Uploaded November 2015 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
I teach a freshman writing course at the University of Puget Sound that uses symbioses and parasitism as a focal point. Students learn about various associations between organisms, positive and negative, and develop skills in writing, evaluating scientific and popular literature, and creating presentations. As part of this course, several scientists have offered to "tele-visit" my classroom to discuss student questions.
Dr. Rommereim of the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle is our third "visitor" for this Fall 2015 course. Dr. Rommereim is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Subramanian Lab at the Institute for Systems Biology (systemsbiology.org/people/faculty/subramanian-lab/).
Dr. Rommereim will be discussing the mind bending protistal parasite Toxoplasma, a beast she studied for her PhD work at Dartmouth College. In addition, Dr. Rommereim spent some time as an undergraduate in my laboratory here at the University of Puget Sound, so I have great personal pride in her visit to my freshman class!
I teach a freshman writing course at the University of Puget Sound that uses symbioses and parasitism as a focal point. Students learn about various associations between organisms, positive and negative, and develop skills in writing, evaluating scientific and popular literature, and creating presentations. As part of this course, several scientists have offered to "tele-visit" my classroom to discuss student questions.
Dr. Rommereim of the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle is our third "visitor" for this Fall 2015 course. Dr. Rommereim is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Subramanian Lab at the Institute for Systems Biology (systemsbiology.org/people/faculty/subramanian-lab/).
Dr. Rommereim will be discussing the mind bending protistal parasite Toxoplasma, a beast she studied for her PhD work at Dartmouth College. In addition, Dr. Rommereim spent some time as an undergraduate in my laboratory here at the University of Puget Sound, so I have great personal pride in her visit to my freshman class!
