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SSF Eleanor Bors working in Tim Shank's lab.

SSF Eleanor Bors working in Tim Shank's lab.
SSF Eleanor Bors working in Tim Shank's lab.
SSF Eleanor Bors working in Tim Shank's lab.
SSF Eleanor Bors working in Tim Shank's lab.
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SSF Eleanor Bors working in Tim Shank's lab.
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06/25/2009
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Eleanor Bors' sponsor is Tim Shank.
Image of The Day caption:
While her Oberlin classmates accepted their diplomas at a graduation ceremony in Ohio, Summer Student Fellow Eleanor Bors was aboard the R/V Kilo Moana along with her advisor, WHOI biologist Tim Shank. The voyage marked the first deployment of the robotic vehicle Nereus, which successfully dove to Challenger Deep "the deepest part of the ocean" on May 31, 2009. Back in Woods Hole, Bors worked on genetic methods for larval identification as part of a study of how worm communities recolonize after hydrothermal vent eruptions. Read more about her experience as a fellow in the blog, "In an Octopus's Garden."
Image of the Day caption (repeat):
Eleanor Bors opted to skip her commencement exercises at Oberlin in 2009 to get an early start in WHOI's annual Summer Student Fellowship program and join an expedition on the research vessel Kilo Moana. Working with her advisor, WHOI biologist Tim Shank, she investigated genetic methods to identify populations of worms that live on deep-sea corals on seamounts. Bors is now a graduate student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography. Her research focuses on how the genomics of invasive species are affected when they expand their habitats. She also took time to participate in the Synergy Project, a collaboration between scientists and artists to create science-inspired works of art.
Photo by Tom Kleindinst
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