Undergraduates Wrap Up an MBL Summer with Successful Poster Session

Looking ahead to a new academic year starting in late September, several University of Chicago students recently flew home after a summer at the MBL. Before leaving, they shared the knowledge they had gained during their Metcalf Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) at a well-attended poster session in Swope Center.

Each student had spent twelve weeks in the lab of an MBL scientist who provided mentoring on a research project. Several of the students partnered on their research with an REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) student from another university.

“Twelve weeks is a long time; we managed to accomplish a lot,” said Associate Scientist Linda Amaral Zettler, who mentored Metcalf SURF student Irene Zhang and REU student Louise Barias of Dartmouth College. “Irene was exposed to all the major analyses in my lab. She has those skills under her belt now, which will really help her if she moves on in the field.”