Biology Summer Scholars
The Summer Scholar Program at Roanoke College is a grant program that enables qualified students to conduct intensive, independent research for eight to twelve weeks during the summer. Each summer scholar works with a faculty mentor who guides the project. Over the course of the summer, students and mentors meet for a series of colloquia to share ideas. At the conclusion of the program, a day is set aside to showcase the work of the student scholars. More information .
Examples of Past Summer Scholar Projects:
Normal and Hormonally Induced Expression of Androgen Receptors in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Lien-Thanh Kratzke | Dr. Christopher Lassiter
Root-specific Ethylene Mutations in Arabidopsis Thanliana and the Determination of Cell Shape
Garrett Cosenza | Dr. Leonard Pysh
Evaluation of a Molecular Microbrial Source Tracking Method for the Detection of Salmonella in Surface Water
Stephen Quinn | Dr. J. Brooks Crozier
NasA Gene Expression in Marine Hetertrophic Bacteria: Molecular Techniques to an Ecological Approach
Jessica McCluney | Dr. Melissa Booth
Learn more about the program.
It’s A Bug’s Life for Prospective Biology Major
Basic human instinct tells most to fear bugs, and most people don’t have the inclination to do research on the very creatures that send a shiver down their spines. Firebaugh’s instincts told her differently, and she is spending much of her time at Roanoke College researching the critters about which she is passionate.
