Former Members
Lisa Golebiewski, B.S., Rochester Institute of Technology
Project: Summer 2003 (Marine Science Undergraduate Research Fellowship). Characterization of Vibrio spp. associated with shrimp larvae from aquaculture ponds
At Present: pursuing Ph.D. in Molecular Virology and Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine
email: golebiew@bcm.tmc.edu
phone: 713-798-7441
Summer Interns
Stephanie Stotts, B.S., Baker University
Project: Summer 2004 (Marine Science Undergraduate Research Fellowship). Identification of virulence factors in Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from seawater
Citation: Stotts S, Nigro O, Fowler TL, Fujioka RS, Steward GF (2005) Virulence and antibiotic resistance gene combinations among Staphylococcus aureus isolates from coastal waters of Oahu, Hawaii. Journal of Young Investigators 12:<http://www.jyi.org/research/re.php?id=148>
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Michael Workman, B.S., Ohio University
Project: Summer 2005 (Marine Science Undergraduate Research Fellowship).
Identification of prophages in Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from seawater
Citation: Workman M, Nigro OD, Steward GF (2006) Identification of prophages in coastal water isolates of Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Young Investigators 15 <www.jyi.org/research/re.php?id=844>
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Alexander Marckscheffel, Hannover Germany
Project: Fall 2005. Detection of inducible of prophages in environmental isolates of Staphylococcus aureus
Talisa DeCarlo, Punahou High School
Project: Summer 2007 PRCMB intern. Detection of inducible of prophages in isolates of Vibrio vulnificus
At Present: undergraduate at University of Pennsylvania
Brenda Asuncion, B.A. Occidental College
Project: Summer 2007 C-MORE intern through University of Hawaii Hawaiian Internship Program. Genetic diversity of algal viruses
Citation: Culley AI, Asuncion B, Steward GF (in review) Detection of inteins among diverse DNA polymerase genes of uncultivated members of the Phycodnaviridae
At present: Graduate student at Hawaii Pacific University
Corelle Nakamura, Mills College
Project: Summer 2008 C-MORE intern through University of Hawaii Hawaiian Internship Program. Screening healthy and diseased coral for viruses
At present: Junior at Mills College