STUDENTS IN GYURE LAB:

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

Kristy Garren, Biology Department Senior Research

WISTR Teacher-in-Training Fellow

A Study of Bacterial Communities Associated with Podostemacea Biofilms

Laura Telman, Independent Student Research

Isolation and Identification of Bacteria from Mercury-Contaminated Soil

 

GRADUATE RESEARCH

Annika Castaneda, Master's Degree Student

EPILITHIC BACTERIAL BIOFILM COMMUNITY  ASSOCIATED WITH RIVERWEED (PODOSTEMACEAE) ATTACHMENT TO ROCKS IN WATERFALLS

WISTR FELLOWS (Western Institute for Science Teacher Research)

Mr. Cory Slifstein
E.C. Adams Middle School, Guilford, CT

"Microbes and Food Preservation"
 

 

Ms. Megen Groski
Ross Woodward School, New Haven, CT

"Importance of Microbes and Their Role in the Nitrogen Cycle"

 

Ms. Sylvia Agosto
After School Enrichment Program, New Britain, CT

"Which Fish Organ Has the Greatest Concentration of Mercury?"

Deborah James and Linda Romonosky
Ms. Deborah James
Betsy Ross Middle School, New Haven, CT

"Integrating Principles of Biomagnification into the Long Island Sound Curriculum"

Ms. Linda Romonosky
Nathan Hale Middle School, Norwalk, CT

"Pollution and the Long Island Sound Ecosystem"

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT (WISTR collaboration with teacher Mr. Frank LaBanca, Newtown High School) Spring 2007

"The Bacterial Degradation of PCBs using Pseudomonas Stimulated by Inoculated BioSep Beads"

Newtown Bee: Cutting Edge Research at Newtown High School

Maricate Conlon, Senior, Newtown High School

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT (Siemens Competition Candidate)

Elise Parker, New Fairfield High School

"The bioremediation of mercury via the combined use of anaerobic and aerobic bacteria in soil microcosms"