Tom Clemente representing the Robert Daugherty Water for Food Institute at round-table discussions on Water Challenges as part of the Indo-US Science and Technology Summit held in Greater Noida, Delhi-NCR
16th annual Nebraska Women In Science Conference students visit Clemente Lab
The Clemente lab participated in the 16th Annual Nebraska Women in Science Conference, February 22, 2014. This conference is sponsored by Nebraska’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and the UNL Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education.
Photo op around the DNA helix for the high school students and members from Dr. Clemente’s and Dr. Alfano’s lab who participated in the workshop.
Chris Sonenberg (plaid shirt), undergraduate student work in Dr. Clemente's lab, taking the high school students through a lipid extraction protocol.
Daniel Bui (blue sweatshirt), undergraduate student worker in Dr. Clemente’s lab, explaining how DNA is extracted from her “spit”.
Pamela Pena (black top/blue gloves), graduate student in Dr. Clemente’s lab, showing the high school student how to load a gel.
Sean McMillan (gray sweatshirt), undergraduate student worker in Dr. Clemente’s lab, showing the student where to look for the plant DNA.
High school student looking at her DNA hanging on her very own Clemente lab DNA necklace!
Panya Kim (striped top), graduate student in Dr. Alfano’s lab, guiding a high school student through a plant infiltration assay used to determine the plant’s defense response.
Kate Lagerstrom, undergraduate student worker from Dr. Alfano’s lab, supervising a plant infiltration assay done by a high school student.
Grisel Ramierz (middle), undergraduate student worker in Dr. Clemente’s lab, helping two high school students analyze the fat content in their favorite snack. Can Twinkies and Oreos be that bad for you?
Chris Sonenberg (plaid shirt), undergraduate student worker in Dr. Clemente’s lab, explaining to two high school students, the horror of a high 18:0 peak generated from GC analysis of the white filling of a Twinkie!
ina Mai (black sweater), high school student intern in Dr. Clemente’s lab, showing a high school student how to use a pipette.
Daniel Bui (blue sweatshirt), undergraduate student worker in Dr. Clemente’s lab, and Gina Mai (black sweater), high school student intern in Dr. Clemente’s lab, showing a high school student how to extract her DNA from her salvia.
Pamela Pena (black top/blue gloves), graduate student in Dr. Clemente’s lab, explaining how DNA can be analyzed using gel electrophoresis.
Sean McMillan (gray sweatshirt), undergraduate student worker in Dr. Clemente’s lab, guiding two high school students through a soybean leaf DNA isolation.
