“This has definitely made me realize how much preparation there is. You can’t just jump in the ocean and start counting fish. You have to read the literature first, make a dive plan, go through permitting — it’s a process and a commitment.” Research fellow: Christine Gardiner Hometown: Houston, TX School: University of Rhode Island Major: […]
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SURF’s up 2016: Rhode Island undergrads in research
Research fellow: Hannah Sheehan Hometown: North Andover, MA School: University of Rhode Island Major: Biological Sciences, Cell and Molecular Biology; Chemistry minor Mentor: Steve Irvine Project: Temperature effects on marine invertebrate physiology URI senior Hannah Sheehan is spending her 2016 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), investigating protein expression and changes in sea squirts under climate […]
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URI to host 9th Annual RI SURF Conference College and university students from across Rhode Island will present their summer research work Friday, July 29, 2016, when they gather for the 9th Annual Rhode Island Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) Conference — the state’s largest exhibition of undergraduate research. Co-sponsored by Rhode Island IDeA Network […]
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Undergrad researcher helps track methods of movement, propulsion By Emma Lederer Deep into my second summer with the Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program, I am often struck by how the details of my work compare and contrast between last year and this year. Last year, I looked at fluid movement […]
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Biology major Emma Lederer, a rising junior at Providence College, is conducting research in Professor Jack Costello’s lab for her second Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) with Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR. Here, Lederer kicks off a series of blog posts she will write this summer during her research fellowship to share the experience from her perspective and […]
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David Rowley URI College of Pharmacy Professor; chemistry RI INBRE SURF program mentor Rhode Island STAC awards 2012 STAC grant: New Tools and Mechanisms to Combat Aquaculture Diseases. The project sought to develop new tools to promote animal health in aquaculture by building on recent discoveries of marine bacteria that demonstrate impressive protective properties against disease. […]
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Already two weeks into their summer research projects, Rhode Island EPSCoR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURFs) took a break from their lab and fieldwork Friday to gain a better perspective of what the scientist life may hold for them. With the R/V Endeavor currently docked at the University of Rhode Island Narragansett Bay Campus, Graduate […]
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Beatrice Steinert Senior, Brown University Dual major in biology, science and society SURF student, 2014 For her honors thesis project, Beatrice Steinert set out to recreate a 19th century experiment by the embryologist Edwin Grant Conklin, to collect, study and sketch the embryonic developmental stages of Crepidula fornicata, commonly known as the slipper snail. Beachgoers typically spot […]
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Joselynn Wallace University of Rhode Island Ph.D. candidate; biological and environmental sciences RI EPSCoR graduate fellow & summer support On track to graduate with her Ph.D. in May 2017, former RI NSF EPSCoR graduate fellow Joselynn Wallace isn’t exactly sure where her journey will lead after immersing herself in the study of diatoms, the single-celled, […]
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‘My research experience was something I would not trade for anything else in the world.’ — Jennifer Lynn Cyr The National Science Foundation received nearly 17,000 applications for the 2016 Graduate Research Fellowship Program. When the 5 a.m. email recently landed in her inbox, announcing the 2,000 successful candidates, Jennifer Lynn Cyr, a 2015 Providence College graduate, […]
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