In June, three schoolteachers from New Orleans joined our lab work as we prepared them for our trip to Panama. They are participating in the National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Teachers program. They each came to the Van Bael lab for several days to get acquainted with some of the basic techniques in endophyte Read More …
Month: June 2017
Introducing Steven Medina, Summer 2017 REU
My name is Steven Medina and I will be spending the summer in and around Gamboa, Panama as an REU for Professor Sunshine Van Bael. I just wanted to use this blog as an opportunity to introduce myself and some of the cool things I’ll get to do this summer as a research assistant affiliated Read More …
Why the long leaf? (On Leaf Functional Traits)
Liz Kimbrough Ph.D. Student 25 June 2017 As you look around a forest or out into your garden, you may have noticed that leaves come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and textures. But have you ever stopped to ask yourself why leaves have these different traits? In order to be successful, plants must Read More …