2024 Worster Summer Research Fellowship Symposium
Join us on May 17th, 2024, 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 17th, 2024
2:30pm - 4:20pm
Group 1 Presentations
| Time | Speakers | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2:30pm - 2:35pm | Debora Iglesias-Rodriguez | Opening remarks |
| 2:35pm - 2:50pm | Mari Irving & Diya Jain | Presentation #1: "Symbiotic potential: investigating plant associated microbes in herbivore deterrence" |
| 2:50pm - 3:05pm | Jacob Weverka & Maiya Romero | Presentation #2: "Root of the Matter: Grazing and Soil Carbon Cycling in Variable Grassland Plant Communities" |
| 3:05pm - 3:20pm | Ken Gilliland & Max Laubstein | Presentation #3 "Effect of wetland removal and creation on Rana draytonii (California red-legged frog) in a dune complex of Central California, USA: evidence from over two decades of research" |
:20pm - 3:30pm
Break
Group 2 Presentations
| Time | Speakers | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 3:30pm - 3:45pm | Seth Frazer & Yinghui Wang | Presentation #4: "The Vision from Vision: Exploring genotype-phenotype relationship of opsin through machine learning and the Visual Physiology Opsin Database (VPOD)" |
| 3:45pm - 4:00pm | Lily Zhao & Jada Alexander | Presentation #5: "Glimmers of hope - Harnessing ecology and community engagement to improve coral restoration" |
| 4:00pm - 4:15pm | Imani Russell & Noelle Marceno | Presentation #6: "Examining diversity of a novel immunogenetic marker in responses to fungal disease in an endangered frog" |
| 4:15pm - 4:20pm | Debora Iglesias-Rodriguez | Closing remarks |
