As part of our education and outreach initiative, WiSE hosts “Science Cafés” for middle school aged and high school aged girls at their schools. At these “lunch and learn” events, WiSE members speak about their research, their path to CSHL, and what life is like as a scientist. The students are encouraged to ask any questions they may have. We have hosted several science cafés for students on Long Island and aim to set up Science Cafés with school districts across New York State, with a focus on targeting underprivileged areas. Every child deserves the chance to become interested in STEM and have opportunities to learn more about careers in science.
12/22/2021
Presenter: Marygrace Trousdell
Location: Walt Whitman High School
A huge thanks to Marygrace Trousdell for talking to the Walt Whitman High School Women in Science and Engineering Club about her path in STEM and the advantages of interdisciplinary approaches to science!
12/16/2021
Presenter: Mackenzie Callaway
Location: Cold Spring Harbor High School
A big thanks to Mackenzie Callaway from the dos Santos lab for sharing her journey in STEM and giving women from the Cold Spring Harbor High School WiSE club some great advice as part of our science cafe series.
11/15/2021
Presenter: Steven Lewis
Location: Cold Spring Harbor High School
Steven Lewis is a Stony Brook MD-PHD student in the dos Santos lab, and gave a great presentation to the Cold Spring Harbor High School chapter of WiSE about his path in science as well as his current research!
10/4/2021
Presenter: Marie Dussauze
Location: Cold Spring Harbor High School
Marie Dussauze, a PHD student in the Albeanu Lab and the president of our WiSE chapter at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory gave an exciting talk about her research on sensorimotor learning!
5/13/2021
Presenter: Bri Bibel
Location: Cold Spring Harbor High School
A huge thanks to Bri Bibel, aka the Bumbling Biochemist, for presenting at our most recent virtual WiSE Science Cafe! As a grad student in the lab of Dr. Leemor Joshua-Tor, Bri gave a masterclass on all things biochemistry and structural biology!
4/27/2021
Presenter: Alexa Pagliaro
Location: Walt Whitman High School
Our outreach chair Alexa Pagliaro had a great time this afternoon speaking with the members of the Walt Whitman High School Women in STEM club as part of our Science Cafe series!
4/8/2021
Presenter: Oliver Artz
Location: SUNY Old Westbury
A huge thanks to Oliver Artz for giving an awesome science cafe for the Women in Science & Engineering and Equality for All group at SUNY Old Westbury!
2/23/2021
Presenter: Kat Denney
Location: Cold Spring Harbor High School
Our newly elected WiSE Chair of Mental Health, Kat Denney gave to a group of students from Cold Spring Harbor High School a talk about her research in neuroscience on Social Behavior in the Tollkuhn lab as part of our science cafe virtual series.
2/8/2021
Presenter: Asad Lakhani
Location: Cold Spring Harbor High School
Asad Lakhani shared his journey in STEM and his research on the effect of aneuploidy in cancer with the young women of the Cold Spring Harbor High School Research Program through our Virtual Science cafe program.
1/25/2021
Presenter: Camila Dos Santos
Location: Cold Spring Harbor High School
CSHL PI Camila dos Santos shared her journey in STEM and her work on the epigenetic control of mammary gland development and breast cancer. She presented to the young women of the Cold Spring Harbor High School Research Program through our virtual science cafe program
11/9/2020
Presenter: Nicole Sivetz
Location: Cold Spring Harbor High School
Nicole Sivetz, gave young women in the Cold Spring Harbor High School Research Program an incredible talk as part of our ongoing virtual WiSE Science Cafe series! Nicole detailed her journey in STEM so far, going from an aspiring artist and zoologist to a graduate student studying the immune system and cancer with Dr. Mikala Egeblad.
11/5/2020
Presenter: Sonam Bhatia
Location: SUNY Old Westbury
Sonam Bhatia shared her current work on 3D-tumor (organoids) in David Spector's lab with the Women in Science & Engineering and Equality for All group at SUNY Old Westbury! Sonam also led a great discussion about ways to get involved in research during undergrad, and how the COVID pandemic has impacted the day to day life of scientists.
10/5/2020
Presenter: Oliver Artz
Location: Cold Spring Harbor High School
Oliver Artz taught young women in the Cold Spring Harbor High School Research Program all about his work in the Pedmale lab, where he studies how plants sense light and how they use that information to adapt to their ever-changing environment.
7/22/2020
Presenter: Sonam Bhatia
Location: Cold Spring Harbor High School
Dr. Sonam Bhatia shared her current research in David Spector’s lab and her path in STEM with a group of students from Cold Spring Harbor High School!
2/28/2019
Presenter: Judith Mizrachi and Monique Campbell (SUNY Old Westbury)
Location: Roosevelt High School
CSHL WiSE joined forces with SUNY Old Westbury WiSE, a local undergraduate organization, to bring a science cafe to Roosevelt High School. Coming from CSHL, Judy Mizrachi shared how her interest in astrophysics has led her to projects relating to neuroscience. Monique Campbell from OW WiSE shared with the students an interest in computer programming and opened their eyes to the importance of coding in everyday life. This event was a great opportunity for students to learn the personal and academic journeys of our scientists. Students had plenty of questions that contributed to lively discussions about what life as a scientist is really like. This was also a great chance for our scientists to get creative and work on science communication skills.
11/7/2017
Presenter: Alex Ambrico
Location: Roslyn Middle School
“The first Science Café was hosted at Roslyn Middle School in New York. My audience was a group of 8th grade students and their science teachers. The Science Café was set up in their library and we had a “lunch & learn” seminar. A PowerPoint presentation was prepared to engage the students and included pictures and concepts complementing my talk. I focused on my undergraduate studies, the research I performed during that time, what I am currently working on, as well as, what I am planning to do in the future. This was a great way for the students to understand my career trajectory and the benefits/rewards I have by working in science. I was happy and surprised about how interested the students were and how comfortable they felt asking questions. The students were able to grasp the concepts I was explaining to them and came up with very constructive thoughts and opinions. They could not get enough and wanted to learn more about cancer research. Collectively, I found that the biggest concern of the students was why research institutions use mouse models to recapitulate cancer. They had a hard time understanding the ethical standpoint of using animals for research. However, after clarification and reasoning, they had a better understanding of why. This seminar was so rewarding and fulfilling knowing that I had a positive impact on young minds!”
2017
Presenter: Ally Nowlan
