By Savannah Volkoff It has been well documented by Duke Superfund Center researchers that a population of Fundulus heteroclitus, also known as the Atlantic killifish or mummichog, inhabiting PAH-polluted sites along the Elizabeth River in Virginia has adapted to its environment in response to continuous environmental stressors. Fewer studies have […]
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By Liting Chen Before I started my internship here at Duke two months ago, when I thought of fish, I imagined little bubbling creatures swimming around, perhaps with background music from Finding Nemo. But after spending time working on Project 3 (Developmental PAH Exposures in Fish: Mechanisms of Toxicity, Adaptation, […]
By Josh Davidoff Finding Hudson Hall on campus on the first day of my internship at Duke University was confusing. The rain, hills and large, radiant green trees limited my view of other buildings hidden within the Duke campus as I was biking around. The large old gothic buildings here […]
by Savannah Volkoff Three weeks ago, I made a cross-country move from San Francisco, California to Durham, North Carolina, to participate in an internship here at Duke University’s Superfund Research Center in the Research Translation core. Weeks up to the move, my roommate and I spent hours preparing for “The […]
by Jina Kim, REU summer 2012 For a pre-med student and biology major, my choice to research at Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment this summer may seem out of place. Why not research at a cancer genetics lab or neuroscience lab? Well, about a year and a half […]
Those in charge of the Superfund Research Program at NIEHS periodically highlight a student at one of the funded research centers. Now, we’re proud to share with you that our very own Dan Brown and his research is currently being featured on the Superfund Research Program website! You can read […]