I really like working at Dr. Aroian's lab! The people there are all really awesome and friendly, and it's just fun coming into the lab and getting stuff done. Last week, I went to my first lab meeting, and a postdoc Dr. Aroian was interviewing presented his research. It discussed how different genes could be turned on or off to inhibit development of the pharynx, which was crucial to the eating abilities of C. elegans. Dr. Aroian was interested in applying that concepts to worms--to stop the growth of their pharynx and inhibit their eating functions to effectively stop them from causing more harm to humans.