Biology’s ACA Ledford Scholar Liberty Sheppard presents her independent research at Fall 2019 Appalachian College Association Summit in Pigeon Forge, TN

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• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/910-eamph-biology-majors-present-research-results-at"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/10/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/6633_IMG_6940.rev.1564170636.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/10/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/6633_IMG_6940.rev.1564170636.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/10/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/6633_IMG_6940.rev.1564170636.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/10/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/6633_IMG_6940.rev.1564170636.JPG 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/10/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/6633_IMG_6940.rev.1564170636.JPG 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/10/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/6633_IMG_6940.rev.1564170636.JPG" alt="ASB 2019 Memphis, TN" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/10/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/6633_IMG_6940.rev.1564170636.JPG 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/10/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/6633_IMG_6940.rev.1564170636.JPG 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="2400" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/910-eamph-biology-majors-present-research-results-at">E&H Biology majors present research results at ASB 2019 in Memphis, TN!</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> Rising Senior Biology majors Madison McKinsey, Liberty Sheppard, and Carley Gunnell traveled to Memphis, TN to present the results of their independent research at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, 26-30 March 2019. <a href="/live/news/910-eamph-biology-majors-present-research-results-at" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/11-taylor-blevins-19-researches-systematics-and"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/416_Copy_of_IMG_3314.rev.1502112336.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/416_Copy_of_IMG_3314.rev.1502112336.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/416_Copy_of_IMG_3314.rev.1502112336.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/416_Copy_of_IMG_3314.rev.1502112336.JPG 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/416_Copy_of_IMG_3314.rev.1502112336.JPG 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/416_Copy_of_IMG_3314.rev.1502112336.JPG" alt="" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/416_Copy_of_IMG_3314.rev.1502112336.JPG 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/416_Copy_of_IMG_3314.rev.1502112336.JPG 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="2400" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/11-taylor-blevins-19-researches-systematics-and">Taylor Blevins ‘19, Researches Systematics and Taxonomic Status of the Nantucket Island Mouse</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> Blevins is researching the systematic status and biogeographic history of the subspecies of white-footed mice occurring on Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, and Monomoy Islands in southern New England. By evaluating a combination of morphological and molecular characters, she hopes to determine the systematic position and colonization history of the population on Nantucket Island (<em>Peromyscus leucopus fusus</em>) relative to other populations on the islands off the southern New England coast. <a href="/live/news/11-taylor-blevins-19-researches-systematics-and" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/23-erin-kirk-17-dna-sampling-technique-to-save"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/438_Erin_Kirk-Ampersand-Day-2017_379.rev.1502370950.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/438_Erin_Kirk-Ampersand-Day-2017_379.rev.1502370950.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/438_Erin_Kirk-Ampersand-Day-2017_379.rev.1502370950.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/438_Erin_Kirk-Ampersand-Day-2017_379.rev.1502370950.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/438_Erin_Kirk-Ampersand-Day-2017_379.rev.1502370950.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/438_Erin_Kirk-Ampersand-Day-2017_379.rev.1502370950.jpg" alt="Erin Kirk presenting in the 2017 Ampersand Day showcase." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/438_Erin_Kirk-Ampersand-Day-2017_379.rev.1502370950.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/438_Erin_Kirk-Ampersand-Day-2017_379.rev.1502370950.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="2133" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/23-erin-kirk-17-dna-sampling-technique-to-save">Erin Kirk, ‘17, DNA Sampling Technique to Save Salamanders</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kirk is a Ledford Scholar who is exploring non-invasive methods for DNA sampling of endangered salamanders.</span> <a href="/live/news/23-erin-kirk-17-dna-sampling-technique-to-save" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/563-harrison-austin-15-pursues-translational-research"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/10/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/505,0,2643,2136/5297_1.rev.1540910919.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/10/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/505,0,2643,2136/5297_1.rev.1540910919.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/10/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/505,0,2643,2136/5297_1.rev.1540910919.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/10/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/505,0,2643,2136/5297_1.rev.1540910919.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/10/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/505,0,2643,2136/5297_1.rev.1540910919.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/10/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/505,0,2643,2136/5297_1.rev.1540910919.jpg" alt="Harrison Austin in his research lab" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/10/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/505,0,2643,2136/5297_1.rev.1540910919.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/10/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/505,0,2643,2136/5297_1.rev.1540910919.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2138" data-max-h="2136" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/563-harrison-austin-15-pursues-translational-research">Harrison Austin, ’15, pursues translational research in infectious disease</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> Austin’s research has taken him from Emory & Henry College to the University of Liverpool as he studies infectious diseases.  <a href="/live/news/563-harrison-austin-15-pursues-translational-research" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>