Dr. Clark Jones explains the process of growing penicillium mold in the lab. Students (from facing, far left) Ryder Huskins, Ian Ray, Kenneth Sanders, Ethan Moore, and Gabriel McCarthy listen intently.

Student hosts and teachers for these labs.

Principal Investigator Gabriel McCarthy working with penicillium mold in potato agar slants.

Agar slant with penicillium mold.

Agar slant with penicillium mold. .

Students study various swab sample growths with petri dishes. Students swabbed elevator buttons, face plants, and even their tongues!

Various microscopic samples were tested with the help of Dr. Clark Jones.

Students learned about microscopy through testing various surfaces on the TCU campus.

Overheard, "Look! It's a real lab, ya'll! They're not playing around!"

Growths from bottom-of-shoe swabs.

Students were in awe of the tiny, microscopic world that lives around them.

Dr. Clark Jones shows students how to use the microscopes they will need to evaluate their experiment.

Dr. Clark Jones shows Ryder Huskins (left) and Kenneth Sanders how to work with a slant tube.

Penicillium mold growing in a slant with potato agar.

Left: Daniel Collins, Ty Vander Laan, and Kenneth Sanders prepare to present at TCU's Student Research Symposium.

Team "Hornwort Plant Water Filtering in Microgravity" and team "Penicillium Mold Growth" ready their boards for TCU's Student Research Symposium.

Insulin team: "A Crystal Clear View on Insulin" prepares their board for the Student Research Symposium at TCU.

Back row: Teacher Megan Adams, Ty Vander Laan, Daniel Collins, Olivia Gardner, Macie Grosskurth, Gabriel McCarthy, John Andrews, Teacher Laura Smith, Stacy Hughes.

Front row: Cameron Pewitt, Kenneth Sanders, Ryder Huskins, Ian Ray, Ethan Moore, Alex Rodriguez.

Team members John Andrews and Alex Ferguson explain their experiment design to TCU students at TCU's Student Research Symposium.