Mikki Dennies Post #1

On Monday, I started my Biomedical Engineering internship at Tulane Medical Center, downtown. Before walking into the building, I though that I would be working in a more chemistry based lab and it turns out that i was in a more biology and research lab. When I met my sponsors, they told me that the type of work they do is researching Pelvic Organ Prolapse. After seeing the look on my face, noticing I had no idea what that is or anything about it, I was given reviews to read and other articles. So, basically all of day one, I read, which you can see in picture one. Although reading is not my thing, it was interesting to learn about. Turns out that prolapse is a serious thing women can experience! I also learned that mice and humans have similar reproduction systems, which explains why they use them for research. I also got to watch a dissection done on a female mouse, which although I was grossed out by at first, it happened to be pretty cool! Since mice are so small, they have to use strong microscopes to be able to see their organs. On Tuesday, I watched a basin be designed on a 3D printing program to make a more efficient basin to culture the cells and preserve them so the will last longer, you can see the basic design of the basin in picture two. That was also super cool because they can 3D print the basin, and not have to order it from somewhere. Overall, although this internship wasn't exactly what I was expecting, it is still super cool and I cannot wait to learn more!