirled in my stomach as I stood in front of NIH’s Roy Blunt Center for Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias (CARD). It was my first day working at NIH, one of the top research institutions in the world. Excitement mixed with anxiety coursed through my body as I thought about working with some of the top researchers studying neurological disease.
After spending my senior year of college in a research lab studying a specific, tiny part of the brain, I had decided that I wanted to try my hand at investigating the molecular and cellular pathways involved in brain diseases. My undergraduate research advisors and a friend of mine suggested I apply to NIH’s postbac program, which would provide access to many mind-blowing opportunities to apply molecular biology to neuroscience.