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Can you rescue a rainforest? The answer may be yes

• Half a century after most of Costa Rica's rainforests were cut down, researchers from the Boyce Thompson Institute took on a project that many thought was impossible restoring a tropical rainforest ecosystem.
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The Hub

• The 2008 Spring Edition Is Now Released.
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Internships

2008 Plant Genome Research Program REU Students

Congratulations to the Recipients of the 2008 Plant Genome Research Summer Internship REU.

• Katie Aldred -- University of Evansville
• Dennis DePaolo -- SUNY Cortland
• Jessica Diaz -- California Sate University - Northridge
• Emma Flemmig -- Iowa State University
• Julie Grimm -- Whitman College
• Joshua Judkins -- Ohio Northern University
• Kevin Minchew -- Bethel College
• Emily Nowicki The College of New Jersey
• Katherine O’Donnell -- Oakland University
• Emily Pinto -- Emory University
• Amanda Romag -- University of Delaware
• Adam Steinbrenner -- Tufts University
• Melissa Wasilewski -- University of Scranton
• Cameron Williams -- Xavier University of Louisiana
• Samantha Wronski -- SUNY Canton

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2007 Undergraduates shine

Two interns from 2007 have been recognized for research they conducted while a part of the REU program.

Vivian Smith

Vivian Smith, who worked in Dr. Joss Rose’s lab, was recently awarded ‘Best Presentation’ at the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. Vivian beat out over a 100 other students for this prestigious award.

Jesse Seamon

Jesse Seamon presented his research at the 33rd Annual West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference held at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego. Jesse’s talk, entitled “Molecular biology using forward genetics to identify a mutant gene in the regulated exocytosis mutant strain SB281 of Tetrahymena thermophila,” was awarded ‘Best Presentation’ in the Molecular Biology Session I.

We would like to congratulate both of these students on their prestigious awards.