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"In
research, as in life, you sometimes have to kiss a lot of toads before
finding your prince." -
Jen Maloney
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 On
behalf of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
Research Training Program Class of '03:
You're
invited to join the second annual Virtual Poster Session by visiting
this web site. Session opens:
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* * Thursday* * *
24 July 2003
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Select
a Poster to View
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Post
a Message
Welcome
to the Research Training Program Virtual Poster Session! Posters were
available for viewing beginning Thursday, 24 July 2003. Please
check out the on-line message
board where our RTP interns will respond to the questions and
comments you post!
Browse
through the descriptives at your leisure by clicking on the poster thumbnails.
We also have poster presentations from some of our other Smithsonian interns
posted here.
- To
learn more about the students, select the "summary"
option.
- To
review a general audience abstract of the research project and view
a photo of the research team, select the "abstract"
option.
- To
learn more about the Research Training Program and the Class
or '03, visit some of our other web sites.
Research
Presentations from Systematic Biology
BOTANY
Abigail Moore
Research
Experiences for Undergraduates
"The
delimitation of Viguiera pazensi and V. procumbens
(Asteraceae)"
Poster
Abstract
/ Summary
Letter
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BOTANY
Michael
Marchizza
Research
Experiences for Teachers
"Genetic
Variation In Genus Magnolia Using Chloroplast Gene Spacer Sequences"
Poster
Abstract
/ Summary
Letter
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ENTOMOLOGY
Stephanie
Johnson
Research
Experiences for Undergraduates
"Cyphomyrmex
longiscapus Weber one fungus ant species or many?"
Poster
Abstract
/ Summary
Letter
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ENTOMOLOGY
Sebastian
Patino
Research
Assistantships for Minority High School Students
"Databasing
Moth Genitalia Facts"
Poster
Abstract
/ Summary
Letter
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VERTEBRATE
ZOOLOGY
FISHES
Amanda Cass
Research
Experiences for Undergraduates
"A
preliminary survey of the dorsal gill arches of flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes)
and an examination of potential phylogenetic consequences"
Poster
Abstract
/ Summary
Letter
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VERTEBRATE
ZOOLOGY
MAMMALS
Miguel
Fernandez
Research
Experiences for Undergraduates
"Testing
a predictive model of amphibian distributions for Bolivia"
Poster
Abstract
/ Summary
Letter
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VERTEBRATE
ZOOLOGY
AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES
Raul
Diaz
Research
Experiences for Undergraduates
"Phylogenetic
relationships among corytophanine iguanid lizards inferred from
morphological characters"
Poster
Abstract
/ Summary
Letter
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Research
Presentations from Paleobiology
PALEOBIOLOGY
Nancy
Price
Research
Experiences for Undergraduates
"Planktonic
Foraminiferal Turnover and Paleoceanographic Change Across the
Aptian-Albian Boundary in the Subtropical North Atlantic"
Poster
Abstract
/ Summary
Letter
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PALEOBIOLOGY
Clemontene
Rountree
Research
Experiences for Teachers
"Ecology
and biodiversity of the Montastraea “annularis”
reef coral species complex "
Poster
Abstract
/ Summary
Letter
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Research
Presentations from Geology & Mineral Science
MINERAL SCIENCE
& GEOLOGY
Jocelynn Johnson
Research
Experiences for Undergraduates
"A
Microchemical Investigation of Fossilized Wood: Biological Preservation
and the Influence of Mineralization"
Poster
Abstract
/ Summary
Letter
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MINERAL
SCIENCE & GEOLOGY
Jennifer
Maloney
Research
Experiences for Undergraduates
"Cathodoluminescence
Study of Feldspars from the Black Mountain Pegmatite, Maine"
Poster
Abstract
/ Summary
Letter
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MINERAL SCIENCES
& GEOLOGY
Brittany
Meagher
Research
Experiences for Undergraduates
"Volatiles
in Sea-Floor Volcanic Glasses South of Iceland"
Poster
Abstract
/ Summary
Letter
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Research
Presentations from Anthroplogy
ANTHROPOLOGY
Skye
Chang
Research
Experiences for Undergraduates
"Lost
and Found: Forensic Analysis of an 1862 Cast Iron Coffin"
Poster
Abstract
/ Summary
Letter
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ANTHROPOLOGY
Dalia
Palchik
Research
Experiences for Undergraduates
"A
Short Case Study of Key Issues Surrounding Gender and Economics
in Mali as Observed Through the 2003 Smithsonian Folklife Festival"
Poster
Abstract
/ Summary
Letter
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ANTHROPOLOGY
Danielle
Royer
Research
Experiences for Undergraduates
"The
Spatial Distribution of Early Human Tool-Making Activities One
Million Years Ago in the Southern Rift Valley of Kenya"
Poster
Abstract
/ Summary
Letter
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ANTHROPOLOGY
Toccarra
Thomas
Research
Experiences for Undergraduates
"Musicianship
in Modern Mali: social and political influences"
Poster
Abstract
/ Summary
Letter
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ANTHROPOLOGY
Elizabeth
Bollwerk
Notre
Dame Internship Program in Anthropology
"Picking
Out the Pueblos: A Documentation Investigation"
Poster
Abstract
/ Summary
Letter
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ANTHROPOLOGY
Lesley
Gregoricka
Notre
Dame Internship Program in Anthropology
"CSI
Sheep: Skeletal Reconstruction and Demographic Analysis"
Poster
Abstract
/ Summary
Letter
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ANTHROPOLOGY
Nicole
Whiteclay
Research
Assistantships for Minority High School Students
"Theoretical
Documentation of Pretty Eagle"
Poster
Abstract
/ Summary
Letter
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Soo-Yin
Lim-Thompson
Research
Opportunities Award
"Smithsonian
Outreach: Science Resources for Teachers"
Poster
Abstract
/ Summary
Letter
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Research
Presentations from Other Smithsonian Interns
Here
are poster presentations from some of our other academic appointments.
For a complete listing of interns at the Museum in 2003, visit our web
posting at: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/rtp/other_opps/intern/interns03.html
Poster
Presentations from
Smithsonian Minority Internship Program
ANTHROPOLOGY
Suzanne Ii
Minority
Internship Program
"Sexual
Dimorphism of the Distal Humerus"
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ANTHROPOLOGY
Nicole Truesdell
Minority
Internship Program
"Nonmetric
Racing of the Skull in Blacks and Whites"
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ANTHROPOLOGY
Maia Truesdale
Minority
Internship Program
"The
Presence of Spina bifida on Human Skeletal Remains"
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Poster
Presentations from
Natural History Internship Program
PALEOBIOLOGY
Andrew Miller
"The
Flora of the Waggoner Ranch Formation, Permian of Texas"
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ENTOMOLOGY
Steve Davis
"Preliminary
Results of a systematic Revision of the Cossulinae of Costa Rica."
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VERTEBRATE
ZOOLOGY
BIRDS
Hilary Turner
"Ornithology:
A Museum Perspective"
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INVERTEBRATE
ZOOLOGY
Tristan Carland
"Nemertean
Research – Heads or Tails"
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 Meanwhile,
at the Museum . . .
The
on-site poster session was held in the Smithsonian's National Museum
of Natural History, Second Floor Rotunda (balcony above the elephant).
The viewing for the public was Wednesday, 30 July 2003.
A special session for staff and professional colleagues was held on
Thursday, 31 July 2003 from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
For
a live view from the rotunda, click HERE.
The
virtual posters provide a glimpse into the research activities of
the students and teachers conducting research behind-the-scenes at
Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. To learn more about
the Research Training Program, and especially the RTP Class of '03,
visit some of our other web sites:
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