Current Lab Members
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Amanda Patti (2008-Present) is an undergraduate conducting taxonomic and ecological research on the symbiotic annelid, Chaetogaster (Oligochaeta, see poster). She is also working on the description of a new species of photosynthetic ciliate that inhabits freshwater snails in Massachusetts (see poster). Amanda recently presented the results of the annelid research at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology in Boston, MA (2009). See the poster presentation. |
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Adele Hochberg (2009-Present) is an undergraduate performing research on larval metamorphosis of the sessile rotifer, Stephanoceros fimbriatus. She will be presenting her research at the 2010 SICB meeting. |
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Alaina Puleo and Steve O'Brien (2008) conducted research on the development and metamorphosis of the sessile rotifer, Acyclus inquietus. They presented their research at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology in Boston, MA in January 2009. See the poster. |
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Past Laboratory Members |
Research and Current Positions |
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George Tjionas (2008) assisted with some research on the organization of the muscular systems of intramolluscan stages of trematode larvae. This research was presented at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology in Boston, MA in January 2009 (See 2009 SICB poster). He is currently enjoying himself at a medical school somewhere in the Caribbean. |
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Ryan Brown (2006-2008) performed research on the muscular systems of several species of sessile rotifers (see 2008 SICB poster). He is now a M.S. Zoology student in the laboratory of Dr. David Berlinksy in the Zoology program at the University of New Hampshire. |
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Cindy Fonseca (2006-2008) performed research on the tardigrade muscular system. She is now a Ph.D. student in the Pharmacology program at the University of Vermont. |
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Graham Lilley (2006-2008) worked on the morphology of the colonial rotifer, Sinantherina socialis, using scanning electron microscopy (see 2008 SICB Poster). He is now a Ph.D. student in the Cellular and Molecular Biology program at the University of Vermont. |
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Dr. Ozlem Ablak Gurbuz (2006-2007) performed research on the functional morphology of planktonic rotifers (see the Publications). She is now back in her native Turkey where she teaches and works in fisheries research. |
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Scott Ritter (shown), Ashley Bradford, Brian Lee and Julie Vining of Westford Academy High School helped identify and sort planktonic rotifers for some basic morphological research (2006-2007). |