Monday, May 7, 2012

Pacific Northwest SETAC

The regional SETAC meeting was in Vancouver, BC April 26-28.  As always, it was well attended.  The WWU students were present with about 19 current undergrads and several students from previous years (I counted 5 generations of students from 2003 on, when I started at WWU).

I had three student groups presenting posters of their senior theses.  Their topics were Ag nanoparticle toxicity to Vibrio fischeri, snow chemistry from the Mt. Baker wilderness near snow mobile trails, and the effects of temperature on Ag, Cr, and Cu toxicity to Lemna turionifera.  This last poster won 3rd place for undergrads!