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Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Program fuels interest in scholarly research

Misericordia University biology major, capitalized on her labo-
major conducts biophysics ratory experiences in the paid
research in Bordeaux, France as summer program in 2017 to EDUCATION
an Iacocca International Scholar become an Iacocca Interna-
The Misericordia University tional Scholar with Lehigh
Summer Undergraduate Re- University. Funded by the Na-
search Fellowship Program was tional Science Foundation’s
developed in 2014 to expand Research Experiences for Un-
upon the personal attention the dergraduates Program, Ash was GUIDE
university provides by offering in Bordeaux, France, during the
students opportunities to devel- summer conducting biophysics
op additional skills with faculty research at the University of
mentors. Bordeaux’s LOMA Laboratory.
The competitive program In France, Ash used lasers to
has enabled 118 students and 68 investigate mechanical proper- Photo courtesy of Misericordia University
faculty members to collaborate ties of gels on a micro-scale Senior biology major Michelle Ash ’19 in the LOMA Lab at the University of
on more than 79 scientific without introducing another Bordeaux during her research as an Iacocca International Scholar in Bordeaux,
research and scholarly projects particle. The technique enables France. The summer research experience was funded by the National Science
Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program.
in three colleges: Arts and scientists to determine the
Sciences, Business, and Health properties of the gels that cells studying the biophysics of work of people to fall back on,
Sciences and Education. Since grown on, so researchers can Candida albicans, a common and the collaboration between
its inception, student research measure different biophysical yeast strain and one of the the professors is what really
fellows have delved into aspects of cells without harm- leading causes of death for strikes me,’’ says Ash. “The VIEW
Schwann cells, voice disorders, ing them, and thereby enabling blood-borne yeast infections. professors really push you in
and the rich history of a small them to collect data from a The research will resume in the the right direction with that SPECIAL
city, to name a few. nearly uninterrupted biological fall on campus. personal interaction because THIS
Most recently, Research system. “At Misericordia, it makes they’ve known you and devel-
Fellow Michelle Ash, a biology At Misericordia, she is me feel good that I have a net- oped a relationship with you.’’ EDUCATION ADVERTISING

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