Each year, Mayo Clinic invites approximately 165 undergraduate students from across the nation to participate in their Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program, which gives undergraduates the opportunity to work at the forefront of biomedical research at one of the world’s leading medical centers.
Five Illinois bioengineering students were selected as a part of the 2021 cohort. Undergraduates Vincent Lam and Victoria Kindratenko took over bioengineering's Instagram account to walk us through a day in the life of a Mayo SURF participant.
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