RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES - SUMMER 2001


Students and mentors gathered for PB REU summer program.

The Plant Biology Program at the University of Massachusetts
Amherst offered summer research experiences to undergraduate students interested in plant biology. The eight week program (June 3-July 28) is supported with funds from the National Science Foundation.

Summer 2001 participants:

From l to r: Lisa Fritz, Joe Seggio, Bob Harmon, Anna Cartier, Jess Pack, Cara Haney, Alec DeSimone, Kate Moran, Amsale Robi

Anna Cartier Montclair State University Faculty mentor: Danny Schnell, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Project: "Expression of domains of afToc120/132"
Alec DeSimone University of Massachusetts Amherst Faculty mentor: Elsbeth Walker, Biology Project: "Testing a system for recapitulation of r1 paramutation using transgenic Arabidopsis"
Lisa Fritz Mt. Holyoke College Faculty mentor: Yin Long Qiu, Biology Project: "A preliminary phylogenetic analysis of bryophytes using sequences of the Nuclear 26S rRNA gene"
Amsale Robi Long Island University Faculty mentor: Peter Hepler, Biology Project: "The effects of H+ and Ca2+ on the growth and germination of pollen tubes"
Cara Haney Cornell University Faculty mentor: Alice Cheung, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Project: "Auxin signaling and its crosstalk with ABA and cytokinin"
Bob Harmon Bowdoin College Faculty mentor: Susan Roberts, Chemical Engineering Project: "The effect of culture pH on paclitaxel degradation and the establishment of new Taxus callus cultures"
Kate Moran Fairfield University Faculty mentor: Karen Searcy, Biology Project: "Dating plant communities in the Holyoke Range"
Joe Seggio Skidmore College Faculty mentor: Paul Godfrey, Biology Project: "The Eurasian Invader: Glossy Buckthorn (Frengula alnus)
Jessica Pack Worcester Polytechnic Institute Faculty mentor: Maura Cannon, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Project: "Does RSH localization depend on GNOM/KNOLLE?"