Project CRYSTAL Grows with Help from Becky Phillips ’10

How do you turn middle-schoolers on to science? Project CRYSTAL believes you put them in a real research lab, give them real experiments to do, and provide mentoring from real scientists. That’s where Becky Phillips ’10 comes in. Working on her Reed thesis, “An investigation into the Manganese transporters MntH and MntA,” with Prof. Glasfeld provided her with a solid introduction to experimental biochemistry and x-ray crystallography. Now she’s bringing those same skills to the Project CRYSTAL laboratory. Watch Becky and the rest of the Project CRYSTAL crew in this YouTube video.