{"577451":{"#nid":"577451","#data":{"type":"news","title":"From the Factory to the Lab","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor Cyril Lukianov, the old adage \u201cthird time is the charm\u201d has held true.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter majoring in biochemistry first at the University of Vermont and then the University of Georgia, he found his path at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he\u2019s majoring in chemical engineering, \u201cwhich is a spectacular program,\u201d says Lukianov, a 2016 Petit Undergraduate Research Scholar.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Petit Scholar experience is actually helping Lukianov make up for some lost, but not wasted time. During those summers between university transfers, he needed something to do, so he found work in a food processing plant near his home in metro Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNormally, college students find something academic or research based to do during that time, but because of my transfers, I couldn\u2019t really do that, and I\u2019m the type of person who can\u2019t just sit still, so I went to work in a plant where they make bakery products,\u201d says Lukianov, who is in his last year as an undergraduate and third year at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe started on a production line and over the last several summers worked all kinds of jobs there. Last summer he worked with industrial engineers implementing projects to address production costs and save energy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s a far cry from the work he does now in the lab of Julie Champion, researcher in the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, and associate professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. But the food factory experience prepared him well for the lab environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat job was seven days a week, eight-hour shifts, and research can be like that \u2013 you\u2019re very busy, you work on weekends,\u201d Lukianov says. \u201cThe big thing that translates well from that job to my working in a lab now is learning how to be part of a team, with different people with different interests from different backgrounds working together effectively.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the first time in several years, Lukianov did not have to report to work at the plant. The Petit Scholar program has allowed him to spend an entire year working in a lab (his project is focused on opening the intracellular environment to therapeutic proteins that deliver themselves).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe welcomes the change, but then, the concept of \u201cchange\u201d has been a part of Lukianov\u2019s life since he was a little kid. His family moved to the Atlanta area from Belarus when he was 11, \u201cjust looking for more opportunities,\u201d he says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis mother taught English writing and composition, so he basically grew up learning the language, but speaking Russian at home. By the time he entered Lakeside High School in Dekalb County, he was already proficient in English.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELukianov is applying to medical schools now but says he\u2019ll probably continue biomedical research in the future. The Petit Scholar experience set him on that path, allowing him an opportunity to hone his lab skills as part of a research team working to improve the human condition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe thing that separates the Petit Scholar program from other lab experiences is being able to contribute significantly to a cutting edge project,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s expected of you. I find that personally fulfilling.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/petitinstitute.gatech.edu\/become-petit-scholar\u0022\u003EHow to become a Petit Scholar\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECONTACT:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJerry Grillo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications Officer II\u003Cbr \/\u003EParker H. Petit Institute for\u003Cbr \/\u003EBioengineering and Bioscience\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Summer work experience helped prepare Petit Scholar for cutting edge lab research"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESummer work experience helped prepare Petit Scholar for cutting edge lab research\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Summer work experience helped prepare Petit Scholar for cutting edge lab research"}],"uid":"28153","created_gmt":"2016-09-15 11:19:25","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Jerry Grillo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-09-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-09-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"577381":{"id":"577381","type":"image","title":"Cyril Ropes Course","body":null,"created":"1473952213","gmt_created":"2016-09-15 15:10:13","changed":"1475895388","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:56:28","alt":"Cyril Ropes Course","file":{"fid":"207263","name":"cyril_ropes.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cyril_ropes.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cyril_ropes.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":615106,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/cyril_ropes.jpg?itok=vsZvopp0"}}},"media_ids":["577381"],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. 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