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...

Arizona Cardinals cheerleaders participate in citizen science project to compare microbes on Earth and in space.

by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 20, 2013 | Arizona Cardinals, Events, NFL, Project MERCCURI

HUGE thanks to the awesome Arizona Cardinals cheerleaders for swabbing their shoes and cellphones for science, last night at practice! Project MERCCURI is a collaboration of UCDavis microBEnet with the Science Cheerleaders, Space Florida, Nanoracks,  NASA, and...

Guest post from Science Cheerleader Talmesha and Junior Science Cheerleaders!

by Bart Leahy | Jul 13, 2013 | Events, Guest Blog Post, ISS, Project MERCCURI

Greetings Science Cheerleader Fans! Science Cheerleader, Dr. Talmesha,  here to tell you about a great event! On June 9, 2013 hundreds of kids and parents from Maryland and beyond converged upon Howard County Community College (HCCC) for the first annual Howard County...