Outreach
Real Science Workshop for Middle School Teachers
As part of our NSF CAREER grant, we are collaborating with the Harvard Museum of Natural History to train middle school teachers to use modern molecular biology methods for the study of evolution. The teachers will be here for a 3-day workshop called “Real Science: Untangling Evolutionary Trees”. We will then help teachers run this curriculum in their classrooms, and provide all the equipment and reagents. This program will run for three years (2019, 2020, 2021). We seek for teachers and students to have hands-on experiences to see that evolutionary biology is a modern, thriving field that utilizes molecular techniques for collecting data and analyzing it.
As part of our NSF CAREER grant, we are collaborating with the Harvard Museum of Natural History to train middle school teachers to use modern molecular biology methods for the study of evolution. The teachers will be here for a 3-day workshop called “Real Science: Untangling Evolutionary Trees”. We will then help teachers run this curriculum in their classrooms, and provide all the equipment and reagents. This program will run for three years (2019, 2020, 2021). We seek for teachers and students to have hands-on experiences to see that evolutionary biology is a modern, thriving field that utilizes molecular techniques for collecting data and analyzing it.
News
July 2019:
In collaboration with the HMNH, Mansi, Alyson, Julian, and Ryan launch the first Real Science: Untangling Evolutionary Trees workshop for middle school teachers.
June 2019:
Srivastava Lab makes its third appearance at the Embryology course! Students make successful grafts, image flow around Hofstenia, and try some embryo injections.
May 2019:
Katy Loubet-Senear formally joins the lab as our fourth graduate student.
March 2019:
Our paper on the acoel genome and the regulatory landscape of regeneration is published in Science.Rotation student Megan He beings a project, working with Yi-Jyun.
January 2019:
Rotation students Katy Loubet-Senear and Abby Knecht work with Alyson, Yi-Jyun, and Julian to study Hofstenia.
August 2018:
Mansi, Ryan, and Julian pilot NSF Outreach Program.
July 2018:
Mansi receives an NIH award.
June 2018:
Julian and Mansi teach Embryology for the second time.
May 2018:
Annika Gompers graduates with Hoopes Prize for her honors thesis.
March 2018:
Ryan Hulett passes the qualifying exam.
February 2018:
Julian Kimura passes the qualifying exam.
December 2017:
Holiday party!
October 2017:
Lab attends the North American Planarian Meeting in Woods Hole, MA.
September 2017:
Welcome to Postdoctoral Fellow, Yi-Jyun Luo!
Mansi launches her new course “How to Build an Animal” with Stephanie Pierce.
August 2017:
Welcome to Research Assistant, Vanessa Poirier!
Lab kayaking trip and farewell BBQ for departing Research Assistant, Emily Neverett.
June 2017:
Hofstenia joins the the Embryology Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory.
May 2017:
Mansi receives the NSF CAREER Award.
March 2017:
Incoming postdoc, Yi-Jyun Luo, wins a Human Frontier Science Program Fellowship.
December 2016:
Mansi receives the Smith Family Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research.
October 2016:
Harvard College undergraduate, Juliet Kim, joins the lab.
September 2016:
Harvard College undergraduate, Annika Gompers, joins the lab.
August 2016:
Welcome to OEB graduate students Ryan Hulett and Julian Kimura!
Srivastava Lab goes tide pooling in New Hampshire
July 2016:
Welcome to Visiting Researcher, Marcela Bolanos!
Marcela is awarded a fellowship through the American Association for University Women
June 2016:
Srivastava Lab receives a grant from the Milton Fund at Harvard University.
May 2016:
Welcome to Postdoctoral Fellow, Lorenzo Ricci!
April 2016:
Welcome to Andrew Gehrke, first postdoc to join the lab!
Mansi receives an award through the Searle Scholar Program.
December 2015:
Incoming postdoc Andrew Gehrke wins a Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship
November 2015:
Harvard College undergraduates Kieran Austin, Silvia Golumbeanu, and Andree Franco-Vasquez join the lab!
July 2015:
Srivastava Lab opens its doors, welcoming research assistant Emily Neverett.
In collaboration with the HMNH, Mansi, Alyson, Julian, and Ryan launch the first Real Science: Untangling Evolutionary Trees workshop for middle school teachers.
June 2019:
Srivastava Lab makes its third appearance at the Embryology course! Students make successful grafts, image flow around Hofstenia, and try some embryo injections.
May 2019:
Katy Loubet-Senear formally joins the lab as our fourth graduate student.
March 2019:
Our paper on the acoel genome and the regulatory landscape of regeneration is published in Science.Rotation student Megan He beings a project, working with Yi-Jyun.
January 2019:
Rotation students Katy Loubet-Senear and Abby Knecht work with Alyson, Yi-Jyun, and Julian to study Hofstenia.
August 2018:
Mansi, Ryan, and Julian pilot NSF Outreach Program.
July 2018:
Mansi receives an NIH award.
June 2018:
Julian and Mansi teach Embryology for the second time.
May 2018:
Annika Gompers graduates with Hoopes Prize for her honors thesis.
March 2018:
Ryan Hulett passes the qualifying exam.
February 2018:
Julian Kimura passes the qualifying exam.
December 2017:
Holiday party!
October 2017:
Lab attends the North American Planarian Meeting in Woods Hole, MA.
September 2017:
Welcome to Postdoctoral Fellow, Yi-Jyun Luo!
Mansi launches her new course “How to Build an Animal” with Stephanie Pierce.
August 2017:
Welcome to Research Assistant, Vanessa Poirier!
Lab kayaking trip and farewell BBQ for departing Research Assistant, Emily Neverett.
June 2017:
Hofstenia joins the the Embryology Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory.
May 2017:
Mansi receives the NSF CAREER Award.
March 2017:
Incoming postdoc, Yi-Jyun Luo, wins a Human Frontier Science Program Fellowship.
December 2016:
Mansi receives the Smith Family Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research.
October 2016:
Harvard College undergraduate, Juliet Kim, joins the lab.
September 2016:
Harvard College undergraduate, Annika Gompers, joins the lab.
August 2016:
Welcome to OEB graduate students Ryan Hulett and Julian Kimura!
Srivastava Lab goes tide pooling in New Hampshire
July 2016:
Welcome to Visiting Researcher, Marcela Bolanos!
Marcela is awarded a fellowship through the American Association for University Women
June 2016:
Srivastava Lab receives a grant from the Milton Fund at Harvard University.
May 2016:
Welcome to Postdoctoral Fellow, Lorenzo Ricci!
April 2016:
Welcome to Andrew Gehrke, first postdoc to join the lab!
Mansi receives an award through the Searle Scholar Program.
December 2015:
Incoming postdoc Andrew Gehrke wins a Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship
November 2015:
Harvard College undergraduates Kieran Austin, Silvia Golumbeanu, and Andree Franco-Vasquez join the lab!
July 2015:
Srivastava Lab opens its doors, welcoming research assistant Emily Neverett.