Lab News

July 2019

Stephanie, Sharleen, and Anupriya attended the 2019 SABER conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota this past July. This was the first SABER conference for Anupriya.

Stephanie giving a talk at the SABER conference

This year, Stephanie gave a talk entitled "Going around the evidence-based design wheel to develop a digital assessment of undergraduate biology students' graphing ability." Authors for this talk also included Elizabeth Suazo-Flores, Joel Abraham, Susan Maruca, and Eli Meir.

Sharleen standing next to her poster at the SABER conference

Sharleen presented her poster "Biofilms as a Context for Understanding Mechanistic Reasoning by Undergraduates."

Anupriya standing next to her poster at the SABER conference

Anupriya presented the poster "Characterizing students' graphing practices in pen-and-paper and digital formats" on behalf of Elizabeth Suazo-Flores.

Anupriya Karippadath, Sharleen Flowers, Dr. Stephanie Gardner, Dr. Aakanksha Angra, and Dr. Matthew Lira

Former and current members of the Gardner Lab posed for a photo at SABER! Pictured left to right is Anupriya Karippadath, Sharleen Flowers, Dr. Stephanie Gardner, Dr. Aakanksha Angra (former lab member), and Dr. Matthew Lira (former lab member).

June 2019

Sharleen smiling proudly

Anupriya, Elizabeth, and Sharleen celebrate Sharleen's exam passing

The Gardner Lab had a party for Sharleen in celebration of her passing her preliminary examination early this month! (Pictured left to right: Anupriya, Elizabeth, and Sharleen.)

April 2019

Anupriya, Sharleen, and Stephanie celebrate Stephanie's promotion

The Gardner Lab celebrated Stephanie's promotion to Associate Professor! (Pictured left to right: Anupriya, Sharleen, and Stephanie.)

September 2018

Stephanie talking about current lab research for her promotion talk

For her promotion talk, Stephanie shared the recent and upcoming research in the Gardner lab. Her seminar "What are they thinking? Understanding and enhancing student learning in Biology" was a big hit!

Stephanie leading a workshop for undergraduate women at Purdue

Stephanie led a workshop for the Purdue undergraduate Women in Science Programs (WISP) titled "Pitch Perfect." Students received expert help in creating/refining their elevator pitches!

July 2018

Stephanie, Elizabeth, and Sharleen attended the 2018 SABER conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota this past July.

Elizabeth and Sharleen posing with the University of Minnesota mascot, Goldy Gopher

This was the first SABER conference for both Elizabeth and Sharleen (pictured left and right, respectively).

Stephanie giving a talk at the SABER conference

This year, Stephanie gave a talk entitled "Development and Testing of Competencies for Experimentation in Biology." Authors for this talk also included Nancy Pelaez, Dina Newman, Joel Abraham, Christopher Beck, Trevor Anderson, and Yue Yin.

Elizabeth presenting her poster at the SABER conference

Elizabeth presented two posters at SABER. Shown here is Elizabeth communicating her findings from her poster "Developing A Digital Tool to Evaluate And Teach Graphing In Introductory Biology." Not pictured is her poster titled "Pushing the Boundary to Reveal Student Competence With Graph Choice and Construction."

Dr. Aakanksha Angra, Dr. Elizabeth Suazo-Flores, Dr. Stephanie Gardner, and Sharleen Flowers

Former and current members of the Gardner Lab posed for a photo at SABER! Pictured left to right is Dr. Aakanksha Angra (former lab member), Dr. Elizabeth Suazo-Flores, Dr. Stephanie Gardner, and Sharleen Flowers.