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"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled"
- Mestrius Plutarchus, Greek Historian, Biographer, Essayist
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>Hughes Undergraduate Biology Program
News Archive for the Hughes Undergraduate Biology Program
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MSU student, Angie Mitchell, recently went to Ecuador with Dr. Gary Strobel of MSU, Dr.Scott Strobel of Yale University and 17 other undergraduates from Yale University. There they collected and analyzed rainforest plants that have beneficial microbes. A portion of Mitchell's trip was supported with funds from the Hughes Undergraduate Biology Program. You can read more about the trip and Mitchell by clicking here. |
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Two University of Washington, Bettye Apenteng (pictured at left) and TramAnh Phan (not pictured) came to MSU on April 15, 2008 to present their research at the Student Research Celebration. Bettye's poster was titled "An Extrinsic Cue Regulates Neuronal Temporal Identity in Drosophila" and TramAnh's poster was titled, "Investigating the Ubiquitin Lysine Linkage Specificity of the Breast Cancer Protein, BRCA1". |
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Two Oregon State University students, Jessica Perry and Daniel Bai, came to MSU on April 15, 2008 to present their research at the Student Research Celebration. Jessica's poster was titled "Development of New Molecular Markers for Regeneration in Zebrafish" and Daniel's poster was titled, "The Search for Mitochondrial Ribonucleotide Reductase". |
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Sara Muscarelli, 2008 Complex Biological Systems Summer Undergraduate Research Program participant and 2007 Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Cell Biology & Neuroscience participant, presented her work at the 33rd Annual West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference. Sara presented her poster titled, " The Zic Gene Family in Xenopus and Chick Embryos." Sara's poster presentation was awarded the top in her session! |
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Bridgett McNulty, 2008 Complex Biological Systems Summer Undergraduate Research Program participant and 2007 Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Cell Biology & Neuroscience participant, presented her work at the 33rd Annual West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference. Bridgett gave an oral presentation titled, "Determination of Chick Protocadherin-1 Binding Partners". Brigett also presented a poster with the same title at the MSU Student Research Celebration on April 15, 2008. |
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Two 2007 CBS students presented their research posters at the University of Washington's Hughes Undergraduate Research Symposium on October 26, 2007. Josh Martin (far left) presented his poster titled, "Effects of Zic1 on mRNA Expression During Xenopus Neurulation".
Jeannie Hunnicut presented her poster titled, "Processes Underlying Visual Working Memory".
For more information on their research check out their research abstracts on the student research page by clicking here. |
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Attend our special screening of the 2007 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Holiday Lecture Series on December 12, 2007 from Noon - 4pm in the Center for Computational Biology. We will show all 4 parts of the series: "AIDS: Evolution of an Epidemic". For more information on this special screening click here.
To learn more about the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Holiday Lecture Series click here. |
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Professor John Miller mentors 2006 CBN graduate, Tiffany Knienpkamp as she performs research in his laboratory.
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