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It’s not all set in stone: The genes you inherit are not the end of the story

Yaamini Venkataraman is a current graduate student at the University of Washington's School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. She is interested in how climate change is going to affect the organisms in our current and future oceans. Using “-omic” techniques, she explores how ocean acidification affects multiple generations of oysters.

Engage ScienceMarch 1, 2019Science, Epigenetics, Oysters, Genetics, Science Communication

Plasma: A Bright, Hot Party of Color

Nadiah Jenkins is a graduate student in the Aeronautics & Astronautics department who studies plasma propulsion thrusters, the next-generation vehicles for interplanetary space exploration. Her work looks at plasma waves in these thrusters, including where waves come from and the problems they cause.

Engage ScienceMarch 1, 2019Science, Plasma, Space Exploration, Space, Physics