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2007 Summer Interns

Summer internships were sponsored through the National Science Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health . For more information contact Barbara Battelle, Whitney education coordinator.


Sarah, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

Project: Identification and Expression of the 5' Conserved Regulatory Region from two different Aplysia neuropeptides (MIP and Fulicin)

( Moroz lab)

Sarah working in Moroz lab


Alberto, Daytona Beach Community College, Daytona Beach, FL

Project: Nitric Oxide Signaling in Trichoplax adhaerens

(Moroz lab)

Alberto working in Moroz lab


Derek, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA

Project: 454 Sequencing Technology: An Unbiased Approach to Gene Expression Outperforms Traditional Microarray-Based Techniques

(Moroz lab)

Derek at computer


Anna, Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA

Project: The expression and location of mRNAs encoding anti-microbial peptides in Anopheles gambiae larvae following an oral immune challenge

(Linser lab)

Anna working in Linser lab


Laura, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ

Project: Cloning and Expression of the ZDHHC Gene Family

(Zacharias lab)

Laura working in the molecular lab


Jessica, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Project: Neural network performance in the face of acute temperature change

(Bucher lab)

Jessica working at electrophysiology rig 


Joan, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA

Project: Zebrafish as an expression vector for acetylcholine binding protein from Aplysia californica

(Epley lab)

Joan in the zebra fish room


Rachel, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN

Project: A Circadian Clock, cAMP Levels and Light Influence the Distributions of Myosin III and Actin in Limulus Photoreceptors

(Battelle lab)

Rachel in Battelle lab


Robert, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Project: Occurrence and Function of FMRFamide in Worms

(Price lab)

Robert with his black worms


April, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Project: Does changing the charge on the actin interface of Limulus myosin III change the myosin’s interaction with actin?

(Battelle lab)

April working in the Battlelle lab


Heather, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Project: Playing with Slimy Animals

(Anderson lab)

Heather with jellyfish

Jacoby, Pre-collegiate Minority Scholar, Matanzas High School, Palm Coast, FL

Project: The distribution of opsins in Limulus photoreceptors

(Battelle lab)

Jacoby working in Battelle lab

Ada, Teacher Quest Scholar, Flagler Palm Coast High School, Palm Coast, FL

Project: Sequencing a spiny lobster phosphoinositide-3-kinase gene

(Price lab)

Ada working in the molecular lab

 

 
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