“At Hopkins, I’ve learned to collaborate [and communicate] with different people as well as think outside the box. Because CMDB is an umbrella program, you’re going to get different input for your projects. It will expand how you think about [science]."

“The rotation program made me realize how much I loved all aspects of biology, and I joined Jocelyne’s lab because it was so interdisciplinary. It’s sequencing-based, which involves computational analysis, but it also allowed me to work in a controlled laboratory setting as well as in the field.”

“People at Hopkins are just really friendly and really collaborative. Doors are open, literally and figuratively. People make themselves available to talk to you. And I like the feel of Baltimore, I love the community vibe, I feel like people care a lot about this city."

CMDB is also a very student-driven program — grad students lead almost all the research in the labs here, which makes the department very focused on grad student training and also provided me with a lot of opportunities to learn different skills.