Week 3: MJ

This week started off with me being recruited to donate blood to be a healthy control in a Lupus study. The study is interested in microRNAs and other non-coding RNAs, which is a special interest to me because my own research looks at how non-coding RNAs regulate skeletal muscle regeneration. I then went to our weekly meetings, where a professor here presented on using AI in fertility to predict aneuploidy and pregnancy outcomes. I also attended HSS research's weekly seminar, where a visiting professor from Yale presented on treating skin conditions that cause fibrosis in the middle layer of the skin. I also met with members of the Donlin lab to discuss my research project this summer, which involves analyzing bulk RNA sequencing data of CD4/8 mutants to look at specific pathways and genes that are up/down regulated and could be involved in inclusion body myositis. Additionally, I presented a journal club for the Donlin lab on muscle fiber heterogeneity beyond myosin heavy chain isoforms. In the clinic, I shadowed Dr. Fernandez as he saw patients with various muscle disorders, such as dermatomyositis, inclusion body myositis, and rhabdomyolysis.