by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 13, 2014 | Citizen Science, In the News, ISS, Project MERCCURI
“What do Buzz Aldrin’s shoe, the Liberty Bell & sports arenas all have in common? Watch Space to Ground, your weekly update on what’s happening aboard the International Space Station.” Project MERCCURI (a citizen science project to compare...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 6, 2014 | Project MERCCURI
Thousands of people swabbed microbes from their shoes and cell phones for Project MERCCURI. We’ll share the results of that part of the research as soon as we have them. Many people also swabbed surface samples from landmarks including the Liberty Bell, 76ers...
by Darlene Cavalier | Feb 24, 2014 | Events, In the News, Project MERCCURI, Science at the 76ers
Thanks to everyone who came out to support Science at the Sixers night on February 18! We were so happy to work with our partner, SciStarter, to help raise funds for the Philadelphia Education Fund while we: Media: WHYY (“Can a group of cheerleaders get more...
by Bart Leahy | Feb 9, 2014 | Advanced Degrees, Atlanta Falcons, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Collegiate Science Cheerleaders, Doctorate, General - Engineering, General - Science, General - Technology, Georgia Tech University, Health and Medicine, Master's, NBA, NFL, Oakland Raiders, Sacramento Kings, STEM Field, The Science Cheerleaders
We also caught up with Wendy for our Keeping Up With the SciCheers series on the blog! Check out her in-depth interview where she expands on the updates from below. Update, April 2020: Wendy has her PhD! She graduated from UC Davis in 2017 after successfully defending...
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...
