Distilling Research Projects into Graphical Abstracts: Interactive Training During a Summer Research Fellowship

Mathematics summer schools for acoustics research training.

Mathematical methods are important for research in many aspects of acoustics. Most researchers in acoustics in the United Kingdom do not have access to master level courses to broaden their postgraduate study, so they advance their fundamental mathematical methodologies taught at undergraduate level through independent learning. They develop their mathematical skills as appropriate rather than ...

Student-Faculty Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Research Synopsis: Complement Resistance in <i>Bartonella</i> Species

Of the 31 validated species in the genus Bartonella, 11 are agents of serious infectious diseases of humans, among them Carrión’s disease, trench fever, cat-scratch disease, and bacillary angiomatosis. Bartonella are extremely widespread, having been found in virtually every type of mammal surveyed. As facultative intracellular parasites employing hemotrophy (infection of red blood cells), the ...

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Young Scientists Summer Program 2007 Seven Research Projects

Goal To investigate the evolution and stability of mutualistic interactions based on changing interaction topologies, spatially heterogeneous habitats, asymmetries in partner numbers, and processes of partner fidelity and partner choice. Numerous effects sustaining cooperation have been identified since the very first models of cooperation and mutualistic interactions were published. In particu...

Young Scientists Summer Program 2008 Six Research Projects

Goal To estimate probabilistic maturation reaction norms (PMRNs) for age and size at maturation of chum salmon in South Korea. It has long been realized that the proportion of mature fish at any given age and size affects a stock's population dynamics and thus influences the potential yield that can be extracted from the stock. It is thus important to disentangle the environmental and evolution...