Undergraduate Research in the Belden Laboratory
Undergraduates are important and much appreciated members of the Belden lab. They assist with all of our research projects to varying degrees and sometimes complete their own projects as well. Each semester we have between 2-10 students working in the lab. If you think you might be interested in our research and would like to find out more about the possibilities of getting involved, please email Dr. Belden. Here are some of the recent undergrad superstars that have worked in the lab:
2009:
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Alan is working on the molecular ID of local trematodea. |
Christine is also working on the molecular ID of local trematodes. |
Jacqueline and Jessica helped with microbiology projects in the lab (spring 2009). |
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Sara is helping Jeni with bullfrog skin microbiota projects. |
Liddy, Annie and Jennie joined Team Muskrat. |
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2008:
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Brianna and Joanne are working on muskrats. |
Ji-yoon has helped with several projects and is examining the timing of egg hatching in multiple trematode species. |
John worked on a little bit of everything, especially helping at the cattletanks (spring, fall 2008). |
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Vanessa completed an initial survey of newt intestinal parasites (Spring 2008). |
Eric worked on a variety of projects with a focus on continuing Vanessa's newt project (spring/summer 2008). |
Chelsea sorted definitive host parasites and worked on a few other projects when she started, and is currently working on microbiology projects and developing an independent project on snails. |
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Alex worked on a stream snail project this summer in collaboration with Dr. Fred Benfield, as part of the Fralin Institue Summer Scholars program (summer 2008). |
Haleema sorted definitive host parasites (spring 2008). |
Andrew started a project looking at a parasite that uses terrestrial snails and salamanders as hosts. |
2007:
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Lauren helped with all sorts of projects on host-parasite interactions and initiated the project on the molecular identification of Virginia trematodes (Fall 2007-Spring 2009). |
Kristen completed an independent project examining the stress response in newts in relation to water quality of ponds (Fall 2007-Summer 2008). |
Nichole helped out with everything and also completed an independent project examining UV-B effects on amphibian embryos (Fall 2007-Summer 2008). |
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Ashlee assisted with all sorts of parasite projects, especially definitive host surveys (Fall 2007-Spring 2008). |
Kim was kidnapped from the Moore lab and helped Kristen with the newt project (Spring/Summer/Fall 2007). |
Sara mainly worked on parasite projects, including the coyote heartworm project that we did with Dr. Zajac in the Vet School (Fall 2007-Spring 2009). |
2006:
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Tyler tried to figure out which local trematodes would infect amphibians. He also helped out with late-night frog catching trips (Summer 2006).
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Devin volunteered in the lab and helped out with all of the projects that the graduate students were doing (Summer 2006).
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Beth did an independent study on Careers in Biology as well as helping out in the lab. She continued to volunteer during the summer (Spring/Summer 2006). |
2005:
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Amrita worked on a project in collaboration with Dr. Jill Sible, examining variation in the regulation of embryonic development in different amphibian species (2005 - 2006).
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Meghann completed an independent project examining how trematode infection in tadpoles varies with distance from a source of trematode cercariae (MAOP intern, Summer 2005).
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Kamran helped out on all of the projects during the summer. Here he is making friends witha box turtle on one of the field excursions (Summer 2005). |
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