The Resistance: How Genes can Protect from Deadly Infectious Disease

Fatou Joof, Postdoctoral Researcher, Seattle Children's Hospital - Center for Global Infectious Disease Research

Influencing rumen microbial communities to improve bovine milk production efficiency

Dr. Madison Cox ('15), Bioinformatician, University of Washington - School of Medicine

Greg Groggel '06 likes to tell stories, and as the four-time Emmy-winning executive producer of the Netflix hit, "The Redeem Team," he's transfixed an international audience with an up-close account of how America's Olympic basketball team unified and returned to the world arena to reclaim its 2008 Gold medal after a devastating defeat four years earlier. You don't have to be a basketball fan to enjoy Groggel's story of how LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwayne Wade, and Kobe Bryant, met the challenge along with the masterful Mike "Coach K" Krzyzewski.

It's getting hot in here: how modern environments can help us understand ancient examples of climate change

Rachel Havranek, Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Earth and Spatial Sciences, University of Idaho

Toxic Algal Blooms in Local Lakes. Jeff Tepper, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Geology, University of Puget Sound.

PFAS: The Forever Chemical. Sean Smith, Environmental Planner, Washington State Department of Ecology.

Gustav Kirchhoff as a Physics Student: The Myth, the Reality, and Why the Difference Matters. Kathryn Olesko, Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University, and Affiliate Faculty Member, Science, Technology, Health, and Society Program, University of Puget Sound.

The past isn’t over: Nongenetic transgenerational effects in ecology and evolution. Katherine Crocker, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, University of Puget Sound.

Paints as a Potential Source of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Exposure. Mitchell Kim-Fu, PhD student, Dept. of Chemistry, Oregon State University.

Population Biology and Cyber Security. Marc Mangel, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, University of California Santa Cruz.