{"id":30083,"date":"2024-09-24T14:35:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T18:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/?p=30083"},"modified":"2024-09-27T09:00:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T13:00:33","slug":"bsg-msrp-bio-student-profile-praise-lasekan-vos-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/bsg-msrp-bio-student-profile-praise-lasekan-vos-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"BSG-MSRP-Bio student profile: Praise Lasekan, Vos Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"
A childhood interest in the complex worlds within an organism that the naked eye cannot see ultimately led Praise Lasekan to the BSG-MSRP-Bio program at MIT working in the Vos Lab in the Department of Biology at MIT.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n Praise Lasekan talks about the fast protein liquid chromatography machines he used in the <\/span>Vos Lab<\/span><\/a> as though they were colleagues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u201cWe have two of them,\u201d he explains. \u201cSam and Frodo.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n FPLC machines separate and analyze proteins based on their properties, such as size, charge, and binding affinity. When Lasekan first saw the FPLC machines, the tubing and valves, hooked up to a computer, reminded him of a fancy piece of plumbing. Much like an expert plumber, proficiency\u200b\u200b with these machines required him to understand every valve and tube.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Although Lasekan is a <\/span>Biology major with a Chemistry Minor <\/span>at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Lasekan had the opportunity to spend his summer living in Boston and working on MIT\u2019s campus as a <\/span>Bernard S. and Sophie G. Gould MIT Summer Research Program in Biology<\/span><\/a> student.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u201cI loved every part of this summer: Waking up in the morning, coming to the lab, setting up some stuff \u2014 whether it goes well or not,\u201d Lasekan says. \u201cTaking that experience and coming back the next day, you’re ready to keep going and improving.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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