PINC Summer Program 2020

Overall, the 2020 PINC Summer Program was a success! Unlike previous years, the 2020 PSP was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In Zoom meetings, participants were able to learn R programming and implement their coding skills into a group research project. These projects were presented at the virtual Summer Research Symposium.

2021 PINC Summer Program Projects:

• “Investigation of the Complexity of Songbird’s Songs and its Correlation to Their Brain Parts” with faculty advisor Dr. Alejandro Velez Melendez
• “The Great Sunflower Project” with faculty advisor Dr Gretchen LeBuhn
• “Statistical Analysis of Ocean Acidification” with faculty advisor Dr. Nicole Adelstein
• “The Tracing of Patient’s Classifications in Breast Cancer: Understanding Associations with Tumor Gene Expression” with faculty advisor Dr. Nicole Salazar-Velmeshev
• “Exploring Police Budget and Police Violence” with faculty advisor Dr. Rori Rohlfs

Thanks to the participants, near-peer mentors, and faculty for taking part in PSP 2020!

Personnel

Biology faculty organizers: Pleuni Pennings and Rori Rohlfs
Chemistry faculty organizer: Nicole Adelstein
Faculty team leaders: Nicole Adelstein, Gretchen LeBuhn, Rori Rohlfs, Nicole Salazar Velmeshev, and Alejandro Veléz Meléndez
Near-peer mentor advisor: Torey Jacques
Near-peer mentors: Oskar Garcia, Andrea Guevara-Castro, Kaila Gemenes, Clarence Olero, Valdemar Puente Gonzalez