{"id":13969,"date":"2023-07-28T10:20:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T14:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?page_id=13969"},"modified":"2026-03-31T11:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:05:07","slug":"laura-thomas-summer-research-internship-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/laura-thomas-summer-research-internship-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Thomas Summer Research Internship Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Laura Thomas Summer Research Internship Award\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

The Laura Thomas Summer Research Internship (LTSRI) is awarded annually to an outstanding 2nd or 3rd year Biology student to work in the lab of a leading researcher on real scientific issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recipient will engage in controlled experiments, analyze data, discuss results and may contribute to the publication of the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To apply, students must be eligible for and apply for the NSERC USRA<\/a> program. The LTSRI recipient is selected in April of each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Past Winners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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2025<\/strong>
\nZoe Waller<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Lab<\/strong>: Dakin Lab<\/a>
Project:<\/strong> “Flight performance and competition in ruby-throated hummingbirds” <\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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2024<\/strong>
\nByren Hobbs<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Lab<\/strong>: Davy Lab<\/a>
\nProject:<\/strong> “Roost Selection in Urban Bats”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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2023<\/strong>
\nNader St-Amant<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Lab:<\/strong> Dakin Lab<\/a>
\nProject:<\/strong> “Design and assembly of a hummingbird flight chamber”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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2022<\/strong>
\nKara Scott<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Lab:<\/strong> Cooke Lab<\/a> with Dr. Gr\u00e9gory Bult\u00e9<\/a>
\nProject:<\/strong> “Turtle Climbing Abilities with regards to Slope”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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2021<\/strong>
\nAlecia Poff<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Lab:<\/strong> McKay Lab<\/a>
\nProject:<\/strong> “Unfolded protein response, inflammation and pre-mR”<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Support Future LTSRIs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Laura Thomas Summer Research Internship was established in 2021 in memory of Laura Thomas and honours her desire to support students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Help Support the Laura Thomas Summer Research Internship<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Laura Thomas Summer Research Internship (LTSRI) is awarded annually to an outstanding 2nd or 3rd year Biology student to work in the lab of a leading researcher on real scientific issues. The recipient will engage in controlled experiments, analyze data, discuss results and may contribute to the publication of the results. To apply, students […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-13969","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13969"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18536,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13969\/revisions\/18536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=13969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}