2025 | ASU Open Door

Read more about Gastronauts

Step inside a giant, hands-on gut model and explore what goes on inside your digestive system! Compare a healthy gut to one that’s inflamed due to allergies, infections, and other triggers. As you walk through, you’ll get to ask questions, discover how immune cells respond, and see firsthand how the body works to keep your tummy on track. This interactive experience offers a fascinating peek at the science behind our insides—because understanding your gut health is nothing to digest lightly!

Read more about Virtual Reality: Peek into the World of Nanotechnology

Participants will have the opportunity to explore the world of nanotechnology, including double-stranded DNA and proteins, through virtual reality headsets that immerse them in a simulated environment!

Read more about Fantastic Silk Foams

Creating a silk foam material!

Read more about Change Over Time

Live viewings of Daphnia, Paramecium, Volvox and demonstration of sampling error/statistical power!

Read more about Evolve Yourself

Learn about how technology and biology interact in this interactive demo. In this activity, we will take photos of Open Door Attendees and explain how computers can use genetics to recreate the image from scratch.

Read more about Body's Defensive Forces

Multiple activities for kids connected to our research!

Read more about Neuroscience is for Everyone!

Neuroscientists from all career stages and backgrounds will demo fascinating brain science, lead participants in memory games, answer questions, and guide participants in science-art crafts. We will also have a DIY Neuroscience Photobooth!

Read more about Building a helpful virus

Computer slide shows, Styrofoam models, and sterile dishes will demonstrate how we manipulate viruses and use them in order to make better and safer treatments.

Read more about Coronaviruses

Explore viruses in a safe friendly display for all age levels. Look at cells and virus infected cells on microscopes. Watch short videos showing cells during infection. Learn the latest about SARS-CoV-2, Covid, and build origami virus models!

Read more about Glowing Plants

Attendees would be able to see our plants grow due to the expression of GFP in plants, which is the result of transgenic plants.

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