Colby Semester/Interns

Jack W. Freeman (Senior Colby College)

• Year: 2021
• Project: Expressing SARS-CoV-2 genes in Perkinsus marinus

María José Orellana Rosales (Southern Maine Community College)

• Year: 2020-2021
• Project: Molecular and cellular methods in Perkinsus marinus, yeast, and bacteria

Katherine Callahan (Mt. Ararat High School)

• Year: 2019
• Project: Molecular and cellular methods in Perkinsus marinus

Kiara S. Reed (Senior Colby College)

• Year: 2019
• Project: Development and validation of gene delivery methods for Crassostrea virginica (Eastern oyster)
• Papers: Tracy, A. N., et al. (2020). "Genome to phenome tools: In vivo and in vitro transfection of Crassostrea virginica hemocytes." Fish Shellfish Immunol 103: 438-441.

Asha Virmani Sidhu

• Year: 2019
• Project: Development of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing methodology for the marine protozoan Perkinsus marinus
• Papers: Yadavalli, R., Umeda, K., Waugh, H.A., Tracy, A.N., Sidhu, A.V., Hernández, D.E., Fernández Robledo, J.A., 2021. CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein-based genome editing methodology in the marine protozoan parasite Perkinsus marinus. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 9, 238.

Derek E. Hernández

• Year: 2019
• Project: Optimization of heterologous expression in Perkinsus marinus for subcellular targeting using pPmMOE1[MOE]:GFP
• Papers: Yadavalli, R., Umeda, K., Waugh, H.A., Tracy, A.N., Sidhu, A.V., Hernández, D.E., Fernández Robledo, J.A., 2021. CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein-based genome editing methodology in the marine protozoan parasite Perkinsus marinus. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 9, 238.

Adrienne N. Tracy, Colby College (See above REU 2019)

• Year: 2018

Duncan B. Coles

• Year: 2017
• Project: Developing a genetic system for Crypthecodinium cohnii
• Papers: Faktorova, D., et al. (2020). "Genetic tool development in marine protists: emerging model organisms for experimental cell biology." Nat Methods. 17(5): 481-494.

Eleanor Louise Irish

• Year: 2016
• Project: Protozoan and bacterial pathogens in waters from the Damariscotta River Estuary
• Honors Thesis, Department of Chemistry: Protozoan and Bacterial Pathogens in Waters from the Damariscotta River Estuary, 2016

Afia Asantewaa Obeng

• Year: 2015
• Project: Exploring new tools for expressing genes of Plasmodium spp. in Perkinsus marinus