Name: Eran Mukamel Hometown: Born in Rehovot, Israel / grew up in Rochester, NY. Hobbies: I love music, and I play the clarinet. I also like to read, hike and jog. What do you study? I study how our brains allow us to see, feel, think, walk, run, and sleep. All of these are (to […]
Name: Claire Johns Hometown: Right here in San Diego, CA! Hobbies: Running, yoga, reading What do you study? There are special cells in your body that can turn into any other type of cell. They can become brain cells, heart cells, skin cells, any type of cell! These special cells are called stem cells. Stem cells […]
Name: Adam Stocker Hometown: Orrville, Ohio Hobbies: Brazilian jiu-jitsu and playing with my daughter What do you study? I study how the brain develops. But that’s a really big problem, so I just study how the different sense areas of the brain are made. For an example, the area of your brain that figures […]
Name: Abby Buchwalter Hometown: Hopewell, New York Hobbies: running, cooking, knitting What do you study? I look inside cells to see how they are put together. You have probably learned what the different pieces of a cell are, but you may not know something really cool- that many of these pieces move around inside the cell. […]
In this post we are going to introduce the scientist profile format. The profiles will eventually be posted on the blog where the students and teacher can access them. I will send out instructions by email for logging in and posting your profile. The purpose of the scientist profile is to give the students a […]