{"id":380,"date":"2017-10-26T14:30:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T11:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yessenovfoundation.org\/?p=380"},"modified":"2017-11-27T15:09:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T12:09:11","slug":"askarbek-orakov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yessenovfoundation.org\/en\/askarbek-orakov\/","title":{"rendered":"Askarbek Orakov"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1. Why did you choose this specialty as your major?<\/h2>\n

In eighth grade I have decided that I will get higher education in the field of biology. I just did what I liked and what I was good at. And I\u2019d say that these are the two things that determined my choice. I studied at a Kazakh-Turkish Lyceum, where I often participated in Biology Olympiads. Later on I won the silver at an International Biology Olympiad. It was that same summer when I had graduated from high school. This achievement helped me a lot when applying to Nazarbayev University.<\/p>\n

2. What was the most challenging for you in the competition for the internship?<\/h2>\n

I think it was the second round of the competition. It was hard to understand which of my many traits should have been presented because the jury\u2019s choice based on that. I was very nervous before the competition; a lot of thoughts came to my mind. But on the other hand that time of reflection before the second round forced me to ask myself a lot of questions, which I had never thought of before. During the contest, I was quiet and reserved, but I felt excited and became more proactive later on. I realized that all I needed was just to be fully open and honest in order to show the jury who I am so they could make their choice.<\/p>\n

3. What was the internship about?<\/h2>\n

The task of my research was to discover the cellular mechanisms that affect the rate of aging of the cell. I was been analyzing data about the activity of every gene in yeast cells to find genes and their interactions that affect this speed. I used clusters of supercomputers, various bioinformatics software and online genes database. All this was interesting, and I really liked it. I was really inspired by the internship.<\/p>\n

4. The outcomes of the internship for you?<\/h2>\n

After the internship, I started thinking about getting a specialization in bioinformatics. For this I am continuing my work with my professor and now am taking courses in programming and bioinformatics. I plan to gain more experience in this discipline and will try to do scientific internship on the topic. My further goal is to enroll to PhD.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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