Securing Our Food: A Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship at Virginia Tech 2017-2025
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2018 Virginia Tech REEL Fellows

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Fellow                                         Mentors                                                     Fellow's Home Institution
Hunter Aliff                                  M.A. Saghai-Maroof & R. Arancibia      West Virginia State University
    Project: Gene mapping of soybeans and biochemical responses to stress in potato

Malia Bauder                                G. Gillaspy & J. Owen                             Oregon State University
     Project: Can we create a plant to remove excess phosphate from soil and water?

Cassandra Bush                            B. Zhang & J. Samtani                            Norfolk State University
     Project: Nutrient effects on fruit quality and yield of two new blackberry cultivars

Elle Cornman                                G. Pilot & L. Strawn                               Virginia Tech
     Project: Microbes - Friend and Foe

Zahria Duncan                              B. Scharf & M. Reiter                             Tuskegee University
     Project: Alfalfa production recommendations - use of biocontrols and poultry litter ash

Casey Gregory                              D. Tholl & M. Balota                               Pennsylvania State University
     Project: Molecular and physiological responses to nitrogen stress in Seteria viridis and Sorghum bicolor

Chase Mullins                               A. Stevens & H. Mehl                              Virginia Tech
     Project: Utilization of reverse genetics and fungicide sensitivity assays to study pathogens of two agronomic
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Alexander Varaksa                        J. McDowell & H. Mehl                           Norfolk State University
     Project: Quantification of Fusarium transmission to corn via stinkbug feeding using species-specific PCR


The VT-REEL program started on May 21, 2018 with an all-day orientation (lunch provided), followed by a lab tour in Latham Hall. Other program-affiliated events included: a Memorial Day cook-out, hike to Cascade Falls, and tubing on the New River. The gallery below provides highlights of the summer.

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The Gillaspy Lab describes their work on the Latham Hall tour. Day 1 of VT-REEL summer 2018!
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Communicating Science and Biotechnology workshop. Thanks to Hen and Dr. Grabau
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Playing Jenga at the VT-REEL/School of Plant Sciences Memorial Day picnic
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A VT-REEL fellow prepping PCR samples.
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Dr. Frame discussing cotton production during the AREC tour.
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VT-REEL fellows at a local carnival on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
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Some of the 2018 VT-REEL cohort at the annual peanut meeting.
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A VT-REEL fellow learning how to drive a tractor at the AREC.
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A VT-REEL fellow explains her research to biochemistry personnel.
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