2025 Worster Summer Research Fellowship Symposium
Join us on May 14, 2025 at the MSRB auditorium to celebrate our students and get a sneak peek of what they've been working on. Light refreshments will be provided.
The Worster family graciously supports research development in ecology, evolution, and marine biology, through funding of a mentoring program that pairs undergraduates with graduate students for a summer research program. The 10-week program encompasses a hands-on collaborative research project between the undergraduate student and graduate mentor, a presentation of that research at the annual Worster Symposium, and a written summary of the team's progress and accomplishments at the end of the fellowship.
Date & Time
May 14, 2025
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Group 1 Presentations
| Time | Speakers | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00pm - 12:10pm | Arrivals | |
| 12:10pm - 12:15pm | Stephen Proulx Vice Chair of Curriculum, EEMB |
Opening remarks |
| 12:15pm - 12:30pm | Joanna Tang & Kellen Pierce | Presentation #1: "Using eDNA to detect species in degraded ecosystems" |
| 12:30pm - 12:45pm | Hayden Vega | Presentation #2: "Fish are Friends: How Fish Help Corals Heal" |
| 12:45pm - 1:00pm | Breanna Takacs | Presentation #3 "Of Apes and States: Characterizing Pluripotency in Chimpanzee Stem Cells" |
:00pm - 1:10pm
Break
Group 2 Presentations
| Time | Speakers | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1:10pm - 1:25pm | Meenakshi Manoj (with Chance English) | Presentation #4: "Cultivation of Planctomycetes bacteria from the surface of giant kelp and insights into their ecology" |
| 1:25pm - 1:40pm | Bridget Vincent & Rishima Tewari | Presentation #5: "Eyeing Complexity: Using Comparative Microscopy to Uncover Cnidarian Eye Diversity" |
| 1:40pm - 1:45pm | Stephen Proulx Vice Chair of Curriculum, EEMB |
Closing remarks |
