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Natural Science Undergraduate Research Sequence (NSURS)

All presentations take place in Jensen 315 at 4:00 pm EST (unless otherwise noted).

 

April 4, 2024

 

Dora Chaison-Lapine: An assessment of eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) condition in Quahog Bay, Maine 

 

Lee Nix: Effects of abiotic factors on bryophyte abundance in Western North Carolina's spruce-fir forests 

 

 

April 15, 2024

 

Rae Milstead: Rhizobium leguminosarum impacts on growth of Phaseolis lunatus 

 

Bella Mizzoni: Brewing hope: kombucha bacteria in the fight against antibiotic resistance  

 

Jeremy Aronson: A correlative analysis between Haemonchus contortus populations in mixed-species grazing 

 

 

April 22, 2024

 

Adam Kluge: Dynamics of bird-window collisions on Warren Wilson College campus  

 

Fynn Greene: TBA

 

Kara Holland: TBA

 

 

Capstone Carnival

April 29 & 30, 2024 (times and locations TBA)

 

Grace Zaboski: Characterizing biodiversity of foliar endophytic fungi in sweet birch (Betula lenta) in western NC

 

Kaia Adams: How soil microbes fit into forest ecosystem dynamics

 

Teaghan McAllister: Plastic in bird nests increases with proximity to human-impacted areas

 

Emma Reagan: Remote estrus detection in sows: development of a wearable sensor that accurately predicts estrus