UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
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Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Troy University

Welcome to the Undergraduate Research Home Page! At this site is information about undergraduate research opportunities with TROY Biology faculty, as well as information about past and current undergraduate projects. If you have any questions please email Dr. Landers, the coordinator of undergraduate research for the Department.

Getting started in research
If you are interested in finding a research project, look at the individual faculty web pages to see their research interests at: http://troy.troy.edu/artsandsciences/biologicalsciences/faculty.html

Contact that faculty member and discuss the possibility of working on a research project.  Your project,  level of involvement, and  commitment are agreed upon between you and the faculty member.,

The Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences has written a HANDBOOK FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH . Please read over this handbook for more information about research projects.

Troy University Credit
Research projects can be taken for credit or just for the experience.  If you are interested in research credit, you will need to sign up for BIO 4491/4492. Students interested in research credit should have junior or senior standing at Troy University.     

Advantages of credits/signing up for credit:
Your research will appear on your transcripts.
You will have a more in-depth involvement in the project

Disadvantages of signing up for credit:
You will have to hand in a report and satisfy syllabus requirements. You will have to pay tuition for the credit.

Jones, R. and Landers, S.C.  Morphological analysis of the trematode parasite Alloglossidium. Scheduled  for presentation at the 69th annual meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Spartanburg, SC. April 16-19, 2008

Key, J. and Woods, M.  The genus Rhynchosia (Fabaceae) in Alabama.  Scheduled  for presentation at the 69th annual meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Spartanburg, SC. April 16-19, 2008

Koigi, R.N., Gaston, J., Billington, N., Creech, R.E., Wotawa, A.M., and Lyle, S.D.  Hybridization between walleye and sauger.  Presented at the 85th meeting of the Alabama Academy of Science, Birmingham, AL.  March 19-22, 2008

Lyle, S. and Billington, N.  Genetic variation in walleye populations. Presented at the 85th meeting of the Alabama Academy of Science, Birmingham, AL.  March 19-22, 2008

Lyle, S., Billington, N., Koigi, R.N., Gaston, J., Wotawa, A.M., Creech, R.E., and Rasuck, C.  Genetic variation in walleye and sauger populations determined by protein electrophoresis. Scheduled  for presentation at the 69th annual meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Spartanburg, SC. April 16-19, 2008

Smith, J.L. and Gaston, J.L. A review of sudden cardiac death and the pre-participation screening of student athletes at Troy University. Presented at the 85th meeting of the Alabama Academy of Science, Birmingham, AL. March 19-22, 2008.

Stephens, R.G. and Blankenship, L.A.  Survey of antibiotic sensitivity and resistance among bacteria isolated from aerobic digestion from a wastewater treatment plant. Presented at the 85th meeting of the Alabama Academy of Science, Birmingham, AL.  March 19-22, 2008

Wotawa, A.M. and Billington, N.  Mitochondrial DNA markers for identifying southern and northern strains of Walleye. Presented at the 85th meeting of the Alabama Academy of Science, Birmingham, AL.  March 19-22, 2008

Wotawa, A.M. and Billington, N.  Elucidation of genetic markers for distinguishing between the northern and southern walley strains in Alabama via PCR-RFLP analysis. Scheduled  for presentation at the 69th annual meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Spartanburg, SC. April 16-19, 2008.