Are you interested in learning how to write and talk
about science to the public in person and on social media? Are you
interested in learning more about vision and your eyes?
Dr.
Erika Eggers is looking for a group of undergraduates to be part of the fifth
year of the Arizona RETINA Project (Researchers Educating Tucson in
Natural-Light Adaptation) - an NSF Outreach program. You can view some of
the results of the previous years of our program on our blog, here: http://azretina.sites.arizona.edu/blogs
The
outreach program is funded by Dr. Eggers’ NSF CAREER Award that investigates
the role and mechanisms of light adaptation in the retina. Light
adaptation is the process that happens when you move from a dark movie theater
to bright sunlight and sensitivity is gradually reduced to account for the
brighter ambient light.
We
are looking for students to commit to the fourth year of this project that will
have two main components: Developing and refining an outreach module that can
be used at the Tucson Festival of Books in March 2021 and school visits and
developing a blog to discuss vision research and the development of this
educational module. This will be a team-based project where students may focus
on subsets of the total project. It would be appropriate for independent study
credit. All students will be required to present the developed module at the
Tucson festival of books in March 2021 (dates TBA).
If
you are interested, please send 1- a statement about what interests you about
this project, 2- a resume/CV and 3- an informal copy of your transcript to Dr.
Erika Eggers, eeggers@arizona.edu.
Review of materials will begin July 6. Given the current situation of UA
operating online interviews will be done through Zoom. If you are interested in
learning more about the Eggers laboratory, please see http://eggerslab.sites.arizona.edu/.
Erika
Eggers, PhD
Associate
Professor
Departments
of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering
PO
BOX 245051
University
of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85724
(520)
626-7137
