2005 Mechanisms of Behavior NSF-REU Summer Research Internship Program
The Summer '05 was another fantastic success! We received a veritable avalanche of applications (over 150!), and agonized over the surfeit of highly accomplished applicants. Finally, we selected a group of twelve extremely strong program participants. These students represented nine colleges and universities from seven states. The participants can be seen in the photo below:
From Left to Right: Mitchell Bartlett, Oberlin College; John Gilbert, Duke Univ; Yifan Xu, Duke Univ; Jennifer Schmidt, NC State Univ; Liz Clore, Univ of North Carolina; Anna Nehring, Univ of Richmond; Kyndal Davis, Southern Univ; Chantal Berez, The Johns Hopkins Univ; Marissa Barnes, Florida International University; Mahmood El-Gasim, Duke Univ; Drew Burrier, Univ of the South (Sewanee).
Student Activities
The projects undertaken by the participants ranged from cellular physiology to animal behavior. Some students conducted surgery on animals. Others worked with intact subjects. Still others worked with cellular proteins, attempting to trace neural pathways in the visual system. If there is a unifying theme to all the projects, it is that the participants worked hard in the lab and learned a lot (we hope). At left, Jennifer Schmidt makes fine adjustments under a watchful eye. |
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2005 MOB Undergraduate Research Symposium
At the end of the program, each student presented a summary of their research in our annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. The presentations comprised a symposium featuring professional presentations on cutting-edge research. Click here for a list of the presentations.
Kyndal Davis fields a question regarding data collection procedures. |
Anna Nehring summarizes the conclusions of her study. |