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Researching Biology Grad Students At UTPB This Summer
Graduate students in the biology department at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin continue year round research on NIH grants and desert ecology. Bryan Smith assists Doug Henderson on growing bacteria to harvest hemoglobin for a blood substitute, using a bioreactor and phosphate adjustments. Kristin Bingham studies La Junta de los Rios and Big Bend Ranch habitat contrasts, planning further soil data collection and ecological discussions. Brandon Hawkins researches Southern Plains wood rats, linking ecology and physiology to wildland urban interfaces and predicting pathology, with collaborations at Utah and New Mexico. The trio plans to finish master’s theses and pursue Ph D programs while publishing in future journals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Texas
Permian Basin
la Junta de Los Rios
Presidio
Bryan Smith
Doug Henderson
National Institutes of Health
Kristin Bingham
Chihuahuan Desert
Big Bend Ranch State Park
Kristin
Diane Post
la Junta
Lubbock
Coronado High
Texas Tech
Brandon Hawkins
Southern Plains
Post
James Eldridge
University of Utah
University of New Mexico
UTPB
Robert J. Lee High School