Education
Heithoff-Brody Summer Scholars at Salk
Heithoff-Brody High School Summer Scholars
For more than 30 years , the Salk Institute ’ s Heithoff-Brody High School Summer Scholars program has provided handson laboratory experiences for local high school students interested in exploring careers in science , technology , engineering and math .
“ Being in a lab every day and being surrounded by scientists gets you in the mindset of a scientist ,” says Evelyn Parra , a 2022 program participant and student at Sage Creek High School in San Diego . Parra ’ s summer project was focused on understanding how plants respond to our changing climate . “ We saw how plants grow in four different conditions - two dark
76 GBSAN . COM | FEBRUARY 2023 and two light - and we were able to compare them ,” says Parra , who worked in the lab of Professor Joanne Chory , director of the Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology