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Monty Tech students learning lab techniques from Tracy Mincer.

Monty Tech students learning lab techniques from Tracy Mincer.
Monty Tech students learning lab techniques from Tracy Mincer.
Monty Tech students learning lab techniques from Tracy Mincer.
Monty Tech students learning lab techniques from Tracy Mincer.
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Kleindinst, Thomas N.
Monty Tech students learning lab techniques from Tracy Mincer.
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02/03/2012
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A group of students from Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School (Fitchburg, MA) work with Tracy Mincer to organize their science project for Soyuz 30. These finalists were researching how bacteria breaks down polyethylene in zero gravity.
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Four students from Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School in Fitchburg, Mass., visited the lab of WHOI microbiologist Tracy Mincer (far right) in February to set up an experiment they designed to be performed by astronauts on the International Space Station. Sophomores Russell Holbert (far left) and Brittany Velez (left rear) joined their siblings, seniors Victoria Holbert (working at bench) and Miguel Velez III (behind her), on a project to determine whether bacteria decompose plastic faster in the microgravity of space than on Earth. Also on hand was the students' science teacher and project adviser, Paula deDiego (second from right).
Caption from Oceanus magazine, vol. 49, no. 2, page 51:
Four high school students visited the lab of WHOI microbiologist Tracy Mincer in February 2012 to set up an experiment they designed to be performed by astronauts on the International Space Station. This was the second foray into space science for seniors Miguel Velez III (second from right) and Victoria Holbert (center), whose experiment on a U.S. Space Shuttle mission showed that bacteria that cause tooth decay are more active in space than on Earth. This year they enlisted their siblings, sophomores Brittany Velez and Russell Holbert, to help with their project to determine whether Arthrobacter bacteria decompose plastic faster in the microgravity of space than on Earth. The students and their science teacher, Paula deDiego (far right), hail from Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School in Fitchburg, Mass.
Photo by Tom Kleindinst
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