ALLURE: Applied Learning Lab for Undergraduate Research Excellence
Research supervisors:
- Dr. Kimberley Dej
- Dr. Rosa da Silva
- Dr. Chad Harvey
Funding provided by:
- Forward with Integrity
- Academic Science Fund
- MIIETL (formerly CLL) Teaching and Learning Grants
Equipment provided by the Department of Biology
Collaborative Undergraduate research projects:
From 2006 to 2012, 54 undergraduate students completed collaborative undergraduate research projects supervised by Dr. Kimberley Dej. These projects were carried out in dedicated undergraduate space in LSB and BSB. These projects included:
- Project 1: Mapping cell cycle mutations in D.melanogaster. (K. Dej)
- Project 2: Recombination mapping of EMS-generated mutations (K. Dej, R. Jacobs)
- Project 3: Female sterility in D.melanogaster (K. Dej, R. Singh)
- Project 4: Nematode Diversity Project (K. Dej, B. Gupta)
The undergraduate research space settled in Burke Science Building in Summer 2013
2013 to 2014 (BSB207)
- Project: Nematode Diversity Project (9 thesis students) (K. Dej, B. Gupta)
2014 to 2015 (BSB201 – ALLURE)
- Project: Nematode Diversity Project (9 thesis and project students) (K. Dej, B. Gupta)
2015 to 2016 (BSB201 – ALLURE)
- Project 1: Stinkbug project (R. da Silva)
- Project 2: Nematode Diversity Project (K. Dej, B. Gupta)
- Project 3: Mapping cell cycle mutations in D.melanogaster. (K.Dej)
Kimberley J. Dej, PhD 