{"id":19110,"date":"2021-08-23T12:38:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T16:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/?p=19110"},"modified":"2021-11-11T11:56:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T16:56:13","slug":"reaching-out-for-the-win-encouraging-stem-in-the-local-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/diversity\/reaching-out-for-the-win-encouraging-stem-in-the-local-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Reaching Out for the Win: Encouraging STEM in the local community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>4 WinSPIRE student mentors highlighted. Get involved in this STEM pipeline.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">WinS\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Women in Science (WinS) is a student-led organization that aims to address gender disparities in STEM. As an on-campus group,\u00a0WinS\u00a0offers a platform to directly reach scientists in training at UNC Chapel Hill to facilitate their professional development and provide a community of support.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">WinSPIRE\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winspireunc.wixsite.com\/website\/about\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Women in Science Promoting Inclusion in Research Experiences (WinSPIRE)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is a\u00a0paid\u00a0six-week\u00a0high school summer <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19112 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2021\/08\/WinSPIRE-logo-2021-300x84.png\" alt=\"WinSPIRE logo 2021\" width=\"300\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2021\/08\/WinSPIRE-logo-2021-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2021\/08\/WinSPIRE-logo-2021-768x214.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2021\/08\/WinSPIRE-logo-2021-600x167.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2021\/08\/WinSPIRE-logo-2021-560x156.png 560w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2021\/08\/WinSPIRE-logo-2021.png 978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>research program designed to\u00a0increase representation of women and historically underrepresented groups in STEM.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">WinSPIRE\u00a0selects\u00a0promising woman-identifying and non-binary high schoolers from backgrounds underrepresented in STEM and pairs\u00a0them with a woman-identifying or non-binary mentor to work on a\u00a0research\u00a0project related to the\u00a0lab\u2019s\u00a0research\u00a0at\u00a0the\u00a0University of North Carolina. The students also\u00a0participate\u00a0in career\u00a0development and college-prep workshops led by women-identifying and non-binary college-prep mentors.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">4 students volunteered as WinSPIRE mentors<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">WinSPIRE\u2019s\u00a02021 program was a virtual half-day program to\u00a0provide\u00a0increased\u00a0flexibility during the pandemic.\u00a0This year,\u00a011\u00a0high school\u00a0students worked one-on-one with their research mentors to understand experimental design, data analysis\u00a0and\u00a0presentation,\u00a0reading primary scientific literature,\u00a0and producing\u00a0webpages about their research.\u00a0Students met with college prep mentors to learn more about careers they can pursue in science and the skills\u00a0they will\u00a0need to apply to and succeed in college.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19126\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 160px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19126 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2021\/08\/Sierra-Cole-2021-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Sierra Cole 2021\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Sierra Cole, BCBP graduate student in Gladfelter Lab.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sierra Cole (BCBP graduate student, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gladfelterlab.web.unc.edu\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Gladfelter Lab<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)\u00a0co-led a career panel of women in STEM during the final week of the program.\u00a0During the panel, students were able to\u00a0ask\u00a0women\u00a0across\u00a0a variety of different STEM fields to get a better understanding of different career paths available to them.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19111\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 244px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19111 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2021\/08\/photo-for-WINSPIRE-234x300.png\" alt=\"WinSPIRE two graduate Odessa Goudy and students in the lab desk\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2021\/08\/photo-for-WINSPIRE-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2021\/08\/photo-for-WINSPIRE.png 352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Odessa Goudy and Zhiyuan Yao practicing the pineapple experiment for the \u201cMolecular Machines\u201d HonE a few weeks before sending out the supplies to the students.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A new addition to the virtual 2021 WinSPIRE program was the 3-week Hands on Experience (HonE). Groups of students were sent supplies to run their own experiments while at home. Odessa Goudy (BCBP <span class=\"TextRun  BCX0 SCXW213993395\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun  BCX0 SCXW213993395\">PhD candidate<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/klab.web.unc.edu\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kuhlman Lab<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">), Aubrie Weyhmiller (BCBP <span class=\"TextRun  BCX0 SCXW213993395\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun  BCX0 SCXW213993395\">PhD candidate<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/klab.web.unc.edu\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kuhlman Lab<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">), and Zhiyuan Yao (Pharmacology <span class=\"TextRun  BCX0 SCXW213993395\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun  BCX0 SCXW213993395\">PhD candidate<\/span><\/span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/klab.web.unc.edu\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kuhlman Lab<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)\u00a0co-led\u00a0the\u00a0\u201cMolecular Machines\u201d\u00a0HonE.\u00a0Odessa, Aubrie, and Zhiyuan created a new\u00a0HonE\u00a0by preparing\u00a0three\u00a0lesson plans and organizing the take-home-kit items.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13526\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 160px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13526 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2020\/04\/WeyhmillerAubrie-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Aubrie Weyhmiller\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Aubrie Weyhmiller, BCBP graduate student in Kuhlman lab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The \u201cMolecular Machines\u201d\u00a0HonE\u00a0explored\u00a0an enzyme found in pineapples\u00a0as a model system to explore protein activity and structure.\u00a0The\u00a0group of high school\u00a0students\u00a0made hypotheses about how\u00a0different conditions such as temperature, pH, and source of enzyme affect\u00a0enzyme activity. The\u00a0students\u00a0then experimentally determined the change in enzyme activity by measuring the rate at which the pineapple enzyme broke down\u00a0gelatin.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Some snapshots from the final week of our first hands-on experiment! You can see a group photo followed by pictures of the final gelatin plate and data. The mentees had fun learning biology through these experiments! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WinSPIRE2021?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WinSPIRE2021<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WomeninSTEM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WomeninSTEM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NonbinaryinSTEM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NonbinaryinSTEM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dLFctKAlEy\">pic.twitter.com\/dLFctKAlEy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UNC\u00a0WinSPIRE\u00a0(@WinspireU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WinspireU\/status\/1415385115195215873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">Get involved!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19121\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 160px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19121 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2021\/08\/Rose-Glass-150x150.png\" alt=\"Rose Glass \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Rose Glass, Neuroscience graduate student.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">WinSPIRE\u00a0will be recruiting for\u00a0our\u00a02022 program soon.\u00a0You can\u00a0participate\u00a0by joining the organization team (applications in September),\u00a0as a research or college prep mentor (applications in December), or as a lab tour host (applications in March).\u00a0Please contact Rose Glass (<\/span><a href=\"mailto:roseg@email.unc.edu\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">roseg@email.unc.edu<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)\u00a0for\u00a0more information or check the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/winspireunc.wixsite.com\/website\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">WinSPIRE\u00a0website<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0for updates.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Officially housed in the Office of Graduate Education,\u00a0WinSPIRE\u00a0is entirely run by women-identifying and non-binary graduate students, post-docs,\u00a0and faculty.\u00a0WinSPIRE\u00a0started in 2017 in the Chemistry department and has since grown to incorporate mentors and team members across the STEM fields including but not limited to Mathematics, Geology, and Biochemistry &amp; Biophysics. All 37\u00a0WinSPIRE\u00a0alumni reported more interest and belonging in STEM after the program!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Resources<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uncwins.wixsite.com\/uncwins\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">UNC WinS website,<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WINS.UNC\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">UNC Women in Science Facebook page,<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/winspireunc.wixsite.com\/website\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">WinSPIRE website<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Search for more organizations on the website for Training Initiatives in Biomedical &amp; Biological Sciences (<a href=\"https:\/\/tibbs.unc.edu\/career-cohort\/\">TIBBS) Career Cohorts.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unc.edu\/story\/carolina-student-life\/?utm_campaign=082321+FIND+YOUR+PLACE+AT+CAROLINA&amp;utm_medium=bitly&amp;utm_source=Facebook\">UNC \u201cFind your place at Carolina\u201d news feature.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can check out all the student organizations at UNC on\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/heellife.unc.edu\/organizations\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Heel Life.<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19104\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2021\/08\/heel-life-logo-300x81.png\" alt=\"heel life logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"81\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2021\/08\/heel-life-logo-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2021\/08\/heel-life-logo.png 523w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There are UNC&#8217;s 800+ student organizations.\u00a0You won&#8217;t have to look too far to find a student group that matches your interests.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 WinSPIRE student mentors highlighted. 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