What Do You Get When WISE Women Take to the Labs? Real-World Research
Young women undergraduates who are considering careers in research were given a paid summer opportunity to work in a research laboratory at UC through the
Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)
Research Experiences for Women Undergraduates (REWU) program.
WISE student Paula Davis studies evolutionary biology and phylogeny inthe lab.
The 22 women worked in a variety of scientific and technical labs, including engineering, health and physics. They were paired with faculty mentors and received a stipend for their work in the lab. They also receive coaching and instruction in areas beneficial both to their college careers as well as to their professional careers, such as presentation and writing techniques.
Research Assistant Professor Donita Bylski-Austrow and Meghan Moore work on the mechanobiology of the growing spine.
The final presentations take place from noon to approximately 4 p.m. today in 427 ERC. Please stop in to encourage these young women at the start of their careers.
The topics are scheduled as follows:
Noon Welcome
12:10 Biomedical Engineering
12:20 Chemical Technology
12:30 Dietetics
12:40 Pre-Pharmacy
12:50 Chem/Bio and Psychology
Mentored by John Layne, Myanh Lai works with crabs used in sensory systems and spatial orientation research.
1:00 Biomedical Engineering
1:10 Biology
1:20 Astrophysics/Physics
1:30 Geology
1:40 Chemical Engineering
1:50 Dietetics
2:00 Biomedical Engineering
2:10 Chemical Engineering
Prof Dennis Grogan working with WISE student Sailee Teredesai in the chemistry lab on molecular genetics at geothermal temperatures.
2:20 Biomedical Engineering
2:30 Pre-Medicine
2:40 Environmental Studies
2:50 Biology
3:00 Dietetics
3:10 Geology
3:20 Biopsychology
3:30 Org. Leadership and Pre-Medicine
3:40 Physics
3:50 Close
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