Bettini Lab Blog Collection (ALL BLOGS)
12/6/2018 Today I had my interview with Maria Bettini at the Bettini Lab in the Medical Center. I was super nervous but had a list of around ten questions to ask her in case there was an awkward moment of silence. It took us some time to find the Feign Tower in the Medical Center but we eventually did. It had a gingerbread house in the front and inside there was a gargantuan Christmas tree. The receptionist took their time in checking us in and called Dr Bettini downstairs. She was really nice and we rode up the elevator to the lab where we were then seated in her office. We began with introductions and then she explained what they work on in the lab. The majority of people that work at the lab are post-docs and they each have their own individual small question that they are working to answer throughout their time in the lab. All of these questions fall under one big theme which is Type 1 diabetes. They do most of their test work on rats but these rats are kept at a different locatio...