Mote REU Program

Participants

2012

• Marissa Ciesla, University of South Florida

Mentor: Dr. Cathy Walsh, Program: Marine Immunology, Project: TRAIL Receptor Expression in Transformed versus Normal Cells Treated with Epigonal Conditioned Medium (ECM)

• Luc Gassie, University of Miami

Mentor: Dr. Gary Kirkpatrick, Program: Phytoplankton Ecology, Project: Understanding Particle Flow within the Optical Phytoplankton Discriminator

• Tom Heimann, Prescott College

Mentor: Dr. Jayne Gardiner, Program: Sensory Biology & Behavior, Project: Feeding Behavior of Hatchery-Raised and Wild Centropomus undecimalis

• Kate Kaiser, College of St Benedict

Mentor: Dr. Kellie Dixon, Program: Chemical Ecology, Project: The Determination of the Capabilities of the C6 Multi-Sensor Platform and Cyclops-7® Sensors

• Shan Kasal, Rollins College

Mentor: Dr. Cathy Walsh, Program: Marine Immunology, Project: Inflammatory Immune Response of Normal and Asthmatic PBMCs Exposed to Brevetoxin-2 and -3

• Jake Schoville, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Mentor: Dr. Vince Lovko, Program: Phytoplankton Ecology, Project: Potential biocontrol of Karenia brevis blooms via Amoebophrya sp.

• Jenny Servis, Kalamazoo College

Mentor: Gretchen Lovewell, Program: Stranding Investigations, Project: Diet Analysis of Stranded Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles

• Jenny Shoots, Kenyon College                                                        

Mentor: Dr. Kim Ritchie, Program: Marine Microbiology, Project: Bacterial Shifts During Spawning of the Caribbean Coral Porites astreoides

• Mallory Steenstrup, Warren Wilson College                                                                     

Mentor: Dr. Emily Hall: Ocean Acidification, Project: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Growth of Coral Mucus Associated Bacteria

• Tauras Vilgalys, Loyola Marymount University

Mentor: Dr. Nick Whitney, Program: Shark Behavioral Ecology, Project: Quantifying the Dive Behavior of Coastal Sharks

• Sara Williams, College of William and Mary

Mentor: Dr. Erinn Muller, Program: Coral Reef Ecosystem Research, Project: How does the spatial distribution of Montastrea annularis and M. faveolata impact Caribbean yellow band disease dynamics?

• Joelle Zambrano, High Point University

Mentor: Dr. Jenn Yordy, Program: Marine Biomedical Research, Project: Characterization of bioactive molecules from the shark epigonal conditioned media exhibiting growth inhibitory activity against mammalian tumor cell lines