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Kelsey Woodruff<\/p><\/div>\n

By: Kelsey Woodruff<\/p>\n

Kelsey Woodruff is a junior at Ball State. She is majoring in Biochemistry<\/a> and Premedical Preparation<\/a> with minors in Biology<\/a> and French<\/a>. While at Ball State, Kelsey has been a teaching assistant, research fellow, and executive board member of Cardinal Kitchen<\/a>. She is also currently participating in the Honors College Diversity Project<\/a> and she plans to start her third year of peer mentoring<\/a> this fall.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

My fellowship involves work in the Rubenstein Lab<\/a> in the Department of Biology. Broadly, our lab studies protein quality control in the model organism Saccharomyces<\/em> cerevisiae<\/em> (baker\u2019s yeast). Throughout my fellowship, I have been working to understand the roles of different genes in the cellular response to an antifungal drug called anisomycin.<\/p>\n

I was working in my lab before I had an undergraduate fellowship. Honors fellowships were always something that I knew existed, but I was never quite sure what the process of applying or what doing the fellowship work would look like. Dr. Rubenstein<\/a>, my research mentor, approached me initially with the idea of applying. I was hesitant at first, mainly because the process was unfamiliar, but it seemed straightforward enough, and after a few rounds of revision, I submitted the application. I am currently working on my third semester funded by an Honors undergraduate fellowship. Having an undergraduate fellowship has provided me the opportunity to branch out and explore scientific questions in a greater capacity than I had previously. It has also given me the chance to gain experience in presenting and communicating results, and I would strongly recommend that all Honors College students take advantage of this resource.<\/p>\n

My favorite part of my fellowship is the people that I get to work with in the lab. Working in a lab has given me a strong sense of community that I feel many STEM students lack. Participating in research has also given me an opportunity to pursue novel questions with unknown answers. It is much more exciting than doing a standard \u201ccookbook\u201d lab in my courses. Of course, with that excitement often comes challenge. Many times, I found that the previously unknown answers to my questions were not the ones that I wanted. These felt like huge setbacks! Ultimately, I think facing these challenges early on has helped me grow both academically and personally.<\/p>\n

The frustrating truth about research is that most hypotheses are not supported. What I had trouble understanding was that an unsupported hypothesis does not equate to an unsuccessful scientist. The initial setbacks I faced during the beginning of my project somewhat soured my attitude towards research. I felt that the results of my experiments were a reflection on my quality of work. Obviously, this was not the case, and a bulk of the personal growth I have had over the course of my fellowship has been learning to be patient both with my research and with myself. I won\u2019t pretend that I never made a mistake over the course of my project. I have made several, but now, I try to not catastrophize. Being able to dedicate time to this growth through my undergraduate fellowship has not only given me a really cool project to tell everyone about, but it has allotted me a degree of growth that will be beneficial in every aspect of life going forward.<\/p>\n

If I could give one piece of advice to someone considering a fellowship, I would tell them to just go for it. Find a professor who has the resources to help you, and just dive in. I understand the feelings of fear or nervousness about not knowing the outcome, but having an undergraduate fellowship is such a unique and valuable experience that it would be a major disservice to yourself if fear was the factor holding you back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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