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Colby Stone
Undergraduate Lab Technician |
My name is Colby Stone. I’m from Bullard, Texas and have lived in East Texas my entire life. After high school, I earned an Associate Degree of Applied Science in Respiratory Care and began working at one of the main hospitals in Tyler. It was during this time that I realized I wanted to be more involved in the overall care of the patients I was helping care for and decided to head back to school. I’m currently pursuing my Bachelor of Science degree in biology with a minor in biochemistry with hopes to get into medical school or a physician assistant program. So what am I doing in the ant symbiosis lab? Though my passion is healthcare and medicine, I couldn’t turn down the opportunity to get involved in the ant symbiosis lab and learn more about ant-fungal relationships, while at the same time obtaining invaluable laboratory skills used in scientific research. Presently, I am assisting Dr. Kellner on a project in which the population genetics of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex comanche, is being studied using microsatellite comparison.
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alumni
Graduate Students
Sarah Senula, graduated Spring 2019
Thesis: "Species distribution modeling and cold-tolerance of a fungus-farming ant symbiosis"
Rachel Romo, graduated Spring 2018
Thesis: "Mating frequencies and ecological modeling of harvester ant: Pogonomyrmex comanche"
Thesis: "Species distribution modeling and cold-tolerance of a fungus-farming ant symbiosis"
Rachel Romo, graduated Spring 2018
Thesis: "Mating frequencies and ecological modeling of harvester ant: Pogonomyrmex comanche"