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Brookhaven Women in Science Holds High School Career Day at Brookhaven Lab

March 26, 2008

UPTON, NY — Approximately fifty female students from three Suffolk County high schools — Greenport, Southold and William Floyd — recently learned about careers in science and toured some of the world-class facilities at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory. Coordinated by Brookhaven Women in Science and funded by Brookhaven Science Associates, high school career days are held at the Laboratory to interest young women in careers in science.

After being introduced to the Laboratory and Brookhaven Women in Science, a Laboratory-based, not-for-profit organization that promotes the advancement of women in science, the students listened to a panel discussion on scientific careers given by Brookhaven Lab researchers - neuropharmacologist Martine Mirrione and physicist Cecilia Sanchez-Hanke - and Deb Klein, a student who is enrolled in the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) program at Stony Brook University (SBU). Sharon Pavulaan, coordinator for the WISE program at SBU, gave an overview of the program, which aims to increase the number of women in science, engineering and related fields. In addition, Brookhaven neurobiologist Wynne Schiffer gave a talk about her research on addiction. Schiffer uses an imaging method called positron emission tomography to see how drugs and alcohol affect the brain.

The students toured the National Synchrotron Light Source, where researchers use x-rays, ultraviolet light and infrared light to probe materials as diverse as computer chips and viruses; and the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, Brookhaven's premiere accelerator where physicists investigate the properties of matter as they existed microseconds after the Big Bang. They also visited the Laboratory's Science Learning Center, where they enjoyed interactive exhibits.

Brookhaven Women in Science

Brookhaven Women in Science (BWIS) board members Stephanie LaMontagne McKeon (left), Gail Donoghue (second from right) and BWIS Career Day coordinator Kahille Dorsinvil (right), accompany students (from left) Amber Vissichelli, William Floyd High School; Julia Loveless, Greenport High School; and Kristen Helinski, Southold High School during BWIS Career Day at Brookhaven Lab. (Click on the image to download a high-resolution version.)

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DOE, Office of ScienceOne of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry and government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE’s Office of Science by Brookhaven Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by Stony Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory facilities, and Battelle, a nonprofit, applied science and technology organization.

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