{"id":18,"date":"2019-09-10T15:40:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T19:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/bae-lab\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-02-02T09:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:21:08","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/young-explorers-science\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Outreach Programs and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-18\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-18-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-18-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-18-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li>Virtual panel discussions: Y.E.S. volunteers video chat with students to discuss topics including education, science\/health careers, hot-topics in science, and life as a scientist. Discussions are interactive and questions are encouraged.<\/li>\n<li>School visits (postponed): Invite Y.E.S. volunteers to speak to students at your school!<\/li>\n<li>Experiment days (postponed): Have Y.E.S. come to your classroom or club to conduct a hands-on experiment with students!<\/li>\n<li>Campus visits (postponed): Field trips for your high school students. See our labs, speak with students and professors, and participate in hands-on activities.<\/li>\n<li>Internships (postponed): Are you a high school student looking for an internship? Would you like to conduct your senior thesis in a UConn Health Laboratory? Contact Y.E.S., and we will help connect you with a lab host. (16 years or older).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-18-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-18-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-18-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Y.E.S. @ UConn Health Campus, Farmington, CT<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><em><b>Expertise in Biomedical Science<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Research topics: <\/b><span>Genetics, Skeletal Biology, Systems Biology, Immunology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Biophysics, Neuroscience<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Outreach examples:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Learn to pipette<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Extract DNA from fruit or cheek cells<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Bioinformatics of cancer genes (computational)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>UConn Health campus visit - meet and talk with graduate, medical and dental students, tour the hospital<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-18-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-18-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Y.E.S. @ Avery Point Campus, Groton, CT\u00a0<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><em><b>Expertise in Marine Science<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Outreach examples:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Plankton towns<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Examining the ocean under a microscope<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Dissolving CO2 into water - how does the ocean cope?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Does river water float on ocean water?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual panel discussions: Y.E.S. volunteers video chat with students to discuss topics including education, science\/health careers, hot-topics in science, and life as a scientist. Discussions are interactive and questions are encouraged. School visits (postponed): Invite Y.E.S. volunteers to speak to students at your school! 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