Summer 2016

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!

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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)

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