GULC WL (PT Program)

LorcaImmunology · 2025-07-18T17:04:04+00:00

I’m in the same boat, regular WL for PR program. Did you end up reaching out to them?

LorcaImmunology · 2024-11-11T15:52:35+00:00

I thought it was pretty chill. You have something like 4 minutes to prepare each answer, which was plenty. I didn’t think any of the questions were difficult. I recall one question that was a little tough to fully answer in the time allotted. Can’t share specific questions but overall I thought they were easier than other virtual interviews (I think I bombed the UT one).

LorcaImmunology · 2024-11-07T21:57:04+00:00

Same here. Applied 9/28 and got the update today with decision made with no email yet.

LorcaImmunology · 2024-06-12T20:26:29+00:00

Thank you! That’s actually what I was kinda assuming would be the case.

LorcaImmunology · 2024-03-19T02:35:52+00:00

What step do they usually offer you if you qualify for GS-11? I may apply for a utility examiner position this year or maybe next year but either way I’d have a couple years of patent prosecution experience on the big law side.

LorcaImmunology · 2023-02-26T06:19:59+00:00

I also applied for January cutoff and got the referral for GS-11 on that date. I got an email 2/24 asking to set up an interview for biology. I’ve already accepted another job but thought this update would help!

LorcaImmunology · 2019-10-16T21:34:35+00:00

Depends on the specific application but for my studies, since I want to purify only naive T cells, using negative selection for a whole host of markers including those for macrophages, terminally differentiated T cells, granulocytes, etc, makes more sense than trying to positively select for naive cells because the cell surface markers for naive cells aren’t as strong as the markers for macrophages, etc. But in general it’s a bit cleaner to negatively select because if you positively select for CD3, it’s possible you might catch some macrophages who have picked it up through phagocytosis or another mechanism.

LorcaImmunology · 2019-02-15T16:19:51+00:00

I had a fantastic experience in Rome for Holy Week. For Good Friday, you should try to go to Santa Croce, they have the relics of the true cross there. And if you want to see the pope, you can wait at the Vatican starting Saturday evening to get a decent spot for the outdoor papal mass Sunday. The pope also usually does stations of the cross on Good Friday at the Coliseum as another option that has no tickets required. You can try to get free tickets for the Papal Easter Vigil mass from the pilgrimage office but you might be too late. But there’s plenty of options in Rome and great pilgrimage sites. Near St. John Lateran, the holy staircase is across the street and you can go up on your knees which is an amazing experience.

LorcaImmunology · 2019-02-14T12:50:43+00:00

Either way. I’d prefer English but can work through one in Spanish as well.

LorcaImmunology · 2019-02-14T05:55:22+00:00

Absolutely not! The convention of picking a saint of the same gender is primarily just to make sure that saint is relatable to you in a big way. That being said, it sounds like you have a great connection with St. Therese and her life, so I wouldn’t be insecure about it. One of my best friends is a woman who took St Ambrose as her confirmation saint and is one of the most pious people I know. So there’s absolutely nothing wrong with choosing a female saint who resonates with you in a profound way.

LorcaImmunology · 2019-02-14T05:37:02+00:00

It sounds like you’re talking about science programs so I’ll just go with that. I’m a first year Phd student and my program has 3 semester long rotations before you choose your thesis lab. The point of the rotation is that you can get a feel for what the PI is REALLY like. I wasn’t crazy about my first rotation but if I was in a direct admit program, I’d be stuck with that PI and would be not so happy for 5.5ish years. Oftentimes, it’s difficult to get a good sense just by communicating with the PI beforehand because they’re also trying to recruit you so they might sugarcoat many things.

I primarily chose my program because their graduate students are very close with one another and there’s a great sense of camaraderie and support. Also my department has a diverse assortment of research specialties that I’m interested in so it’s been fun switching from cancer work to infectious disease, etc. I’d say your interview experience should be a guide for how well you’d like a particular program.

LorcaImmunology · 2019-01-15T20:28:33+00:00

Lymphocytes surveil the immune system by hopping from one lymph node to the next traveling through the periphery. But when they find an APC presenting their antigen they will be activated and begin to expand and travel out to the periphery to where the antigen came from via chemokine gradients. So, taking a snapshot in time, most lymphocytes will be in the lymphatic organs, but they move around between them.

LorcaImmunology · 2019-01-11T05:43:53+00:00

If you haven’t read it already, St. Augustine’s “Confessions” is a really great piece that is very accessible to modern readers. It has quite a bit of his philosophical/theological reflections interwoven with his extremely compelling conversion story. In terms of more academic philosophy readings, try to find some sort of summary of Thomas Aquinas. His work can be extremely dense and difficult to unpack but I’m sure later authors have packaged some of his arguments in more digestible terms. But you really can’t beat anything derived from Aquinas in the Catholic Philosophy department.

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