Pinhead Institute 2010 Interns

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Pinhead Institute is a Smithsonian Affiliate based in Telluride, Colorado that promotes scientific learning. Our international network of the world’s best scientists support our many educational programs that strive to build science-education both locally and globally.
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Members

  • WonderDog
  • Cornelia Alden
  • marcia cohen
  • Angelina Chaney
  • Benjamin Zane Anderson
  • George Vaughan
  • Sonchia Jilek
  • Ben Zaugg
  • Francis Adrian Fahnestock
  • Jessica Rutherford

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George Vaughan left a comment for Ben Zaugg
Ben, How Was your drive home on Saturday? Nice pic of your Serengeti module. You're awfully proud of that drawing.
Aug 4, 2010
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George Vaughan is now a member of Pinhead Institute 2010 Interns Aug 4, 2010
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Benjamin Zane Anderson and Jessica Rutherford are now friends Aug 2, 2010
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Final Week at MSI

Final Week at MSIWow, I can’t believe that it is all over and I’m back home again! It seems like just weeks ago that I was busy packing and figuring out travel plans.My final week at the REEF was both very busy and very fun. Monday was the first day that Tech Trek was at the university. Tech Trek is a group of 96 middle school girls and counselors sponsored by AAUW, American Association of University Women, which comes every summer to the REEF. My responsibilities on Monday involved a 45 minute…See More
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Final Week at Independent Power Systems

At the beginning of my final week at IPS, I was sick just like half of the IPS employees. I took Monday and Tuesday to recover. Wednesday I went to the all IPS meeting and then rode with Chris Berg on two system turn ons south of Denver. Thursday I went with Frank and Pete to do electrical work. I learned how to hook up the wires coming from the solar arrays to the inverters and then to a breaker box inside the house. Also the arrays must be grounded, so a cooper wire runs from the array all…See More
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Fifth Week In Boston!

This week in my lab was most exciting because I finally finished all steps needed to create images for my two spinal chord segments! whewww I now know how to create images start to finish! Basically i'm done with everything needed for my internship... Except I have one more week left in lab, the best week of course! In the up and coming week I will be finally dissecting the L1 portion of the spinal chord. This should take most of tuesday and wednesday! This dissection is what i've been looking…See More
Blog post by Angelina Chaney Aug 1, 2010
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Week Five

Week Five:Sadly I have arrived at the end of my last week at the Amaro Lab. Throughout the week I went to two presentations on various information, a lab group dinner and I learned how to run different jobs on Green Planet. The two presentations I attended were very interesting and very educational. They were both on computational drug design and discovery. I realized during these presentations that people make very interesting long lasting successful careers out of what I have been working on…See More
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Week 5 at MSI

Week 5 at MSIThis past week, it finally hit home how close I am to being done atMSI. I can't believe I have been here working with amazing people forso long already. I will have to make the most I can of my next week,my final week, and use every minute wisely.Last week was a great week at the REEF. I was able to further myexperience with handling and caring for all all of the animals and amnow able to do all necessary chores without needing help. I also hadmany opportunities to work in tours…See More
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Forth Week In Boston!

This week by far was the most exciting!I went and saw Deadmau5 at the house of blues! It was the best show i've ever been to!Deadmau5 is a pretty famous techno/electronic DJ from canada.But other than that my week was quite normal..In lab i've just been working on creating meshes for my x-ray images. I've now learned all steps used to create images with many different soft wear programs. I'm still waiting to do my dissection hopefully this week it will happen!! I believe other than that I wont…See More
Blog post by Angelina Chaney Jul 26, 2010
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Busy Week Five

This past week has been the most exciting week so far. Monday started out like any other week, but then on Tuesday the Lunar Science Form started. The Lunar Science Forum is a science conference concerning almost anything that has anything to do with the Moon. There were hundreds of people attending as well as many speakers. This conference continued for the next three days from morning until evening. Then on Wednesday, there was a conference at Stanford University from the European Commission…See More
Blog post by Francis Adrian Fahnestock Jul 25, 2010
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UCI Week Four

Week Four:This week at UCI in the Amaro lab has been very successful and productive. The first day at the lab I began to set up a P450 3A4 file to run and minimize. This took a lot of work and a considerable amount of, greatly appreciated, help from Rommie to actually build a missing residue chain within the protein so it could run successfully within AMBER programming. Once the residue chain was built into the protein, I had to remove the heme in the protein. After that I started to add the…See More
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Week 5 at Independent Power Systems

This week was awesome, fun and I really enjoyed the freedom of my main duty. I used Pictometry which is 100 times better than Google Earth because the images are so much clearer and I had to find 10 or so houses that would be great for solar. I measured the roofs and drew up two different systems with different panels for each house. I created 5.4 to 5.376 kW systems which is about how much the average home uses in a year. I worked with Laura a sales women to create proposals and send them out…See More
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About the Internship Program

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Each summer, Pinhead Institute places approximately 10 regional students at renowned scientific institutions for 6 to 10 weeks to work with leading researchers on critical issues facing the world today including biodiversity, indigenous cultures, influenza study, sustainability, habitat loss, and climate change.

Founded in 2003, the Pinhead Internship Program provides students with the opportunity to gain practical skills and experience in various scientific fields of study, including (but not limited to) math, physics, conservation, chemistry, museum science, and biology. Pinhead internships provide experience and opportunities for students to work with people who have dedicated their lives to academic pursuits about which they are passionate.


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Blog Posts

Benjamin Zane Anderson

Final Week at MSI

Final Week at MSI



Wow, I can’t believe that it is all over and I’m back home again! It seems like just weeks ago that I was busy packing and figuring out travel plans.



My final week at the REEF was both very busy and very fun. Monday was the first day that Tech Trek was at the university. Tech Trek is a group of 96 middle school girls and counselors sponsored by AAUW, American Association of University Women, which comes every summer to the REEF. My responsibilities on… Continue

Posted by Benjamin Zane Anderson on August 2, 2010 at 1:34pm

Ben Zaugg

Final Week at Independent Power Systems

At the beginning of my final week at IPS, I was sick just like half of the IPS employees. I took Monday and Tuesday to recover. Wednesday I went to the all IPS meeting and then rode with Chris Berg on two system turn ons south of Denver. Thursday I went with Frank and Pete to do electrical work. I learned how to hook up the wires coming from the solar arrays to the inverters and then to a breaker box inside the house. Also the arrays must be grounded, so a cooper wire runs from the array all… Continue

Posted by Ben Zaugg on August 1, 2010 at 2:52pm

Angelina Chaney

Fifth Week In Boston!

This week in my lab was most exciting because I finally finished all steps needed to create images for my two spinal chord segments! whewww I now know how to create images start to finish! Basically i'm done with everything needed for my internship... Except I have one more week left in lab, the best week of course! In the up and coming week I will be finally dissecting the L1 portion of the spinal chord. This should take most of tuesday and wednesday! This dissection is what i've been looking… Continue

Posted by Angelina Chaney on August 1, 2010 at 10:42am

Jessica Rutherford

Week Five

Week Five:



Sadly I have arrived at the end of my last week at the Amaro Lab. Throughout the week I went to two presentations on various information, a lab group dinner and I learned how…

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Posted by Jessica Rutherford on July 30, 2010 at 9:59pm

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