Number of undergrads in research rising
When Andrea Jacobs ’08 started volunteering at the Connecticut Mental Health Center last summer, she was initially apprehensive about her lack of previous research experience. But once there, she quickly learned the ropes.
Jacobs learned to inject test mice with chemicals, slice up pieces of their brains for examination and analyze the pieces for protein content — all to test a single chemical’s role in human depression.
West Campus to open new doors in University’s scientific research
