Transcript:
Ben Wendell, First-Year Graduate Student, Microbiology
And I think for me personally, the lab coat really will signify that, you know, I've made it as a scientist. And I think that that's something that's, not the easiest thing to achieve. As you grow up, you have this idea of what a scientist is and to finally become one and, you know,
solidify yourself with that lab coat with your name on it is really something special.
Christina Lagas, First-Year Graduate Student, Neuroscience
it kind of marks the beginning of my PhD. journey. And it also I feel like serves to me
as a physical representation of everything I've gone through up till now to have my family there with me
and my friends will be really, really amazing. TIME
Feifan Xu, First-Year Graduate Student, Experimental Pathology
Well the lab coat first of all, I think is very cool. It’s a milestone in my life. That means that I really get to do what I'm passionate about.
Rachel DeLancey, First-Year Graduate Student, Physiology
It's really the first time that we get to be our own scientists in a sort of way and have our own projects and design our own experiment and that's really fun.
John Min, First-Year Graduate Student, Pharmacology
So getting my lab coat means a new fresh start for me for, like, a really exciting journey. It also means kind of the start of a new mentor mentee relationship.
Melina Kibbe, MD
Now, in this room, we're not only witnessing the dawning of these white lab coats, but we really are witnessing the birth of future pioneers and innovators and visionaries. You are all going to be doing
amazing things, and the world eagerly await your contributions.
misc voices:
I think I'd be really nervous, but really excited, especially with being
with the other graduate students that I'll be working with.
That's a lot of responsibility
on my shoulder. When the moment
when my pa put the lab coat on me.
Being coded by a mentor will probably be
a very surreal experience.
I'm really excited to be working with Dr.
Martinez. I know she'll really help me to become
a strong female scientist like she is.
I just can't wait to get started.
Yep. BIMS has been great since the moment
I actually started working here.
