The "Eureka!" moment - it's what science students strive for. Through Seattle BioMed’s Breakthrough Fund, you can play a role in helping college students achieve an awesome moment of discovery as they realize their futures in global health and infectious disease research. Donors to Seattle BioMed's Breakthrough Fund sponsor our Global Health Internship programs, which, every summer, enable today's college students to become tomorrow’s leading scientists.

Alicia, Ian and Kristen presented their research findings at a final poster session attended by dozens of scientists from the Seattle community.

Meet our 2010 Global Health Interns

These highly qualified undergraduates worked with our leading scientists in the fields of HIV/AIDS and trypanosomatid disease research. During their 10 weeks at Seattle BioMed, Ian Linde, Kristen Frey and Alicia Hendrix reported on their research projects via Facebook, Twitter, and their Seattle BioMed Web pages.

Click through the links to the left to learn more about their Global Health Internship experience.

What they're saying:

"So far in the lab, the work my mentor and I have been doing has shown the potential for understanding how a virus can change over the course of an infection. And, I've learned new techniques including DNA transfection in mammalian cells and western blot assay." Kristen

"I have already learned a few important research techniques in immunology, including Ficoll-Paque separation of blood cells, extracellular and intracellular staining with antibodies, and multicolor flow cytometry." Ian

"Before this internship I had done research, but never molecular biology research; it’s interesting to see a whole new set of methods and protocols. I’m enjoying the opportunity to broaden my understanding of lab techniques; essentially by learning these new ways that lab work is done, I am improving my ability to approach research questions in a more creative and diverse way. So not only can I now, from a practical standpoint, work comfortably in a molecular bio environment and run protocols with familiarity, but also my future scientific thinking in other biological fields will be richer and more informed." Alicia