Cat Adams, a research scientist in Biosciences senior scientist Trent Northen’s group, kicked off a busy season of public outreach with a keynote reprising her 2022 BioEPIC Slam-winning talk, “Funky Fungal Farts,” at the Mycological Society of San Francisco's (MSSF)’s Mendocino Mushroom Camp in November 2024. In her talk, Adams discussed her postdoc work examining how fungal volatile organic compounds (VOCs) affect bacteria. Yes, the same VOCs that one might air out after unwrapping a new foam … [Read more...]
m-CAFEs Researcher Wins Most Effective Science Flash talk
Sannidhi Mennon, Research Associate Mortimer Lab, Lawrence Berkeley Lab Sannidhi Mennon, an RA in the Mortimer lab, won a prize for most effective flash talk at the recent EGDB divisional annual meeting. Sannidhi described work she's doing as part of the m-CAFEs SFA. Brachypodium distachyon is a model grass closely related to essential food and fuel crops such as wheat, sorghum and switchgrass. Transgenic B.distachyon is a valuable tool for studying the genetics of … [Read more...]
m-CAFEs in 2nd Annual BioEPIC SLAM
Four members of the m-CAFEs team recently participated in a virtual Research Slam promoting science related to the BioEPIC facility. Trent Northen, lead scientist, gave an overview presentation about the SFA. He was joined by m-CAFEs team members Manuel Villalobos, a postdoctoral researcher in the Glass Lab at UC Berkeley, and Avery Roberts, a graduate student in the Barrangou Lab at North Carolina State University. Manual and Avery presented their research and competed for the honor of Slam … [Read more...]
Two m-CAFEs postdocs bring their work to the BioEPIC Research Slam
Cat Adams and Tomas Hessler, postdoctoral researchers with m-CAFEs, recently participated in a Research Slam exploring science related to the BioEPIC building, which is currently being built at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Check out their talks below! Introduction by Trent: 31:07 Cat Adams: 35:02 Tomas Hessler: 38:40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFKs8mjfiKY Congratulations as well to Cat for taking home the win at the slam event! … [Read more...]
STEM outreach for middle and high school students
Mon Oo Yee, a former m-CAFEs researcher, contributed to high-quality content created/produced by experts in STEM fields for middle and high school STEM students through the education & outreach nonprofit STEMsi. Mon Oo Yee, m-CAFEs Postdoctoral Fellow … [Read more...]
