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Welcome to the inaugural issue of Lab Musings!

Welcome to the inaugural issue of Lab Musings!

Lab Musings is focused on creative writing about science by undergraduates at the University of Pittsburgh. The goal of this magazine is to…
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Lillian Chong
Jakob Sorkness; Mentors: Samuel Pittman (English), Lillian Chong (Chemistry)
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Jake Sorkness

What do Sir Isaac Newton, Oppenheimer and a Hedge Fund Billionaire Have in Common? Molecular Dynamic Simulations in the Chong Lab, of Course.

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Andrew Warburton; Mentors: Jean Grace (English), George Bandik (Chemistry)
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Andrew Warburton

The Glass is Always Greener on the Other Side

My mom is an avid gardener, and by avid, I mean she has completely mitigated the…

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Andrea Detlefsen; Mentors: Marylou Gramm (English), Nathan Yates (Chemistry))
Ode to an analyte

Ode to an analyte

Trickle through tubes, round tiny sample loops, A flux so small, unseen, we have to trust, That drip by nano-drop you’ll make it through…
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Andrea Detlefsen
Collision Induced Dissociation

Collision Induced Dissociation

They’re closing in, We are confined. They’re whizzing by, We’re paralyzed.
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Andrea Detlefsen
Electrospray Ionization (ESI)

Electrospray Ionization (ESI)

As we burst from the end of that smothering tunnel; Though now freed from the duct, we’re contained in a bubble.
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Andrea Detlefsen
The Autosampler

The Autosampler

From the dark there comes a stirring, listen close, a motor purring, Frigid waters are disturbed, a single ripple rings. Through the murky…
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Andrea Detlefsen
Linear Ion Trap

Linear Ion Trap

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Andrea Detlefsen
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