https://www.vivianericson.com/eye-disease daily 0.75 2019-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548119976513-R7R39G50GBQ00QCEVGFU/eyeshematic.jpeg Eye Disease Schematic of the eye from Webvision. Light enters through the pupil and falls on the retina. The retina is complex neural tissue with many layers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548120120316-Z9OEKCQ7B67FTHS7QSL2/opneye.jpg Eye Disease Image adapted from Hikita et al. Link to the paper here. You are looking at the layers of the retina. It's oriented so the top layer is the layer where light hits first. Both panels are images of retinas from mouse eyes where uveitis was artificially induced. The left panel shows a retina from a mouse that has Osteopontin and the right panel is from a mouse that is missing Osteopontin. The mouse with Osteopontin has more folds in the bottom layer. The bright specks above the top layer are immune cells. The mouse with Osteopontin has more immune cells invading the space above the retina. Both the folds and the immune cells represent disease progression. This helped show that loss of Osteopontin actually lessened the progress of the experiemental uveitis. https://www.vivianericson.com/science-bus daily 0.75 2019-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548289059720-A20QISSW6T9E8X2YOTF1/sbus4.jpeg Science Bus A lesson on hot air balloons takes off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548288926556-XT2HH7Q5W9ATPAWIAY8G/sbus3.jpeg Science Bus https://www.vivianericson.com/overview-1 daily 0.75 2019-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548137042238-H1639QII8GISII6CSEAL/panda+on+skis.jpg Overview Sometimes leadership involves animal hats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548137323308-1F5IICKJHXJMJCDSW7C3/clark+center.jpeg Overview Stanford Clark Center from Panoramio. The Clark Center was built to encourage interdisciplinary research. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548140164665-TLQLM5VOR8FYML1WVSO8/Stanford_Oval_May_2011_panorama.jpg Overview Adapted from wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548140317042-DVTGRFFTQLNTSVWQU6Y6/raggedyanne.jpeg Overview From Adventures in Caring. The photo is of volunteer alumni. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548137698407-I534G8BISZDJSLQ2PH5T/sciencebus.jpeg Overview Students from the East Palo Alto Charter school play with tricks in visual perception at the Exploratorium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548136454820-S6HG4AVYUR8FHS51YGIH/NLC.jpg Overview 2017-2018 Board of NLC-Sacramento. https://www.vivianericson.com/early-connections daily 0.75 2019-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548117893988-IEI078MJQGJXFP40S3HE/ascidianssidebyside.jpg Early Development Adapted from the Smith Lab and rankopedia. When Ascidians are larvae they have a precursor to the spine (as seen to the left). In the image, this precursor is lit up with a fluorescent green protein that was introduced into the larvae to study spinal development. Adult Ascidians lose their spinal precursor (as seen to the right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548117790029-K4FTWFG4V1AFHSQ8YWJ1/mutant+larvae.jpg Early Development Adapted from Veeman et. al. A link to the paper can be found here. The larvae at the bottom of the image shows normal development. The larvae above it are mutants with shortened spinal precursors. https://www.vivianericson.com/legislative-assistant daily 0.75 2019-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548123826044-W34VRQNJK2SAEAORWET5/teamgarcia.png Legislative Assistant The strong women serving California’s 58th Assembly District. https://www.vivianericson.com/leadership-labs daily 0.75 2019-01-24 https://www.vivianericson.com/neural-connections daily 0.75 2019-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548118338815-QXK02J9PIHNR6XFY7909/worm+connectome.jpeg Neural Connections From Scientific American and adapted from the Worm Atlas. C. elegans is a 1 mm long nematode worm. It is the only organism where the connections of all the neurons to each other has been mapped out. The connectome, or map of connections, was made possible by the fact that C.elegans has only 302 neurons. The combination of the relative simplicity of the worm and the highly detailed understanding of its development make it an amazing tool to study how neurons are able to form specific connections that are pictured in this image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548118509705-2JDIDJZPQGX5K03G2BZI/DA9schematic.jpg Neural Connections Schematic of the neuron (DA9) that I studied. DA9 forms connections on to muscle, as represented by the red puncta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548118647178-YIQA73MY1J4R7QERN8E8/mtm-6phenotype.jpg Neural Connections Comparison of a normal, or wild-type, DA9 neuron to a mutant DA9 neuron. The mutant, mtm-6, causes the neuron form fewer connections on to muscle. The bracket shows the length of the mutant synapse region, which is shorter than the wild-type. The asterisk marks the cell body of the neuron. https://www.vivianericson.com/contact daily 0.75 2019-01-22 https://www.vivianericson.com/wilderness-skills daily 0.75 2019-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548292983601-IRFO0LE65O7D0GWHZNO5/telescope.jpeg Wilderness Skills At about 10,000 ft in Death Valley looking over the Inyo Range and Southern Sierras. I started out with Rachel Finck 12 hours earlier at -250 ft. We managed to gain about 12,000 ft over the course of the day. This is one of my favorite days. Challenging, but fantastic from start to finish. Neither of us knew whether we were going to be able to pull it off. I think this was around the point where we realized we just might. https://www.vivianericson.com/work-experience daily 0.75 2023-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548122641863-FMMQ3TJLM771FCGZFD0Z/Soilsweek.jpg Overview Touring a composting facility with legislative staffers and decision makers during California’s first Healthy Soils Week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548122735837-5ITKND5OYIFRC0Y4JND9/tampons.jpg Overview Press Conference and rally to remove the sales tax on feminine hygiene products led by Assemblymember Cristina Garcia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548120844479-C1E4GS43SGR77887BSTC/fbuch.jpg Overview https://www.vivianericson.com/multiple-sclerosis daily 0.75 2019-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548120306095-Y1LV7ZVF5KYGPP7FZ2OW/oligodendrocyte.gif Multiple Sclerosis Oligodendrocytes resting on bundles of neurons. Oligodendrocytes coat the neurons with a layer of fat called myelin. The insulation of the neurons allows them to transmit signals efficiently. In Multiple Sclerosis the myelin insulting layer degenerates and neurons signal too slowly. Image from Regencell. https://www.vivianericson.com/overview daily 0.75 2023-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548117151856-3KU24XSNCMQBH2K4E5CC/eye2.jpg Overview Schematic of the human eye adapted from the OHSU Brain Institute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548116886635-1O28VLUC0AF5740RNMYD/ascidian+glow.jpg Overview Adapted from the Smith Lab and rankopedia. When Ascidians are larvae they have a precursor to the spine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548117035124-T0XHQHN5DYFK506ZSZT3/worm+connectome.jpeg Overview From Scientific American and adapted from the Worm Atlas. C. elegans is a 1 mm long nematode worm. It is the only organism where the connections of all the neurons to each other has been mapped out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548117363630-Y191RAVXVUYNYQEM959X/oligodendrocyte.gif Overview Oligodendrocytes resting on bundles of neurons. Image from Regencell. https://www.vivianericson.com/science-bus-presidency daily 0.75 2019-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548135375739-JEAV8RKRNJ791Z7T8FYJ/science-bus-olympics-026.jpeg Science Bus Presidency Students at the annual Science Olympics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548135435008-G47IFMLZM91ARF241ZGV/labcoats.jpeg Science Bus Presidency Students getting to test out their lab coats...and their hypotheses! https://www.vivianericson.com/about daily 1.0 2023-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548108834595-0HU5746ZV93THFK46NXF/About+pic.jpg About https://www.vivianericson.com/new-leaders-council daily 0.75 2019-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548134048218-43U3O13YVDVY5NDXVJR7/NLC.jpg New Leaders Council The 2017-2018 Board for the New Leaders Council-Sacramento. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548133959435-8WF179LPPDB4NL5ITRCB/NLC+food+bank.jpg New Leaders Council The 2016-17 Board for the New Leaders Council-Sacramento volunteering at the Sacramento Food Bank. https://www.vivianericson.com/board-of-trustees daily 0.75 2019-01-22 https://www.vivianericson.com/learning-espaol daily 0.75 2019-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548293615700-SKQ9179BHFRAWURCPTQ5/alhambra.jpg Learning Español A view of Grenada from the Alhambra. I had dreamed of seeing this since I was 18 years old thanks to a truly amazing high school teacher who made art and history come alive. https://www.vivianericson.com/stanford-outdoors-presidency daily 0.75 2019-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548134351348-LDDFBM83J90R24P1Z7VC/backcountryfilmfest.jpeg Stanford Outdoors Presidency Flyer from the winter backcountry film-festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548134437982-IK926AGCWNA6NG5BPTCR/kevmo.jpeg Stanford Outdoors Presidency Bonding experience with my future safety czar on the Lost Coast. Trying to get the rain cover for the tent out of the bear canister took pretty much all of my weight. https://www.vivianericson.com/sbsa-mentor daily 0.75 2019-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548288115920-EJEP34LZFLIDVFKUQ04Q/ucsb.jpg Tutoring Adapted from the UC Santa Barbara Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology website. https://www.vivianericson.com/raggedy-anne daily 0.75 2019-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548135820363-MO8YI6HBKPSOK3RQ3W65/raggedyanne.jpeg Raggedy Anne From Adventures in Caring. The photo is of volunteer alumni. https://www.vivianericson.com/teaching daily 0.75 2019-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548291423879-QEJVXRAW7B47U887DA1F/teaching.jpg Overview Science Bus comes to the Stanford Campus for the Science Olympics. The students get to celebrate a quarter of hard work and creativity in a series of engineering contests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548292017768-1O8O999RZRE2FO2MBWPY/biology_sketches.jpg Overview Adapted from Seekhain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548291638489-9KPHO8MAWSBP1FP3XJWA/sbsa.jpeg Overview SBSA retreat-Discussions revolved around how to support all aspects of graduate student life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548291168919-PIIIICRKM4LWJRYWKD1L/mathcymatchy.jpg Overview Instructors with strangely similar tastes in gear on a OEP climbing trip. I swear I wore it first. https://www.vivianericson.com/stanford-committee-on-minicourses daily 0.75 2019-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548134805359-68B2L1G4H8UBTPHTD268/clark+center.jpeg Stanford Committee on Mini-Courses Stanford Clark Center from Panoramio. The Clark Center was built to encourage interdisciplinary research and serves as a hub for the biosciences on-campus, partly because there's a Peet's coffee on the third floor. https://www.vivianericson.com/clas-tutor daily 0.75 2019-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548288359274-M6JZQEERDKM697GJKVFE/sbsa.jpeg SBSA Mentor From the 2012 SBSA retreat. Discussions revolved around how to support all aspects of graduate student life. https://www.vivianericson.com/environmental-consultant-lobbyist daily 0.75 2019-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548125219583-T54LCKFD3Y7IJMEM9X7D/image-asset.jpeg Environmental Consultant & Lobbyist I helped organize the first California Healthy Soils week in partnership with other firms, non-profits and the California Department of Food and Agriculture. We did everything from tour composting facilities to farms using healthy soils practices. We had a reception honoring some of the long-time advocates and governmental champions of soils policy in California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548374213996-8XL0RE6EATIY1GF8E1KN/designproposal.png Environmental Consultant & Lobbyist Flyer I designed for CA Healthy Soils Week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548374256625-QL9PFU0O5QIVKH16JC6Y/Fourthof+Julyparty.png Environmental Consultant & Lobbyist Social media post I designed for CA Healthy Soils Week. https://www.vivianericson.com/outdoor-education-program daily 0.75 2019-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548289836578-B2LBHZSZ4IYCASS3KXC9/RalstonPeak.jpeg Outdoor Education Program Students on a winter camping backcountry workshop in Desolation Wilderness. It might be hard to believe looking at this photo, but day before had been snowy with a low of 7 F. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/1548289931907-XWR0TZW6TQ7YESFCW3QP/trip4.jpeg Outdoor Education Program Students in the advance class leading their own trip to Pico Blanco, an area near Big Sur. The trip was advertised to the Stanford Community and the OEP instructors on the trip served more as back-up rather than as trip leaders. https://www.vivianericson.com/science-and-technology-policy daily 0.75 2019-01-24 https://www.vivianericson.com/triangle-associates daily 0.75 2023-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c4640f036099bab806d82f6/a197d724-f2b0-4789-8595-1a63f637e79e/community+garden1.jpg Triangle Associates - Make it stand out When King County Public Health connected with the International Rescue Community New Roots program, I engaged with community members in a community garden. We built skills on how to know if a household product can harm you or a member of your family.