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The
summer training emphasizes collaboration with a faculty
member on an ongoing research project in order to develop
research skills and experience.
Some
of the projects that were supported by the NSF-AIRE
grant are profiled in videos below. (Quicktime 4
or better is required.)
PROJECT
ONE
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Nhi
Khuong, a biology major interested in molecular genetics,
worked with Peter Russell on a project developing an
experimental system for looking at viral genetics.
PROJECT
TWO
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| Julie
Frederickson, a biology major with a microbiology focus,
worked with Jay Mellies on a project exploring the molocular
mechanisms of the E. coli pathogen.
PROJECT
THREE
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Eleanor Deardorff,
a biology major interested in gene regulation, did research
with Janis Shampay on telomere length in developing
frog embryos.
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The
summer training emphasizes collaboration with a faculty
member on an ongoing research project in order to develop
research skills and experience.
One
of the projects that was supported by the NSF-AIRE grant
is profiled in video below. (Quicktime 4 or better
is required.)
PROJECT
ONE
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|
|
Hattie
Brown, a chemistry major interested in organic and biochemistry,
worked with Alan Shusterman to develop a lab experiment
for the organic chemistry class.
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The summer
training emphasizes collaboration with a faculty member
on an ongoing research project in order to develop research
skills and experience.
One
of the projects that was supported by the NSF-AIRE grant
is profiled in video below. (Quicktime 4 or better
is required.)
PROJECT
ONE
|
|
|
|
Jonathan
Fertig, a physics major interested in cosmology, worked
with Robert Reynolds on observations of variable stars.
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The
summer training emphasizes collaboration with a faculty
member on an ongoing research project in order to develop
research skills and experience.
Some
of the projects that were supported by the NSF-AIRE
grant are profiled in videos below. (Quicktime 4
or better is required.)
PROJECT
ONE
|
|
|
Rachel
Blaser, a psychology major interested in psycholinguistics,
worked with Enriqueta Canseco-Gonzalez on a project
exploring how ambiguous words are processed by the brain.
PROJECT
TWO
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John
Garza, a psychology major working in the subfield of
biopsychology, worked with Dell Rhodes on research directed
toward an understanding of visual perception and spacial
frames of reference.
PROJECT
THREE
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Dana
Waichunas worked with Kathy Oleson on statistical analysis
problems, lab design, and developed a manual for a software
application called Stat View.
PROJECT
FOUR
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Christa
Helms and Jessica Cooksey worked with Shelly Dickinson
on three experiments in the field of psychopharmacology
that involved implanting elctrodes in the brains of
mice to study dopamine levels.
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