research paper presentations:

• Presenter name: Tamerlan Tserenov
• Topic: nostalgia and its impact 
• Thesis: how does nostalgia impact our lives including memories, emotions and comfort. 
• Question: how does nostalgia affects our mood?
• Glow: good use of slides, not a lot of writing and helpful visuals.
• Grow: read too much off the phone. 

• Presenter name: Gabriella Chang
• Topic: minimally invasive Heart vs Open Heart surgery
• Thesis: which approach is better to operate on the heart, open heart surgery or minimally invasive surgery.
• Question: what is the name of the heart and lung machine that takes over their function?
• Glow: the explanations were very thorough and easily broken down even though there were complex terms. 
• Grow: I actually don’t think I have a grow.

• Presenter name: Kevin Ortiz 
• Topic: The biological basis of Sexual orientation
• Thesis: orientation is not a voluntary choice regarding sexuality
• Question: Are the genes that prove sexual orientation is biological considered mutations or abnormal?
• Glow:  Good use of statistics, they show positive results and further prove your ideas!!!.
• Grow: slides are pretty but the use of light colors made me a little blind.

• Presenter name: Ryan
• Topic: therapeutic cloning and its limitations
• Thesis: how do stem cells contribute to therapeutic cloning
• Question: how would you define cloning?
• Glow: like how you brought up what society thinks rather than just scholars specialized in the topic
• Grow: read too much from phone

• Presenter name: cidney
• Topic: immortal jellyfish 
• Thesis: jellyfish abilities and biological aspects can help mankind reach immortality 
• Question: is it genetically proven?
• Glow: good idea of a topic
• Grow: too little slides 

• Presenter name: Jayvalyn Fernandez
• Topic: era of designer babies: potential impacts of selecting physical and intellectual traits in offsprings.
• Thesis: can designer babies change traits in offsprings and impact society for the better.
• Question: how would you edit the DNA to match the intellect you may want? 
• Glow: interesting topic, well explained
• Grow: made little to no eye contact with the audience and had a lot of writing on the slides, almost no visual content.

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