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Our team at Market Science wants to thank all of our wonderful volunteers, scientists, and followers for making this unique 2020 season so great! We will be back in January to share more amazing science! It’s Friday! Check out this Q&A with Caitlin! Can you get a bingo while classifying images at eyesonwild.com? Thanks to Cedar Creek education staff, volunteers and Minnesota Master Naturalist Amanda, a variety of bingo cards (including with pictures, and in several languages) are available for you to print and use at home! Download them at z.umn.edu/trailcams. Additional free activities, resources and worksheets tied to K-2 state science standards are also available for download. It’s fun fact Wednesday! Did you know... Eyes on the Wild is a great opportunity for everyone – educational for learners of all ages, engaging for armchair naturalists, valuable for scientists, and open to all! You can read more about the motivation behind the research project as well as ways to participate in this Star Tribune article: https://www.startribune.com/armchair-naturalists-help-researchers-classify-more-than-1-million-nature-photos/504188942/ Head over to the Market Science Facebook page for a direct link to the article! This week’s featured scientist is Caitlin Barale Potter, education coordinator at Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve! In addition to running K-12 field trip programs and community engagement events and classes at Cedar Creek, Caitlin is a wildlife biologist. She has been interested in animals since she was a child, and has followed that passion to jobs at zoos in California and Washington, field experiences in Guatemala, Borneo, Kenya and Ethiopia, and a Masters and Ph.D degree with a focus on animal behavior from Princeton University. One of the wildlife-focused projects Caitlin helps run at Cedar Creek is ‘Eyes on the Wild’ – a citizen science project that relies on a network of remote camera traps and international volunteers to study the diverse animals that use the reserve. Happy Tuesday everyone! Let’s learn more about our featured scientist Katrina and her work in the Revelo Lab! Happy Monday! Today, we feature Katrina. Katrina is a part of the Revelo Lab in the department of integrated biology and physiology. Katrina researches the effects of bariatric surgery on the immune cell profile in the liver and adipose tissue, with the hope of better understanding the mechanism for the weight loss independent benefits of the surgery. They also hope to discover how it may be a beneficial intervention for Non alcoholic fatty liver disease. Break out the colored pencils and download Leslie’s methanogen coloring pages. Destress while also learning more about her research and these oxygen hating microbes! Leave your questions in the comments and Leslie will answer them in a follow up video at the end of the week. Share your final masterpieces by tagging @marketscimn!