Biomedical Engineering Personal Statement

If I someone gave me a toolkit for my birthday, I would honestly be the happiest person in the world. My mind jumps at the possibility of fixing a household appliance like a Keurig Coffee machine to replacing the water cartridge in the shower. Any machine, anything with parts is fair game for my mind. While it is fine to look at something and accept it, like WiFi router, I would rather like to open it up, see how it is built, then configure the settings myself. I was very exhilarated to attend the Technology summit at Stanford University this past summer. I worked with others to make a robot that had the potential to help people. In addition, I was introduced to the manufacturing process of Specialized Bikes where I had a field day. I wanted to make the useful technology of my own where my passion for nanotechnology and Biomedical engineering would …show more content…
This past summer I was electrified to be accepted to conduct research at the Feinstein institute for Medical Research. While, I had to do background reading in order to understand the renal research being conducted; the experiments that I was doing under the supervision of my mentor were enough to supplement my literature review. I was even able to reconcile my passion for biomedical engineering and nanotechnology into my research. My project was to see how Monosodium urate activates Protein Kinase R and concurrently the NLRP3 inflammasome in human renal Proximal tubular Cells. The activation of this inflammasome would induce and further progress Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis: end stage chronic kidney disease. Doing research is very interesting for me, but the feeling I got when I was able to bring biomedical sciences into the lab was unparalleled. I proposed that nanotechnology and cellular targeting be used to control the level of Monosodium urate and Protein Kinase R so that the chances for tubulointerstitial fibrosis progression