We are happy to welcome to the project Jeanell Sullivan, Jodi Sanchez and Katie Adler, three teachers from New Orleans. They arrived yesterday and have already participated in Bat night and some brief tours and meetings around the new Gamboa lab. This afternoon they go for their first hike in the forest.
Author: Sunshine Van Bael
Biology teachers prepare for Panama trip
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 …
Preparations for summer 2017
Back at Tulane University in the Van Bael lab, Courtney and Steven work on culturing and identifying the leaf pathogens that were collected in the summer of 2016. Steven is joining the Panama team in summer 2017.
Letter from Panama – Summer 2016
Things are going well out here on Barro Colorado Island! Peter, Jasmin, Keiana and I have been working on the endophyte project for the past month, and we’re making great progress so far. Every morning we go out to hike in the jungle for a few hours to collect environmental data on the different tree Read More …