Part 1. A day in the life of RedToL NSF REU biology student Shana Callais

Part 1 of 4. Shana Callais is an undergraduate student in the Biology Department at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. During the summer of 2010 she was an NSF REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) student in the lab of Suzanne Fredericq funded by an REU supplement on RedToL, the National Science Foundation-funded Tree of Life Initiative to reconstruct the Red Algal (Rhodophyta) Tree of Life using phylogenetic and genomic approaches ( http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5129 ). This video clip follows Shana as she learns molecular systematics techniques and phylogenetic concepts relevant to the Red Algal Tree of Life project from Natalia Arakaki, Ph.D. Candidate in Fredericq's lab. Part 2 focuses on taxon selection and DNA extraction using red algal species in the family Halymeniaceae. Filming by N. Arakaki; Editing by SF.

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• outreach
• undergraduate
• red algae
• seaweeds
• NSF
• National Science Foundation
• REU
• Tree of Life
• RedToL
• molecular
• systematics
• phylogeny