The Triplicates host Omar Lujano to discuss his academic journey as a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipient. Omar is a first year PhD student in the San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego joint doctoral program in the House lab studying the tumor microenvironment. He shares some of the hurdles he's had to overcome while navigating higher education, his philosophies for others in his position, and some of the things he likes to do outside of science. 

Omar mentioned during the show that he had a list of funding opportunities for graduate students. Here is the resource he shared: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pTtAwNLWPKOAiTJ3LFSZO6DkE76wslGB/view?usp=sharing. 

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The Triplicates host Saroj Gourkanti to get some advice on getting co-mentored during your PhD. Saroj is a second-year PhD student in the Neal and Madigan Labs at UCSD. He shares some of his journey that lead to co-mentorship and how that whole process has panned out as his PhD journey (and the pandemic) has progressed. 

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The Triplicates host their first guest, Sumedha Ravishankar, to get some advice on choosing a thesis lab. Sumedha is a third-year PhD student in the Madigan Lab at UCSD, and a fellow women of color in STEM. She shares some grad school gems and a bit of her experiences that made a difference in the final lab decision making process. 

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The Triplicates celebrate Women’s History Month by reflecting on their own Women in STEM mentor relationships. They discuss pivotal moments in their journey thanks to their past female mentors, who is supporting them now, and what they would do for their own mentees.

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This week the Triplicates take give an inside look of what recruitment weekend is like for the grad students running the show behind the scenes. We check in with the Triplicates about what their favorite parts, what they would do differently next year, and things they are excited for in the near future. 

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This week the Triplicates take a deep dive into how dating TV shows (think Love Island, The Bachelor/Bachelorette) somehow provided them with the skills they need to succeed as a first year PhD student. Also, how watching all of those cheesy apocalypses movies in 2012 actually could help you through this pandemic. I know what you're thinking, but if you don't believe us, listen to the episode to learn more! We check in with the Triplicates about their third rotations, how classes are going, and Amanda's three favorite Irish men. 

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Extras:

The study mentioned in todays show can be found here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7492010/