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Research Lecture:
Sharon Gursky-Doyen, Professor – Department of Anthropology,
Texas A&M University. “Primatology and discoveries about tarsiers”
Education/career
Jennifer Graham, Student – College of Veterinary Medicine
lecture:
Texas A&M University. “Eye-blinking rabbits/How I decided to go to college”
Hands-on experience: • SPIE: Texas A&M Student Chapter, Optics – Building lenses with Jell-O
• Optical Illusions
Research Lecture:
Education/career lecture:
Hands-on experience:
Lawrence Dangott, Professor - Texas A&M University
“Proteins: Molecules of life”
Beverly Crocker, Student – College of Veterinary Medicine
Texas A&M University. “College knowledge”
• Veronica Sanchez, Professor - Texas A&M Health Science Center
“DNA isolation from strawberries”
• Glow in the dark with UV light
• Polarization
• Microscopy: Model organisms-insects
Research Lecture:
Jerome Trzeciakowski, Professor – Texas A&M Health Science Center
“How medicines affect living systems”
Demonstration:
Jim Pennington, Professor, Department of Chemistry
Texas A&M University
“Chemistry Road Show”
Research Lecture:
Tim McLaughlin, Professor - Department of Visualization
Texas A&M University. “STEM powered learning for the on-demand
generation: Where art hooks up with science”
Admissions presentation: John Buchanan, Admissions Counselor
“Admissions at Texas A&M University”
Education/career lecture: Alfredo Perez, Student – Department of Electrical Engineering
Texas A&M University. “Design and applications of integrated circuits/
How I decided to go to college”
Hands-on activity:
• Integrated circuits under microscope
• Infrared light & multicolor laser fluorescence
• Hand-held microscope
Research Lecture:
Van G. Wilson, Professor – Texas A&M Health Science Center
“Viruses and cancer”
Education/career lecture: Sunny Scobell, PhD, Department of Biology, Texas A&M University
“From cornfields to the coast: How a small-town girl got into big-time science”
Hands-on activity:
• Microscopy: Pipefish and seahorse
• Waves demonstration
• Communicating over a laser beam
Certificate of completion
Research Lecture:
Demonstration:
Hands-on experience:
Andreea Trache, Professor - Texas A&M Health Science Center
“Exploring the live cell using optical microscopy”
Jim Pennington, Senior Lecturer - Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M
University, “Chemistry Road Show”
Optical Illusions
Research Lecture:
Warren Zimmer, Professor - Texas A&M Health Science Center
“Who Done It? The Forensic DNA Scientist Knows”
Education/career lecture:
Beverly Crocker, Veterinary Student – College of Veterinary Medicine
“College Knowledge”
Hands-on experience:
Blacklight/UV fluorescence; Baking soda & vinegar experiment
Demonstration:
DNA Gel Electrophoresis
Research Lecture:
Larry Johnson, Professor – Department of Veterinary Integrative
Biosciences, Texas A&M University
“Science and Careers in Science – College of Veterinary Medicine”
Education/career lecture: Sara Spikes, PhD, Dept. of Teaching, Learning, and Culture, Texas A&M
University, “Becoming a Scientist“
Hands-on experience:
Microscopy – Insects and marine organisms
Research Lecture:
Veronica Sanchez, Professor - Texas A&M Health Science Center
“Principles of DNA Isolation with Strawberries”
Admissions presentation: Jon Buchanan – Admissions at Texas A&M University
Wanda Watson – Admissions to Medical School at Texas A&M Health
Science Center
Thena E. Parrott – Admissions to Nursing program at Blinn College
Hands-on activity:
DNA Isolation from Strawberries
Hand held microscope
Demonstrations:
Wet lab tour and advanced microscopy demonstration
Research Lecture:
Van G. Wilson, Professor – Texas A&M Health Science Center, Texas
A&M University “Viruses and Cancer”
Education/career lecture: Caroline Vasquez, Student – Department of Teaching, Learning, and
Culture, Texas A&M University “How I decided to go to College”
Hands-on activity:
Microscopy - Diatoms and algae
Certificate of completion
Fall Semester 2010
Research Lecture:
Demonstration:
Hands-on experience:
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Education/career lecture:
Hands-on experience:
Andreea Trache, Professor, Texas A&M Health Science Center
“Exploring the live cell using optical microscopy”
Jim Pennington, Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M
University, “Chemistry Road Show”
Optical Illusions
Larry Dangott, Director Protein Chemistry Lab, Texas A&M University
“Protein Structure”
Ruth Mullins, PhD Student, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M
University, “The exciting field of Oceanography – Wave formation”
Wave formation
Microscopy - Marine organisms
Research Lecture:
Education/career lecture:
Hands-on experience:
Demonstrations:
Research Lecture:
Education/career lecture:
Hands-on activity:
Demonstrations:
Warren Zimmer, Professor - Texas A&M Health Science Center
“Who Done It? The Forensic DNA Scientist Knows”
Alfredo Perez, PhD Student, Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, Texas A&M University, “Electronic circuits and their production “
Microscopy - Integrated circuits
DNA Gel Electrophoresis
Lucinda Pritchard, Aggieland Prospective Student Center
“Admissions at Texas A&M University”
Sara E. Spikes, PhD Student, Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture,
Texas A&M University, “ Becoming a Scientist”
Blacklight fluorescence
Wet lab tour and advanced microscopy demonstration
Research Lecture:
Education/career lecture:
Hands-on activity:
Certificate of completion
Gonzalo Rivera, Professor - College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M
University, “Are you ready for an unpredictable scientific journey?”
Tina Gumienny, Professor - Texas A&M Health Science Center
“Using a nematode to understand how your cells talk to each other”
Microscopy – Life cycle
Live C. elegans microscopy
Fall Semester 2009
Research Lecture:
Education/career lecture:
Hands-on experience:
Research Lecture:
Education/career lecture:
Hands-on experience:
Andreea Trache, Professor, Texas A&M Health Science Center
“Exploring the cell: Optics applied to biological studies”
Larry Johnson, Professor, Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
Texas A&M University
“Science and Careers in Science”
Optical Illusions
Hongmin Qin, Professor, Department of Biology Texas A&M University
“Intraflagellar transport and flagellar assembly: New sights into cilia-dependent
disease”
Shari Hilding-Kronforst, PhD student, Department of Geology & Geophysics
“One journey to graduate school”
Green Algae
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Demonstrations:
Roland Kaunas Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Texas A&M University
“How Cells Cope with Stress”
Bonny Millimaki, PhD student, Department of Biology
“My road to Science“
Ruth Mullins, PhD student, Department of Oceanography
“The exciting field of Oceanography & Galapagos Islands”
Zebra Fish embryos, Plankton
Tina Gumienny, Professor, Texas A&M Health Science Center
“C. elegans - a tiny free-living nematode”
Laura Ruebush, PhD student, Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture
“Putting the pieces together – A personal journey to graduate school”
Ruth Mullins, PhD student, Department of Oceanography
“Galapagos Islands”
Ocean waves, Densitometry
Confocal fluorescence microscopy of live cells
Research Lecture:
Education/career lecture:
Hands-on activity:
Demonstrations:
Certificate of completion
Sarah Bondos, Professor, Texas A&M Health Science Center
“Drosophila as a genetic model for human disease”
Marissa Munoz, PhD student, Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture
“How I decided to attend Graduate School”
Fruit fly embryos and mutants
Confocal fluorescence microscopy of tissue
Fall Semester 2008, Saturday morning 9:30am - 12:30am
Research Lecture: Andreea Trache, Professor, TAM-HSC, Optics and Biology: Science of light applied to
science of life
Education/career lecture: Bonny Millimaki, PhD student, Biology Dept., My road to science
Hands-on activity: Zebra fish
This event was canceled due to Hurricane Ike. Activities were rescheduled on
November 22.
Research Lecture: Warren Zimmer, Professor, TAM-HSC, Why teach DNA to high-school students?
Education/career lecture: Andrea Hsu, PhD student, Chemistry Dept, My life as a scientist and engineer!!
Hands-on activity: Mitosis
Demonstrations: Confocal fluorescence microscopy of fixed tissues
Research Lecture: Jerome Trzeciakowski, Professor, TAM-HSC, How medicines affect living systems
Education/career lecture: Larry Johnson, Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Science and Careers
in Science
Demonstrations: Confocal fluorescence microscopy of fixed cells
Research Lecture: Jay. Humphrey, Professor, Biomedical Engineering Dept, The physics and biology of
why exercise is good for your heart
Education/career lecture: Sara Spikes, PhD student, Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture
Becoming a scientist
Hands-on activity: Swelling cells
Demonstrations: Confocal fluorescence microscopy of live cells
Research Lecture: Soon-Mi Lim, Postdoctoral Research Associate, TAM-HSC, How an atomic force
microscope shows cellular structure
Hands-on activity: AFM tips
Demonstrations: Imaging live cells with the atomic force microscope
Poster Day – students’ presentations
Certificate of completion
National Science Foundation CAREER award
Girl Scouts of Central Texas
Texas A&M Health Science Center
Chroma Technology
International Society for Optics and Photonics
Olympus America