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...]
Bringing biosciences to high school students through the BLDAP
The Berkeley Lab Director’s Apprenticeship Program (BLDAP) provides an opportunity for underrepresented public high school students (including African Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Latinx, LGBTQ+, students from low income households, and first-generation college attendees) to apply themselves in STEM projects and develop strong connections to the broader scientific community and Berkeley Lab researchers. The Northen Lab, a research group that contributes to m-CAFEs, has led … [Read more...]
