Negin Valizadegan
Developing Protocols to Reduce Plastic Usage in Labs
Check out this new article on IGB's website regarding our lab's efforts (Brinkworth Lab) to reduce plastic usage in experimental labs:...
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Negin Valizadegan
Oct 26, 20214 min read
We Don’t Live to Work, We Work to Have a Life.
I had written this anecdote in January 2019 right before the pandemic, but then removed it as I thought people might think this means...
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Negin Valizadegan
Dec 8, 20191 min read
We Won The Freezer Challenge For The Second, Third and Fourth time!! 2019-2021!
Update: Since I wrote this post, our institute has won the Freezer challenge for the fourth time in row and the lab I am in has been...
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Negin Valizadegan
Apr 15, 20191 min read
4H Illini Summer Academy
4H Illini Summer Academy is a summer program in several disciplines at the University of Illinois which provides the high schoolers with...
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Negin Valizadegan
Feb 10, 20191 min read
Climate Change, A Global Crisis
Climate change is already asserting devastating effects on natural ecosystems. Many species are forced to migrate to higher elevations to...
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Negin Valizadegan
Jan 11, 20191 min read
Montessori School Outreach
We had an amazing activity as part of lab outreach that took us to Montessori school in Fall 2017. In this outreach event, we described...
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Negin Valizadegan
Oct 11, 20181 min read
IGB Game Day Genomics
I volunteered in the Game Day Genomics, a yearly event hosted by the Carl Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of...
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Negin Valizadegan
Oct 11, 20182 min read
AAPA Invited Symposium
Dr. Jessica Brinkworth and I proposed and organized a symposium for the 88th annual meeting of the American Association of Physical...
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Negin Valizadegan
Sep 15, 20181 min read
Field Trip: Bashgol Protected Area
These are some photos of my trip to Bashgol Protected Area in Iran. This was a beautiful protected area consisting of wheat-lands and hills.
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Negin Valizadegan
Aug 2, 20181 min read
We Won The Global Freezer Challenge!
Our institution won the 2018 International Freezer Challenge! University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ranked first world-wide by...
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