The Young Scientist Spotlight series features our former students involved with our Treehouse UCSC Bioinformatics Immersion (TUBI) program, where students gain real-world work experience as researchers in a supportive environment, contributing to Treehouse bioinformatic projects! This week, we are catching up with former TUBI student Mansi Khare as he talks about how TUBI has impacted her research interests.
Interview by Krizia Chambers
How did you get introduced to TUBI?
I read about it in the Baskin Engineering newsletter and on Instagram and made sure to attend the info meeting and apply when the application was live!
Can you briefly describe your experience with TUBI? What did you gain from participating in the program?
TUBI was my first research experience as a freshman. I didn’t really know much about bioinformatics. Still, I decided to apply after attending the informational meeting because I felt like it was a really safe space to learn and make mistakes.
Throughout the program I developed my record-keeping skills and became more confident presenting my work. I also got to know my TUBI peers and researchers in the Vaske Lab. I really liked how I could work on my TUBI project remotely, and I improved my time management skills.
I learned how to use my computer terminal, ran UNIX commands, and followed a protocol. I stayed in touch with my super cool TUBI mentors, Holly and Yvonne, and started a new project in the Vaske wet lab after TUBI ended!
What advice would you like to lend to the new cohort of TUBI students?
There are many people in the program who will be good study buddies, research friends, classmates in your major classes, your future best friend, etc, and you won’t know until you reach out! Since I was a freshman, it was a good way to meet upperclassmen in my major and get advice. Make lots of mistakes, ask questions, network with your peers, and ask your peers and mentors for support if you need it! Soak up as much learning as you can. Additionally, don’t doubt yourself if you feel that other students in your cohort are more familiar with bioinformatics or research.
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