First-year Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) PHD student Diego Baptista is keeping busy and thoroughly enjoying his experiences in and out of the lab.  Bored he is not!  He tells it better than we can...

"I'll be honest--I was hesitant to apply to a biology program because I was certain it would not be quantitative enough or have room for someone who only tangentially grazed the subject of biology. I was pleasantly surprised to be completely wrong about my preconceived judgments. This place is amazing. The diversity of scientists that make up the department is truly inspiring, and it facilitates a wide variety of meaningful perspectives to be applied to similar problems.

The community at Harvard is phenomenal. There are simply too many interesting things happening here. Intellectually, you will never be bored. Outside of science there are quite a number of functions at the university to keep one occupied. For fun, I play for the Harvard Men's Club Volleyball team--we play in tournaments and leagues all around the northeast!" 

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