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Upcoming Events
April 13, 2024 - April 14, 2024
Open to the Public: Michigan State University Science Festival STEAM Expo
WALII will be hosting an activity booth at the Michigan State University Science Festival STEAM Expo Days on April 13 – 14, 2024. Join us at the STEM Teaching and Learning Facility in Room 3202 between 10 am – 4 pm to explore the fascinating world of life without water! At our booth, you’ll be able to enjoy astronaut ice cream samples, create a seed necklace, examine rare resurrection plants, observe water bears under a microscope, and learn about how WALII scientists are studying organisms that endure extreme water loss. MSU Science Festival has activities open to the public all month. learn more about SciFest here.
Dates: April 13 -14, 2024 from 10 am – 4 pm
Location: Michigan State University STEM Teaching and Learning Facility, Room 3202
Open to the Public: Michigan State University Science Festival STEAM Expo
WALII will be hosting an activity booth at the Michigan State University Science Festival STEAM Expo Days on April 13 – 14, 2024. Join us at the STEM Teaching and Learning Facility in Room 3202 between 10 am – 4 pm to explore the fascinating world of life without water! At our booth, you’ll be able to enjoy astronaut ice cream samples, create a seed necklace, examine rare resurrection plants, observe water bears under a microscope, and learn about how WALII scientists are studying organisms that endure extreme water loss. MSU Science Festival has activities open to the public all month. learn more about SciFest here.
Dates: April 13 -14, 2024 from 10 am – 4 pm
Location: Michigan State University STEM Teaching and Learning Facility, Room 3202
March 11, 2024
WALII Technical Seminar
WALII will be hosting a Technical Seminar Series to highlight tools, techniques, field sites, and growth facilities available at WALII campuses. We will be holding our next WALII Technical Workshop on Monday March 11th. In this workshop, we will hear from four WALII members about unique field sites or growth facilities used in their research.
Speakers:
Rose Marks – VanBuren Lab, Michigan State University. Topic: South Africa field sites
Thomas Boothby – Boothby Lab, University of Wyoming. Topic: Tardigrade collection and cultivation
Laura Leventhal – Exposito-Alonso Lab, Stanford University/University of California, Berkeley. Topic: Arabidopsis field station
Hugo Tapia – Tapia Lab, California State University, Channel Islands. Topic: Saccharomyces cerevisiae culture
WALII Technical Seminar
WALII will be hosting a Technical Seminar Series to highlight tools, techniques, field sites, and growth facilities available at WALII campuses. We will be holding our next WALII Technical Workshop on Monday March 11th. In this workshop, we will hear from four WALII members about unique field sites or growth facilities used in their research.
Speakers:
Rose Marks – VanBuren Lab, Michigan State University. Topic: South Africa field sites
Thomas Boothby – Boothby Lab, University of Wyoming. Topic: Tardigrade collection and cultivation
Laura Leventhal – Exposito-Alonso Lab, Stanford University/University of California, Berkeley. Topic: Arabidopsis field station
Hugo Tapia – Tapia Lab, California State University, Channel Islands. Topic: Saccharomyces cerevisiae culture
PREVIOUS EVENTS
February 7, 2024
Glencairn Elementary Science Night
Members of the Fleming and Rhee labs will be hosting expo booths at the Glencairn Elementary Science Night from 6 – 8 pm.
Glencairn Elementary Science Night
Members of the Fleming and Rhee labs will be hosting expo booths at the Glencairn Elementary Science Night from 6 – 8 pm.
November 15, 2023 - November 18, 2023
Annual Biomedical Research Conference For Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS)
WALII will be attending the ABRCMS 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona! Come find the WALII booth in the Exhibitor Hall to learn more about WALII initiatives, the 2024 internship program, and careers with WALII. Register here for ABRCMS.
WALII Booth
Dates: November 16, 2023 - November 18, 2023
Location: Booth #TBA
Annual Biomedical Research Conference For Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS)
WALII will be attending the ABRCMS 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona! Come find the WALII booth in the Exhibitor Hall to learn more about WALII initiatives, the 2024 internship program, and careers with WALII. Register here for ABRCMS.
WALII Booth
Dates: November 16, 2023 - November 18, 2023
Location: Booth #TBA
October 26, 2023 - October 28, 2023
SACNAS National Diversity in STEM (NDiSTEM) Conference
WALII will be attending the 2023 NDiSTEM Conference in Portland, Oregon! Come find the WALII booth in the Exhibitor Hall to learn more about WALII initiatives, the 2024 internship program, and careers with WALII. Register here for NDiSTEM.
WALII Booth
Dates: The booth will be open from 10 am - 5 pm PT on October 27, 2023 and 9 am - 5 pm on October 28, 2023
Location: Booth #807
SACNAS National Diversity in STEM (NDiSTEM) Conference
WALII will be attending the 2023 NDiSTEM Conference in Portland, Oregon! Come find the WALII booth in the Exhibitor Hall to learn more about WALII initiatives, the 2024 internship program, and careers with WALII. Register here for NDiSTEM.
WALII Booth
Dates: The booth will be open from 10 am - 5 pm PT on October 27, 2023 and 9 am - 5 pm on October 28, 2023
Location: Booth #807
September 11, 2023
The 2023 WALII Symposium
We hosted the inaugural WALII Symposium virtually on September 11, 2023. The first WALII symposium was an internal event for WALII participants. In the future, WALII symposia will be open to the broader scientific community.
The 2023 WALII Symposium
We hosted the inaugural WALII Symposium virtually on September 11, 2023. The first WALII symposium was an internal event for WALII participants. In the future, WALII symposia will be open to the broader scientific community.