The Students on the Beamlines (SotB) team from Appleby College (2013) in front of Canadian Light Source. The team investigated the effects of the insecticide Malathion on Eremosphaera viridis algae on the mid-IR beamline at the CLS (2013).
Data collection at the mid-IR beamline (CLS) with the high school students from Appleby College (Oakville, Ontario) researching the effects of the insecticide Malathion on Eremosphaera viridis algae (2013).
The students from Bishop Carroll High School (Calgary, Alberta) during sample preparation at the IDEAS beamline. They were investigating the airborne transmission of peanut proteins and also researching selenium in nuts and supplements (2014).
The SotB team (2015) from Bernard Constant Community School (James Smith Cree Nation community, Saskatchewan).
Tour of the BioXAS beamlines (2015) with the students from Bernard Constant Community School (James Smith Cree Nation community, Saskatchewan). The visit to CLS was coordinated through Nipiy Network and allowed the students to perform measurements a
Assisting a student from Bernard Constant Community School getting the samples ready for the measurements at the BioXAS-Side beamline (2015).
The SotB team from Evan Hardy Collegiate (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) used both IDEAS and BioXAS-Main beamlines (2016) to investigate binding of mercury and selenium to the polysulfide polymers synthesized and kindly provided to the students by Dr. Jus
Setting up an X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) scan at the BioXAS-Main beamline (2016) with a student from Evan Hardy Collegiate (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan).
Discussing XAS experiments with SotB group from Evan Hardy Collegiate (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) in 2016.
The SotB team (2016) from Uxbridge Secondary School (Uxbridge, Ontario). The students investigated the effects of copper (II) nitrate on Daphnia magna health.
Tour of the BioXAS sector (2016) with the students from Uxbridge Secondary School (Uxbridge, Ontario).
Tour of the experimental hutch at the BioXAS-Main beamline with the Uxbridge Secondary School SotB group (2016).
Demonstrating the components of the BioXAS-Main endstation for the Uxbridge Secondary School students (2016).
Observing live Daphnia magna using the stereo microscope at the BioXAS-Imaging beamline with the Uxbridge Secondary School students (2016).
The SotB team (2018) from Sentinel Secondary School (West Vancouver, British Columbia). The students investigated the accumulation of copper in Fucus Gardneri seaweed using X-ray fluorescence imaging at the BioXAS-Imaging beamline (CLS).
The SotB team from Sentinel Secondary School (West Vancouver, British Columbia) taking data at the BioXAS-Imaging beamline.
Mounting seaweed samples in the BioXAS-Imaging experimental area (2018) with the students from Sentinel Secondary School (West Vancouver, British Columbia).
Explaining the BioXAS-Imaging endstation setup to the SotB group from Halifax Grammar School (2020). The students were investigating the elemental composition and the presence of metal contaminants in blue mussels’ tissues.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the SotB groups could not attend their beamtimes in person. In 2022, I mentored a group of students from the Carlton Comprehensive High school from Prince Albert (SK). The students investigated the accumulation of metal
St. Thomas More Collegiate (Burnaby, BC) students came to the BioXAS-Imaging beamline in November 2023 to study accumulation of metals in fish eye lenses.
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