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My contributions involved a poster and two handouts. The microscope poster was designed for middle school students especially affected by COVID-19. Both the handouts are related to a brain activity for the same middle schoolers.

My contributions involved a poster and two handouts. The microscope poster was designed for middle school students especially affected by COVID-19. Both the handouts are related to a brain activity for the same middle schoolers.

My contributions involved a poster and two handouts. The microscope poster was designed for middle school students especially affected by COVID-19. Both the handouts are related to a brain activity for the same middle schoolers.

In order to help audience members conceptualize sexual biofilms as they relate to conventional biofilms, I created a figure displaying both in the fungal species, Candida albicans. I intentionally used a soft color palette and cartoon-like illustrations to make an intimidating concept more approachable to the viewer.

The Pediatric Obesity Microbiome & Metabolism Study (POMMS) utilized DNA extracted from stool samples to gain insights on the microbiomes of children with obesity. Using these DNA sequences, the David lab can also obtain a diet profile of foods that participants eat, which may be a more effective way to learn about individuals' diet histories than self-report, which can be time-intensive and is subject to recall bias.
This participant report returns the study's results as well as educational material on the microbiome to the individual that provided their stool samples.

The gut microbiome is incredibly diverse and influences many aspects of health, many of which are yet unknown.

Stool samples collected at three time points allows the David lab to learn about the diversity of microbes in participants' digestive tracts.

We explored different ways to visualize the diet information obtained from stool samples.

DNA from plant foods found in stool can also be sequenced.

This poster is meant to highlight the necessity of having compassion during stressful times such as a major health crisis. Part of what I believe contributes to having a better understanding of how a pandemic affects our peers and society is through obtaining efficient data visualization and modeling which the Colubri lab has been dedicated in making more accessible through multidisciplinary means.