SURES 2025 (Week of July 21st)

 On Tuesday, we learned about Dr. Brittany Givens Rassoolkhani's career journey and research. On Thursday, we first worked on our posters for next week's poster session with our mentors. Then, we heard from Dr. Jason Unrine about his career journey and the dangers of environmental lead exposure. He reported back his findings of lead levels in the soil samples we collected ourselves around UK campus! It was very interesting to see the difference in lead levels from various locations on campus and we even got to see that there were higher levels in areas with more construction. 

SURES 2025 (Week of July 14th)

 On Tuesday, we learned how to make a good poster presentation from Jesi Jones-Bowman to help get us prepared for our upcoming poster session. On Thursday, we learned from our Near Peer Mentors who presented some of their posters to us and explained their thoughts when designing them. 

We then finished the week's activities by going to The Food Connection, learning about culinary medicine, and cooking with Chef Tanya Whitehouse. Look at all the delicious food!

SURES 2025 (Week of July 7th)

On Tuesday, we heard about Dr. Pearson's career and research journey. On Thursday, we learned about the importance of networking and how to leverage tools like LinkedIn for that purpose. We also got to paint our projects and presented what our paintings meant to each other. Us scientists have some real artists among us!

SURES 2025 (Week of June 30th)

 On Tuesday, we learned about Dr. Stanifer's career journey and research. Due to the 4th of July Holiday, we enjoyed the rest of the week off and look forward to returning to our normal scheduling next week!

SURES 2025 (Week of June 23rd)

 On Tuesday, we learned about Dr. DeVries career journey and research. On Thursday, we had a career planning session where we learned how to put together resumes, CVs, and personal statements. We then collected soil samples from all around campus to measure and analyze lead levels in different locations!

SURES 2025 (Week of June 16th)

On Tuesday, we heard from Dr. Tsyusko-Unrine about her career journey and research. On Wednesday, we worked through a community building circle on mental health and also learned about how similar we all are to each other. We then learned about environmental exposures to neurotoxicants such as lead and methylmercury, worked through case studies for each exposure, and even worked through simulations of common symptoms of these exposures! We also got to show off some of our final products of our tie-dyed lab coats.

SURES 2025 (Week of June 9th)

On Tuesday morning, we met Dr. Patrick Hannon. Dr. Hannon told us about the professor who changed his career plans from being a vet to becoming a reproductive toxicologist. He also described why identifying why phthalate esters negatively impact female reproduction is a complex and fascinating problem to be solved. 

On Wednesday, we learned about the origins and uses of medicinal plants and got to pot them in the planters we designed last week. 

We also had a blast tie-dying lab coats (and socks) and getting some sun!