Summer 2016 was the inaugural year of the Bee-INSPIRED summer program at GT. Participants conducted research at Georgia Tech and worked with urban agriculture initiatives around metro Atlanta for 10 weeks. We had a great summer!
Participants
Terri Alexander
Biology, UGA
Mentor: David Hu
Research Poster Title: Effect of Pollenkitt in honeybee grooming
Aaron Johnson
Biology, Savannah State
Mentor: Inga Schmidt-Krey
Research Poster Title: Structural Studies of LTC4S Protein
Michael Ngahane
Electrical Engineering, Jackson State (Mississippi)
Mentor: Tom Collins
Research Poster Title: High-speed sensing of bees
Dilani Patel
Biology, University of Alabama Birmingham
Mentor: Joe Mendleson
Research Poster Title: Dominance Among Captive Non-Breeding Female African Elephants (Loxodonta africana)
Jonathan Pennie
Neuroscience, Georgia State University
Mentor: Joe Brown
Research Poster Title: Environmental Enteric Dysfunction and Concentration by Age and Gender
Deborah Postma
Psychology, UGA
Mentor: Annalise Paaby
Research Poster Title: Identification of local Caenorhabditis species
Hannah Smith
Biology, Middle Georgia State University/UGA
Mentor: Julia Kubanek
Research Poster Title: Antibiotic molecules in geographically distinct honeys
Valerie Washington
Industrial Engineering, Kennesaw
Mentor: Bistra Dilkina
Research Poster Title: Impact of Climate Change on Bee Habitats
Martine Williams
Biology, Spelman College
Mentor: Yuhong Fan
Research Poster Title: Investigation of Histone H3 Methylations of the Honeybee
Martine Williams
Civil Engineering, Kennesaw State
Mentor: Bistra Dilkina
Research Poster Title:Impact of Climate Change on Bee Habitats
Story map of climate change project
Thank you to our program partners:
Atlanta Community Food Bank Community Gardens Project
Emory Urban Health Initiative
Global Growers
GT-CEISMC
Historic Westside Gardens
Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture
And our funding sponsor:
And our amazing service program coordinator Brooke Vacovsky!
