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ARS Home Northeast Area Geneva, New York Plant Genetic Resources Unit (PGRU) NEA Intern Pages







NEA 2023 Internsheadline bar USDA-ARS Northeast Area Summer Research Employment Program 2023 Interns
 Jonathan AponteFinger Lakes Community CollegeGermplasm Curation, Extension, and Public OutreachSkills acquired: Viticulture, conservation, phenotyping, outreach and extensionUSDA-ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit, Geneva, NY
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 Anna CohenCornell UniversityTracking Tart Cherry Fruit DevelopmentSkills acquired: liquid chromatography, statistics in R, pomology, and germplasmUSDA-ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit, Geneva, NY
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 Tori FordUniversity of FloridaFeral Hemp Niche ModelingUSDA-ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit, Geneva, NY Hello, I’m Tori Ford, I am an ORISE Scholar collaborating with the USDA’s PGRU Hemp Program. My interests lie in the interdisciplinary studies of botany, ecology, and computer science. In my time, I will be working to construct ecological niche models that predict the abiotically suitable area in the Midwestern United States for Feral Cannabis with hopes to use that information in the larger characterization of the feral subpopulation. In the future, I hope the mechanistic and computational skills I’ve learned during my time will help me become a better researcher and collaborator.
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 Sam PageHobart and William Smith CollegesChemical Analysis of Dihydrochalcones within *Malus*LeavesSkills acquired: liquid chromatography, statistics in R, pomology, and germplasmUSDA-ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit, Geneva, NY
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 Micaela PattersonAppalachian State UniversityPhenotyping Seeds from the USDA Bottle Gourd Collection to Increase Crop Resilience in the Face of Climate ChangeSkills acquired: Seed science and conservation, phenotyping, and germplasmUSDA-ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit, Geneva, NY
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 Abraham PorschetSwarthmore CollegeCharacterization of Dihydrochalcones in *Malus**domestica*: Identifying Expressed GenesSkills acquired: Chromatography, bioinformatics, RNAseqUSDA-ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit, Geneva, NY
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 Marcella VenettozziHobart and William Smith CollegesPest Management and Plant Defense: *Myzus cerasi* and Extrafloral Nectaries in CherrySkills acquired: Gas chromatography, image analysis, horticulture, entomology, vineyard managementUSDA-ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit, Geneva, NY
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