by Desiree Quintero
Staff Writer
Christine Broussard, assistant professor of biology, was among the select few in the nation chosen to attend one of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Ma. courses this summer.
After completing an application and turning in letters of recommendation, Broussard waited for a response.
“The Marine Biological Lab is very well known for its summer classes and their special topic courses,” Broussard said.
The Marine Biological Laboratory accepted Broussard into their Embryology course.
“Being able to take this class will give me more ideas and more skills in dealing with different model systems,” Broussard said.
The Embryology course is an intensive six-week laboratory and lecture course for advanced graduate students, postdoctoral students and senior researchers who seek a broad and balanced view of the modern issues of developmental biology in an evolutionary context.
“The class consists of a morning lecture and an afternoon and evening laboratory, six days a week,” Broussard said.
Broussard also received several scholarships to pay for her six-weeks of schooling. Broussard earned scholarship funds from organizations including: the Edwin Grant Conklin Memorial Fund, Caswell Grave Scholarship Fund and the Arts and Sciences Summer Research Grant.
Broussard is hoping to increase her knowledge by taking the course at the Marine Biological Laboratory, she said.
“This is an opportunity for me to be trained using different models in biology,” Broussard said.
“No one has ever gone to an MBL course from (the University of La Verne),” she said.
