Mote REU Program

Participants

2009

• Racquel Ardisana, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL                                          

Mentor: Dr. Gary Kirkpatrick, Program: Phytoplankton Ecology, Project: Determining the efficiency of size fractionation in marine phytoplankton using high-performance liquid-chromatography (HPLC) and FlowCAM

• Katie Coyne, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL                                                                            

Mentor: Dr. Aaron Adams,  Program: Fisheries Habitat Ecology, Project: Lunar-related spawning activity of common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) among barrier island passes surrounding Charlotte Harbor, FL

• Rhonda Elliott, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA                                                        

Mentor: Dr. Ken Leber, Program: Marine Stock Enhancement, Project: Post-release survival of acclimated common snook and redfish stocked in a freshwater system and snook diet compositions

• Beck Frydenborg, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL                                                                     

Mentor: Dr. Kim Ritchie, Program: Marine Microbiology, Project: Aiptasia pallida as a model for examining Acropora palmata beneficial bacteria against opportunistic Vibrio pathogens

• Rachel Harbeitner, Eckerd College, St Petersburg, FL                                                                     

Mentor: Dr. Cathy Walsh, Program: Marine Immunology, Project: Activation of Nrf2 transcription factor involved in oxidative stress by a monocytic cell line (U-937) after exposure to brevetoxin (PbTx-2)

• Elizabeth Moser, University of Georgia, Athens, GA                                                                               

Mentor: Dr. Barbara Kirkpatrick, Program: Environmental Health, Project: An analysis of environmental conditions' influence on respiratory irritation due to Florida Red Tide

• Elizabeth Ranalli, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA                                                         

Mentor: Dr. Tony Tucker, Program: Sea Turtle Conservation and Research, Project: Uncovering novel viruses from loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) blood using viral metagenomics

• Emi Rendon-Pope, Mercer University, Macon, GA                                                                            

Mentor: Kellie Dixon, Program: Chemical Ecology, Project: A Depth Dependence of Light Attenuation due to Epiphytic Growth on sea grass in Sarasota, Florida

• Elizabeth Roberts, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA                                                                              

Mentor: Dr. Aaron Adams, Program: Fisheries Habitat Ecology, Project: Length-based assessment of recapture rates and spawning ground fidelity of Centropomus undecimalis

• Ryan Venable, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL                                                                 

Mentor: Dr. Dana Wetzel, Program: Aquatic Toxicology, Project: Aquatic Pollutants and Resulting DNA Damage in Eastern Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) from Purvis Creek in Brunswick, Georgia, USA