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Natalea Branden
USC
Undergraduate
Work-study -
Caron Lab
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Natalea was
a work study
in the lab
during the
spring of
2002. She
performed
various lab
duties
including
helping to
maintain the
temperate
culture
collection.
She is
currently in
pharmacy
school at
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Erin Cooper
USC
Undergraduate
Volunteer -
Caron Lab
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Erin was a volunteer student in the lab from the fall of 1999 to the spring of 2001. She completed a project examining mixotrophy by the heterotrophic flagellate Pedinella. Erin won the USC SCynergy Award in 2001. Erin is currently a graduate student in larval biology at the University of Oregon. |
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Matt Travao
USC Research
Technician -
Caron Lab
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Matt was a
research
technician in
the lab from
June 2002 to
March 2004. He
was involved in the isolation, cloning and sequencing of 18S rRNA gene from environmental samples. He was interested in learning more about marine protistan communities and gaining a broader understanding of molecular biology techniques and their role in marine ecology.
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Dr.
Mark Brown
Post-doctoral
Fellow, USC Microbial
Observatory
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[at]
tasmail
[dot] com
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Aaron
Guggenheim
NSF
Research
Experiences for
Undergrads
Program
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213-740-5759
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Matt
Carruthers Summer
Research Volunteer
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Scott
Stephenson
Summer
Research
Volunteer
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213-740-5759
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George
Holman
USC
Undergraduate
Special Topics
Students
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213-740-5759
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Carlos
Teuscher
USC
Undergraduate
Special Topics
Students
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213-740-5759
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Heidi
McWhorter
USC
Undergraduate
work-study
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Erica
Brauer
USC
Undergraduate
Volunteer -
Caron Lab
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worked
with our
temperate
protistan
culture
collection,
preparing
culture
media as
well as
maintaining
and
transferring
cultures
on a
monthly
basis.
Additional
work
included
single-cell
picking
and
isolation
from the
USC
Microbial
Observatory
plankton
tow
samples
for direct
lysis and
subsequent
amplification
by PCR.
The
molecular
work
included
general
PCR
amplification
of the 18S
rRNA genes
from
environmental
DNA
samples
and
electrophoresis
of PCR
products
on agarose
gels.
Erica
spent the
spring
2004
semester
on Santa
Catalina
Island as
part of
USC’s
Catalina
Semester
at the
Wrigley
Marine
Science
Center. |
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Patrick
Vigil
USC
Honors Thesis
Candidate -
Caron Lab
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has been
working in
the Caron
lab since
the fall
of 2003 on
numerous
aspects of
the USC
Microbial
Observatory
research
project.
In
addition
to his
work on
the
Microbial
Observatory
project
Patrick
has worked
on an
individual
directed
research
project
studying
the
ecology of
the
smallest
known
eukaryote,
Ostreococcus.
In the
course of
this work
he has
gained
proficiency
in
standard
techniques
used in
the Caron
lab
including;
culturing
of
protistan
isolates,
flow
cytometry
based
counting
of
protistan
cultures
and
molecular
techniques
including
DNA
isolation/purification,
PCR,
electrophoresis
and both
fragment
analysis
(T-RFLP)
and
cloning/sequencing
of PCR-amplified
genes.
Patrick
was
recently
awarded
the Okin
Scholarship
by the
Department
of
Biological
Sciences
at USC for
his
outstanding
work in
both the
lab and
the
classroom.
Patrick’s
future
career
goal is to
enroll in
a MD/PhD
program. |
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Ximena
Hernandez
Lab
Manager - Fuhrman
Lab
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xhernand
[at] usc
[dot] edu
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