Last week, I attended Shiv’s Rose Cafe about organoids. Overall, I really enjoyed the conversation about his work. Shiv spoke about his research growing “mini organs” which could be used for developing antibodies and patient-specific cancer treatments. Thinking about how cancer and autoimmune diseases have affected my own family, I am encouraged by the prospect of new and improved ways to treat these conditions. Not to mention, He did a great job of making the talk approachable, and he made some very comical and appropriate analogies. As a person who was once very interested in this field, I was intrigued by his talk. While I have a basic fundamental STEM background, it is always interesting for me to learn about popular methodology, and current work going on in the field since I decided to pursue linguistics instead of biochemistry. His work is very important, and I found it really encouraging to hear about how his research in particular could decrease the cost of certain medicines, which is a really critical issue in healthcare right now. Also, Shiv was very animated and excited about his work, and I always find that to be very refreshing when attending academic-oriented talks. I have really enjoyed the last few Cafes in which GRFs have shared their research with us- I think it has provided a great opportunity to learn about research outside of my own field, as well as get to know our GRFs!