Dr. Amreen Mughal

Amreen.Mughal@uvm.edu

Dr. Eric Bishop von Wettberg

Eric.Bishop-Von-Wettberg@uvm.edu

2 openings for Fall, any level, Junior preferred:

1. Perennial grain trial that is a part of a 8 university NSF New Roots for Restoration Biology Integration Institute.  Duties will involve collecting phenology and leaf size data and caring for plots. 
2. Harvesting an Abenaki agriculture trial, where we are establishing experimental 3 sisters plots to look at how genotype environment and management interact to impact bean nutritional profiles.  This is part of a Food systems research center grant from USDA.

Dr. Andrea Etter

Andrea.Etter@uvm.edu

1-2 openings for Fall, any level, two semester commitment preferred: 

1. Salmonella and Campylobacter prevalence and ecology on agritourism operations (help w/sampling, enrich/culture samples for pathogens, PCR confirm)
2. Salmonella and Campylobacter prevalence in agriculture supply store chicks and backyard chicken flocks (enrich/culture samples for pathogens, PCR confirm).

Biology

(new faculty!)

Dr. Joaquin Nunez

Joaquin.Nunez@uvm.edu

2 openings for Fall:

1. Beginner level: Untangling settlement dynamics of the northern acorn barnacle.  The student will advance knowledge by quantifying the timing of metamorphosis across a cohort sample of barnacles collected from RI in 2019. The central questions underlying this project are to understand the ecological processes that drive the formation of ecological communities in intertidal ecosystems. This project requires patience, determination, and the use of microscopes.  
2. Intermediate level: Characterizing the frequencies of mutations at the metabolic gene Mannose-6-phosphate isomerase in barnacles.  The overarching goal of this project is to better understand the genes that underlie thermal adaptation in the wild.  This project requires patience, determination, and the use of PCR techniques and DNA extraction.

Reading primary literature and attending lab meetings will be required of all student researchers.

Dr. Joaquin Nunez

Joaquin.Nunez@uvm.edu

and Dr. Brent Lockwood

Brent.Lockwood@uvm.edu

Advanced level research opportunity (Juniors preferred).  The project seeks to characterize embryonic thermal tolerance in the model organism Drosophila melanogaster carrying different chromosomal inversions. This intensive project requires a minimum commitment of 10 hours per week. Other responsibilities include fruit fly husbandry, reading primary literature, and attending lab meetings.

Dr. Wai Lam

ylam@uvm.edu

2 openings for Fall, any level:

Research/Internship opportunities are available at the VBRN Proteomics Facility, where we use state-of-the-art mass spectrometry-based proteomics approaches to address biological/biomedical questions in a highly collaborative industry-like academic environment.   Interested students of any class standing who are willing to commit a minimum of 80 hrs /semester are encouraged to contact Dr. Lam or stop by the lab for a visit (Firestone Medical Research Building 143).  Details

Dev Majumdar, Ph.D.

dev.majumdar@uvm.edu