Highlights from my first intern while I design for scientists and biologists from the Genetics Lab of the University of Cambridge

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Overview

Context

This project highlights my contributions made as a UX/UI Design Intern at InterMine organization, selected through Outreachy Program. Only 56 contributors were selected for the program in 2020.

Outreachy program is an initiative that provides paid, remote internships to people subject to systemic bias and impacted by underrepresentation in tech. industry worldwide.

Outreachy program is an initiative that provides paid, remote internships to people subject to systemic bias and impacted by underrepresentation in tech. industry worldwide.

Role

User Experience Designer and Researcher

Mentors

Yo Yehudi (Outreachy Mentor)

Kevin Herald (Outreachy Mentor)

Methods + Tools + Practices

User Research & Reflection

Remote Moderated Usability Testing

Prototyping & Wireframing

Design Principles and UX Laws


What is the Job?

About Organization

The word 'Mine' here represents a collection of scientific and statistical data about a single organism or species, for eg. a mine containing data about flies will be cased fly-mine. Similarly, there are mines defined for each species and organism.