Week of June 12

 

This week, we met with Dr. Olga Tsyusko-Unrine who discussed her career journey and her work using c.elegans to identify mechanisms by which environmental contaminants exert their adverse effects. 

 For our weekly activity, we worked again on our planters by first selecting the medicinal plants that are grown and used within our assigned global region.  We then identified the medicinal properties of each of these plants and discussed these with the rest of the group.  Finally we planted them into our containers.  Dr. Swanson took them home and will care for them and we will see them again in July.  After we finished planting, we will tie dyed our lab coats.