Coral Bleaching: Responding to Stress Factors
Climate change and symbiotic relationships are important elements of the work in my fellowship position with the John R.
CRISPRi: Controlling Gene Expression
CRISPR technology has revolutionized the field of genetic engineering due to its accuracy and ease of use. Scientists can use this system to precisely modify DNA at specific loci, which has tremendous potential to benefit human life.
DDT and the Environment
DDT and the Environment introduces the detrimental phenomenon of biomagnification using the example of DDT. After learning about the history of DDT and effects to the environment, students will be given data to analyze about how DDT flows through a food chain/food web in an ecosystem.
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Developing Ocean Literacy to Understand Ocean Acidification
At the Virtual Human Interaction Lab (VHIL) at Stanford University, I created a mini unit on ocean acidification. This curriculum is divided into three main sections.
Finding Chemo: Robot Modeling of Chemotaxis
All living things need to obtain materials in order to stay alive. Chemotaxis is the directed movement towards or away from a chemical stimulus. In many cases, chemotaxis is a matter of life or death, so sensing and acting on feedback from the environment is a crucial life function.
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Mom! Dad! Why Can’t You Leave Me Alone?
In this lesson, “Why Can’t You Leave Me Alone?” students explore the selective pressures that led to the evolution of parenting behavior in Dentrobatidae, or Poison Dart Frogs.
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What cause the Schistosomiasis outbreak in Senegal?
How can human-caused changes to the environment impact human health?
This ETP was inspired by the research from Susanne Sokolow and Giulio De Leo along with other members of the De Leo Lab.
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Are You Ready to Rock?! Heavy Metal Contamination and Remediation in Water and Soil
The contamination of water and soil by heavy metals poses a serious environmental problem with severe consequences for health.
Catalysts and Enzymes: Making Life Happen
This lesson is about catalysts. Catalysts speed up chemical reactions without being used up. The principles of catalysis are important in industrial processes, environmental remediation, and most importantly, sustain all of life through diverse biological processes.