The 8th grade class of Kim Taylor visited on November 13, 2008 for an introduction to a research laboratory. The visit included two chemistry demonstrations (elephant’s toothpaste and molecular clock) and a tour of the laboratory by two graduate students Alison Dewald and Celine Griot, interactive molecular graphics by undergraduate Thien Nguyen and Prof. Columbus, and liquid nitrogen ice cream by Iza Bielnicka and Prof. Columbus.
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Izabela Bielnicka
Village School Visits the Lab
Laboratory Specialist
MS: University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland (2004)
Master of Science in Genetics at the Institute of Cytobiochemistry.
Izabela is currently cloning genes of membrane proteins involved in bacterial pathogenesis. She will continue to express and purify the family of Inc proteins found in Chlamydiae.