Science in Rochester – A new tool for understanding ear damage

By Emma Grygotis Our ears are finely tuned instruments – intricate assemblies of cells, bones, and tissue that convert sound from the environment into electrical signals that are perceived by the brain. However, there is a downside to this sensitivity: ears are highly susceptible to damage. Many every day experiences, like loud music or treatment […]

A medical breakthrough – Experimental treatment for Huntington’s disease

By Carol Kellogg, Ph.D. Image: Illustration of the healthy and diseased huntingtin proteins. Huntington’s disease is a severe genetic disorder in which triplet repeats in inherited DNA result in a mutant protein that aggregates in cells and causes devastating symptoms (Image Credit: National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health used under a […]

Why We March in Solidarity With March For Our Lives

At the Rochester NY March for Science we applaud the student organizers of March For Our Lives: at Stoneman Douglas High School, locally here in Rochester and across the country. The United States has seen a swell in political activism throughout 2017 and 2018. The March for Science is among the movements that have organized, […]

Coming Together for Change

by Alyssa Lancaster Featured photo: Alyssa Lancaster (center) and fellow volunteers greet march attendees as they arrive at the first annual Rochester Science Expo(Photo used with permission, courtesy of Wanaruk Photography) 2017 was a year of change for me. I moved three hundred miles from my hometown. I got out of a toxic work environment […]

Environmental Science in Rochester’s Backyard

By Emma Grygotis Featured photo: Dr. Beverly Brown (far left) shares how to care for seedlings with an audience of Expo volunteers and attendees. The Nazareth College Greenhouse donated nearly 1,000 seedlings of many different varieties, which they distributed as a way of increasing opportunities for guests to think about the ways plants can benefit […]