Outreach
GAMES (Girls Adventures in Math Engineering and Science)
The Institute for Genomic Biology has partnered with the College of Engineering to host Girls Adventures in Math, Engineering and Science, Bioimaging camp. This week long summer camp introduces 13 and 14 year old girls to research and engineering on the University of Illinois Campus. Girls are given the opportunity to work on a research project using the same research instrumentation available to University of Illinois researchers to look at the effects of environmental changes on plants at the cellular level. The girls harvest and dissected Arabidopsis leaves from plants grown in ambient and elevated Carbon dioxide environments. Using images collected from wide field and confocal microscopes Chloroplast and Mitochondria areas and volumes are measures and compared to elucidate the effects of environmental changes on the energy cycle of plants. By working on current research questions, girls are provided with an opportunity to experience scientific research first hand.
Bioimaging Camp 2008
This project was modeled from work Katie Richter is doing in Andrew Leaky's Lab.
Posters presented by girls at GAMES 2008
Gold
Silver
Platinum
Iron
Mercury
GAMES 2008 camp pictures
GAMES 2009 camp pictures
