Introduction | Summer 2006 | Summer 2005 | Summer 2003
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Shortly after joining the faculty of Mississippi State University in 2002, Dr. Peterson had the good fortune of meeting Dr. Bettye Sue Hennington, a professor at Tougaloo College, who shared his commitment to empowering minority students. Under the auspices of the Mississippi Functional Genomics Network (MFGN), Dr. Hennington had two of her students, Breonica Carter and Anna-Gay Nelson, travel to MGEL where they spent 10 weeks conducting research under the supervision of Dr. Peterson (summer 2003). The initial summer research program proved a huge success, and consequently this partnership has been continued and expanded. To provide opportunities for additional minority students, funds to support one Tougaloo summer intern were included in each year of the DBI-0421717 budget. In summer 2005, LaShonda Robertson was funded through DBI-0421717 while Annita Avery was funded in part by the MFGN and in part by the APG project. In summer 2006, Tougaloo student Erin Reynolds will be supported by DBI-0421717. |
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Tougaloo College student Erin Reynolds will be doing a research internship at MGEL in summer 2006 (starting June 12). She will be conducting research in collaboration with the MGEL staff and the ECSU summer interns. We look forward to Erin's arrival! |
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LaShonda Robertson and Annita Avery were MGEL's 2005 summer interns. These bright, articulate ladies did a wonderful job constructing a DNA library for loblolly pine and helping in generation of the pine BAC library. Both LaShonda and Annita presented their research at scientific meetings (see below), and both are continuing their biology studies at Tougaloo College. Of note, LaShonda has been accepted into dental school, and Annita is planning to attend graduate school after graduation!
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Generation of a Loblolly Pine DNA Library (PDF) - Presented by LaShonda Robertson at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) in Atlanta, GA (Nov. 2005) and at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences (Feb 22-24, 2006). |
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The Development of a genomic library of Pinus taeda (poster not available) - Presented by Annita Avery at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. Feb. 22-24, 2006. |
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Generation of a Loblolly Pine DNA Library (PDF) - Seminar presented by LaShonda Robertson and Annita Avery at meetings/conferences at MS State and Tougaloo (Summer 2005). |
Anna-Gay Nelson and Breonica Carter were MGEL's 2003 summer interns. Dr. Peterson quickly discovered that these two sophomores possessed the skills and determination to take on a rather sophisticated research project. Consequently, they were given the task of constructing a BAC library for Gossypium arboreum, a project that they took to the verge of completion by the end of summer 2003. Both Anna-Gay and Breonica were planning to return and finish the library in summer 2004, but unfortunately things didn't work out as planned. The size-selected BAC insert DNA is still in the freezer and we hope to eventually find the time to complete the library.
Recently (May 2006), Breonica called Dr. Peterson to let him know how she was doing. He learned that she has changed her major to education and will be finishing up her degree in the next year. After graduation she plans to attend graduate school! Breonica has promised to drop in and pay her old MGEL pals a visit very soon.
Anna-Gay is reportedly finishing up her degree in biochemistry.
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*This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DBI-0421717. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. MGEL © 2006. Web design by Daniel G. Peterson. Last updated 09-Jun-2006.
