rebekahkateI’m a Scientist is like school science lessons meet the X Factor! School students choose which scientist gets a prize of $1000 to communicate their work.
Scientists and students talk on this website. They both break down barriers, have fun and learn. But only the students get to vote.
This zone is the Organs Zone. It has scientists studying health and disease in various parts  of our bodies. Who gets the prize? YOU decide!
Hi rebekahkate (not sure if there’s a revekah and a kate, if so hi to you both!)
I’ve only looked at animal eyes so far, but can and most likely should look at human eyes to see if what i find is conserved between species. Animal models are in place so that we are able to determine how certain things work. When we have a good idea of how things work in an animal model, say a mouse, then we can test to see whether the same things is conserved between species, by looking at primate or human samples.
There are other projects that look specifically at human sample, like cancer biopsies.
Hope that answers your question 😀
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