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Biography of some MIRT Graduates

Stephanie Bingham
Entering freshman, August 1993
MIRT trainee, June - August 1996

Pre-Training at Barry: On-campus research: Short-term effects of ethanol on fetal nerve cells, (MBRS Research Assistant, 1995-1997; Off-campus summer internship: MBRS Enrichment 1995, University of Florida, The Whitney Laboratory - protein isolation of carbonic anhydrase from the clearnose snake, Raja eglantera. 

Training at Foreign Site: Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia, Argentina, June - August 1996. Sleep cycles of apnea-eupnea in the Southern elephant seal yearling, Mirounga leonina.

Post-Training at Barry: Research Placement: Effects of ethanol on fetal nerve cells (MBRS Research Assistant, 1995-1997).

Presentations at Seminar Series: Sep. 1996, Nov. 1995, April 1997. 

Presentations at Scientific Meetings: Florida Academy of Sciences 61st Annual Meeting, Punta Gorda, FL, March 13-15, 1997; National Minority Research Symposium, Miami, FL, Nov 13 - 17, 1996; The 1995 NIGMS National Minority Research Symposium, Washington, DC, October 11-15, 1995. 

Abstract Publications: Florida Scientist, 1997, Vol. 60, Suppl. 1, p. 12-13; National Minority Research Symposium, Miami, FL, Nov. 13-17, 1996, Abstract A32, p10; The 1995 NIGMS National Minority Symposium, Washington, DC, Oct. 11-15, 1995, Abstract D24, p62.

Current Status: PhD Neuroscience, Fall 1997, University of Missouri - Columbia; Thurgood Marshall Graduate Fellow (1997); NSF Minority Graduate Education Fellowship(1998). 


Alberto Silva
Entering junior, January 1994 
MIRT Trainee, June - August 1996 

Pre-Training at Barry: On-campus research: effect of growth factors on primary septal neurons (MBRS Research Assistant, 1994-1997).

Training at Foreign Site: Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia, Argentina, June - August 1996. Abnormalities in occlusal surface wear and enamel integrity in Tehuelche dentition. 

Post-Training at Barry: Research Placement: Effect of growth factors on primary septal nerves (MBRS Research Assistant,1994-1997).

Presentations at Seminar Series: April 1995; Sep. 1996; April 1997.

Presentations at Scientific Meetings: National Minority Research Symposium, Miami, FL, November 13-17, 1996; The 1995 NIGMS Minority Programs Research Symposium, Washington, DC, October 11-15, 1995; National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Austin, TX, April 23-27, 1997; NSF National Conference on Diversity in the Scientific and Technological Workforce, Washington, DC, Sep. 21-23, 1995.

Refereed Publications: Alberto Silva, Jeremy Montague, Tomas Lopez and Laura Mudd - Brain Research Bulletin, 5 (1):35-42, 1999. Silva, Alberto; Dahinten, Silvia. 1997. Abnormalities in occlusal surface wear and enamel integrity in Tehuelche Dentition. Proceedings - NCUR X1 p. 1224-1228.

Current Status: University of Florida, College of Dentistry (Fall 1997); recipient of Retired Uniform Officer Scholarship (1999). 


Kisha Morgan
Entering freshman, August 1991
MIRT Trainee, May - July, 1994

Pre-Training at Barry: On-campus research: Mathematical modeling of AIDS cases in South Florida, (MBRS Enrichment, 1993); D-Aspartate in cartilage (MBRS Research Assistant, 1994-1995).

Training at Foreign Site: University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica - Synthesis and bioassay of novel tetracyclic salts from analogs of aminopropyl.

Post-Training at Barry: Research Placement: D-Aspartate in Cartilage; (MBRS Research Assistant, 1994-1995).

Presentations at Seminar Series: October 1993; September 1994; April 1995.

Presentations at Scientific Meetings: National Minority Research Symposium, Hilton Head, SC, December 14-18, 1994; IV ULAM Mathematics Conference, West Palm Beach, FL, March 10, 1993; MAA Gold Coast Conference, Palm Beach, FL, January 22, 1993.

Refereed Publication: M.F. Williams, L.A.D. Williams, F.A. Redway, K. Morgan, Y.A. Jackson. 1998. Insecticidal properties of some Amidobenzofurans and their analogues, Pesticide Science, 53, 241.

Current Status: Resident (PGY2), Jackson Memorial Hospital. Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC 1995-1999.


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