2005 WPI Bio-Discovery Program

 

In July, 2005, 10 undergraduates became mentors to 10 middle-school girls, as part of the first WPI Bio-Discovery Program.  These young women worked on a variety of exciting topics during the program, including performing their own dissections, microscopy investigations, chemical experiments, and even witnessing some surgeries at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. 

 

 

Some Poster Presentations from Our Final Presentation Day (pdf file open):

 

The History, Demographics, and Medicines of HIV by Elizabeth Beshaw, Lindsay Rutter, and Professor Nikolas Kazantzis

 

Synthesis of Peptides for Use as Anti-Microbial Monolayers by Cassie Sefton, Arwen Christian, and Professor Grant McGimpsey

 

Artimesia Annua by Olga Colon Mercado, Kim Odynocki, and Professor Pamela Weathers

 

Bipolar Electrodes: Sensing Muscle Activity by Olivia Hutchinson, Ramya Sankar, and Professor Ted Clancy

 

 

Pictures of the Mentors and Mentees Working Together: