REU 2012

REU 2013

From left: Robbie Wood, Joel Swift, Anni Poetzl, Rachel Becknell, Cassandra Kitchen, Megan Ruffley, Chelsea Pretz, Nicolas Correa, Joseph Bradley, Ben Durrington, Sofia Wolfson

REU Students 2014

REU 2015

Joseph Mandy George Jenn Corri Rebekah

Day 2

MBG Shaw Nature Reserve

SNR Glades

SNR Wetlands Boardwalk

Plant Collecting and Pressing

MBG Plant Mounters – Sally Bommarito

Plant Mounting

Plant Mounting

Plant Mounting

Plant Mounting

Plant Mounting

Plant Mounting

Herbarium Training – Specimen Sorting Filing

Sorting Specimens for Filing in Herbarium

Sorting Specimens for Filing in Herbarium

Filing Plants in herbarium – Mary MacDonald

MBG REU 2015 Seminar Speakers 3 June, Robbie Hart “Flowers in space-time: ecological, evolutionary and ethnobotanical

approaches to Himalayan Rhododendron phenology” 10 June, Rico Holdo (U Missouri - Columbia) “Soil moisture partitioning and tree-grass

interactions in South African savannas” 12 June, Christine Edwards (MBG-CCSD) “Conservation Genetics” 17 June, Quinn Long “Invasive Species Ecology” 24 June, Allison Miller (St. Louis U) “Developments in the search for new perennial crops” 1 July, Jean Ponzi “Biodiversity: Rethinking Urban Life” 8 July, John Willman (Washington U, Dept of Anthropology) “Hunters and Gatherers: New

Perspectives on plant use and consumption among Neanderthals and early modern humans.”

17 July, Elizabeth Kellogg (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center) “The Importance of Cerals

– C3/C4 Pathways” 22 July, Leighton Reid (MBG, Center for Conservation & Sustainable Development) “Bat

Natural History and Restoration Applications” 29 July, Wendy Applequist “Botanical Research for Human Health ”

Professional Enrichment Activities (David Bogler) The Nature of Scientific Research Writing Scientific Manuscripts Henry Shaw’s Garden: History of the St. Louis Region and Development of the Missouri Botanical Garden Missouri Geography, Vegetation, and Natural Regions Classification and Phylogenetic Systematics: A review of concepts with examples from the Agave Family Scientific Poster Design - Cornell Center for Materials Research Responsible Conduct of Research

Our Mission: Improve the human condition through plant science • Feed the hungry and improve human health • Preserve and renew our environment • Enhance the St. Louis region as a world center for plant science

Danforth Plant Science Center

Danforth Plant Science Center – Dr. Toby Kellogg

Elizabeth Kellogg, Ph.D. Elizabeth has spent her career studying cereal crops and their wild relatives in the grass family, plants on which all of civilization depends. Her unique contribution has been to forge connections between scientists in the front lines of biodiversity research and those breaking new ground in genetic and genomic studies

Danforth Plant Science Center

Danforth Plant Science Center

Danforth Plant Science Center

Danforth Plant Science Center

Danforth Plant Science Center

Danforth Center 3-D Images

Howard Berg

Imaging Lab - TEM

Danforth Plant Science Center

Danforth Plant Science Center

Pickle Springs

Pickle Springs

Pickle Springs

Pickle Springs

Tierra Lillard, HSSU – Theobroma Floral Biology

Mary McNamara – planning, apartments

Jim Solomon – Herbarium Director

Sally Bommarito – Plant Mounters

Mary McDonald - Herbarium

Peter Wyse Jackson – President MBG

Jim Miller– VP Research and Conservation

Myriam Fica – Web page

James Trager – SNR tour

Keith Warfield – Maintenance, Room Setups

Dianne Schmidt – Controller’s Office, Budget

Cheryl Mill – Controller’s Office, Checks

Chuck Sullivan – NSF REU Program Officer

Sally O’Conner – NSF REU Program Director

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements - Mentors

Peter Hoch Tom Croat Iván Jiménez

Matthew Albrecht - Quinn Long - Leighton Reid Christy Edwards

R Workshop – Ivan Jimenez and Sebastian Tello

Mary McNamara Keith Warfield

Acknowledgements – Chuck Sullivan, NSF Program officer

Mary McNamara – planning, apartments

Jim Solomon – Herbarium Director

Sally Bommarito – Plant Mounters

Mary McDonald - Herbarium

Peter Wyse Jackson – President MBG

Jim Miller– VP Research and Conservation

Myriam Fica – Web page

James Trager – SNR tour

Keith Warfield – Maintenance, Room Setups

Dianne Schmidt – Controller’s Office, Budget

Cheryl Mill – Controller’s Office, Checks

Chuck Sullivan – NSF REU Program Officer

Sally O’Conner – NSF REU Program Director

Acknowledgements