[NSF GRFP 2018-2019]

2 hours ago, ayohkay12 said:

I love seeing more algae people! My work focuses on the use of electron beam irradiation technology to remediate microcystin-lr (produced by cyanobacteria in harmful algal blooms) from water treatment and its residuals.

I'm anxiously awaiting decisions too, but I appreciate the positivity from everyone on this thread

Ahh, the illustrious microcystins. That sounds amazing!

[NSF GRFP 2018-2019]

2 hours ago, cullenish said:

Okay so I'm starting to get a bit neurotic with refreshing the fastlane website for that maintenance update, so I need a distraction.

This whole thing is about celebrating creative people and creative ideas, so let's do that before our ideas are assigned a monetary value (or the lack thereof)!

SO, what were everyone's proposals on? Or if you know you'll be doing a different project than what you applied with, what is that?

I applied with a project looking at how European Mennonite communities may affect jaguar habitat use, but I'll actually be using the NSF funding for brown bear - black bear spatial interactions!

 

Interesting! My proposal was on discovering new bioactive secondary metabolites from species of marine algae that haven't been really investigated. Based on my literature review, they show some promise. I plan on testing potential pharmaceutical applications, but I also want to see if the newly discovered compounds can serve as insect pest deterrents or a sort of biopesticide.