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ReBUILDetroit scholars from University of Detroit Mercy in the first-year Sea-Phage biology course successfully identified and DNA sequence a bacteria phage which is now listed in the GenBank. Congratulations to ReBUILDetroit scholars Jasmina Cunmulaj, Emily Gorkiewicz, Christina Jones, Madeleine Reardon, Victoria Torres and Kathrine Yacco along with classmates Danielle Maxwell, P. Patel, John Sherwood.
Nearly 70 posters were presented during the 2nd annual ReBUILDetroit Summer Research Poster Session at Wayne State University on July 19. The undergraduate poster session was the culmination of the 8-week Summer Research Experience for scholars in cohorts 2015 and 2016. Hear what scholars have to say about the research and experience this summer: Yuyi Read More …
Can honeybees determine a rule from a pattern? This was the summer research project that ReBUILDetroit scholars, Alex Rogers from University of Detroit Mercy and Shyra Northington from Marygrove College investigated with their Marygrove mentor, Dr. Karen Doyle. “We created a maze that had three choices for them to choose a turn,” said Rogers. “The Read More …
Sonny Tang, ReBUILDetroit scholar from Wayne State University, spent his summer counting a lot of flies while investigating the genetic and biochemical interactions between two genes. Tang spent his 8-week Summer Research Experience in the Biology lab with mentor Dr. Lori Pile. “ReBUILDetroit taught me so much about research,” said Tang. “It’s a lot of Read More …
Da’Jonae Foster spent her summer research experience correlating social behaviors with cognitive abilities from childhood to early adulthood. “We had 109 participants from 5 to 20 years old,” said Foster. “With the scores that we got from the questionnaires and cognitive ability test, we looked at their correlation.” Foster is grateful to her Wayne State Read More …
Yuyi Li, ReBUILDetroit scholar from University of Detroit Mercy and his Wayne State University mentor, Dr. Chaoyang Chen, developed an exoskeleton to help people with lower limb weakness or paralysis. “We wanted to approach this by making an exoskeleton,” said Li. “An exoskeleton is a type of robot whose limbs match with the limbs of Read More …
University of Detroit Mercy scholar created sterile cultures of duckweed during her 8-week ReBUILDetroit Summer Research Experience. She anticipates sending her samples for DNA barcoding. The scholar worked with her mentor Dr. Stokes Baker and presented, “The Effects of Bacterial Colonization on Nutrient Absorption in Giant Duckweed (Spirodela Polyrhiza).” The ReBUILDetroit experience provided an opportunity Read More …
Scholars presented their research
As part of their Summer Enrichment Program, cohort 2017 ReBUILDetroit scholars from Marygrove College, University of Detroit Mercy and Wayne State University spent a day working at D-Town Farms, the largest urban farm in the United States. The Farm occupies seven acres growing more than 30 different fruits and vegetables on Detroit’s westside. Additionally, the Read More …
Chief Medical Officer presents