Guest post from a Junior Science Cheerleader: "I want to pursue a career in science, but do not want to sacrifice my love of cheer and dance. "

by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 27, 2013 | Citizen Science, Events, ISS, Pop Warner, Project MERCCURI

This is a guest post from a junior Science Cheerleader, Marie, who led a Science Cheerleader research project with her cheer team this weekend. We’re so proud of Marie and her fellow cheerleaders on the Pop Warner Chicopee Braves who brought science to their...

New England Patriots Cheerleaders participate in citizen science: Project MERCCURI compares microbes from stadiums to those on the International Space Station.

by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 27, 2013 | Citizen Science, Events, ISS, New England Patriots, NFL, Project MERCCURI, The Science Cheerleaders

The New England Patriots cheerleaders participated in Project MERCCURI: a citizen science research project presented by Science Cheerleader, SciStarter, UC Davis, NanoRacks and Space Florida, to collect microbes from stadiums and other landmarks as well as from shoes...

Project MERCCURI, Science Cheerleaders and Citizen Science with Broward County Science Teachers

by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 19, 2013 | Citizen Science, Events, Guest Blog Post, ISS, Miami Dolphins, NFL, Project MERCCURI, The Science Cheerleaders

This is a guest post from Science Cheerleader, Mari Campuzano, former co-captain of the Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders and a Senior Academic Advisor in Undergraduate Education who guides freshmen college students through careers in Math, Science, Engineering, Business,...

San Francisco 49ers cheerleaders collect stadium microbes for Project MERCCURI, our citizen science research project.

by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 15, 2013 | Citizen Science, Events, ISS, Project MERCCURI, San Francisco 49ers, The Science Cheerleaders

Thanks to the San Francisco 49ers for enlisting the help of their cheerleaders (including Science Cheerleader, Tina) to collect microbes from the 49ers stadium! One of the lucky samples collected will head to the International Space Station for a research project...

Chemical engineer and Carolina Panthers cheerleader, Lindsey, leads citizen science project with Pop Warner cheerleaders.

by Bart Leahy | Aug 15, 2013 | Carolina Panthers, Citizen Science, Events, ISS, Pop Warner, Project MERCCURI, The Science Cheerleaders

This is a guest post from Science Cheerleader, Lindsey. I had the pleasure of visiting the Coastal Pop Warner Bengals Pee Wee Cheerleaders to assist them with collecting microbes for Project MERCCURI, a citizen science project the Science Cheerleaders are running in...

Project MERCCURI: Citizen scientists are sending microbes to space! [Project update.]

by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 15, 2013 | Citizen Science, Events, ISS

Project Update: Project MERCCURI is a collaboration of the UCDavis microBEnet with the Science Cheerleaders, UC Davis, Space Florida, Nanoracks,  and SciStarter .  There are three components to this research project: 1)  Space Station Microbiome. Collecting microbial...