The axon is one of the most crucial elements of a nerve cell. As human beings, we rely on the axon to make sense of the world around us—to feel and make connections between our external and internal environments—and to allow our body to communicate with itself. Through an amazingly well-coordinated regulation of sodium and…
Author: Rahil Mahmood
Learning by Doing
One of the journal prompts that we received in class was about the different methods we had used to learn about the structure of the retina. I found this topic to be particularly interesting because it made me think about how the process of learning can be achieved through multiple mediums; and different mediums can…
Rahil Mahmood
Greetings! My name is Rahil and I am from Bangalore, India. I’m on the pre-med track at Emory and considering majoring in Biology. I am an avid golfer, aviation enthusiast, and composer of Fusion music. I took this class because I was really interested in breaking down the barriers that people often construct between the…