{"id":15043,"date":"2026-07-23T20:45:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T20:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/uacl\/?p=15043"},"modified":"2026-08-18T16:36:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:36:31","slug":"dike_merck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/uacl\/dike_merck\/","title":{"rendered":"Dike at Merck!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15043\" class=\"elementor elementor-15043\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ad45f4f e-flex e-con-boxed mk-enable-fade-animation-none mk-sticky-column-false mk-sticky-column-disable-tablet e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1ad45f4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;mk-animation-effect&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;mk_ext_is_sticky&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c060db2 mk-enable-fade-animation-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c060db2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;mk-animation-effect&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;mk_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;mk_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"1343\" data-end=\"1594\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">One of the graduate students in the lab is spending the summer interning at <strong data-start=\"1409\" data-end=\"1418\">Merck<\/strong>, gaining valuable industry experience while representing the group in style. Even better, he&#8217;s taking time to enjoy the summer with friends and catch a ballgame along the way!\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 17px;letter-spacing: 0em\">We&#8217;re incredibly proud of all he&#8217;s accomplishing and can&#8217;t wait to have him back at Clemson this fall, bringing new experiences and ideas to the group. 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