Girls' Day: CEPLAS provided insights into science

CEPLAS participated also in this year’s HHU Girls‘ Day program and hosted 8 interested young girls in one of its labs. Sabrina Egli offered the opportunity to explore a field of research that might someday be their own: plant research. The focus of this day was on getting young girls familiarized with the lab environment and also involving them in some hands-on activities. This will hopefully spark their interest in science and the fascinating discoveries they could contribute to.

In her program, Sabrina Egli provided insights into research on the interaction between bacteria and plants. The students learned about the phenomenon of fluorescence and made the bacteria on plant roots glow under the microscope. As a doctoral student and therefore still in training herself, the young scientist was able to give a very authentic description of her career and everyday working life, thus providing a very good illustration of one of the professional careers in research.