{"id":53208,"date":"2015-07-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/07\/28\/inbre-scholars-meet-jaquelin-garcia\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T15:03:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T20:03:09","slug":"inbre-scholars-meet-jaquelin-garcia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/07\/28\/inbre-scholars-meet-jaquelin-garcia\/","title":{"rendered":"INBRE scholars: Meet Jaquelin Garcia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twenty-four undergraduate students are spending the summer conducting research. <\/p>\n

They are called INBRE scholars<\/a> and are part of the largest grant in UNMC history.<\/p>\n

Today we meet Jaquelin Garcia of Lincoln, who studies biochemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.<\/p>\n

What should we know about you?<\/b>
\nI am going to be junior this coming fall. I’ve been working in faculty labs since my junior year of high school. I currently work in Dr. Wayne Riekhof’s lab, and my work primarily focuses on understanding lipid metabolism in relation to chemotherapy drug resistance. <\/p>\n

What or who influenced your interest in science?<\/b>
\nFrom a young age, I knew that I wanted to be a scientist, and as I progressed through my educational career, I found that science classes were the only ones that challenged me to think critically. Since I love challenges and science is all about taking on new challenges and pushing boundaries, I decided to pursue a degree in biochemistry. <\/p>\n

What is it about science that excites you?<\/b>
\nI love the fact that science is not static and figuring out the answer to one question only leads to many more. <\/p>\n

Will you pursue a career in science? If so, what do you hope to accomplish?<\/b>
\nI plan to pursue a Ph.D. in molecular and cellular biology. Eventually, I want to work for the World Health Organization or the Scripps Research Institute. <\/p>\n

Why is it important to have programs like INBRE?<\/b>
\nThe INBRE program provides the unique opportunity of conducting undergraduate research with a biomedical focus. I think being able to experience scientific research first hand really helped me figure out what my scientific interests are.<\/p>\nm u EnAS cG<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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