Adapting an Undergraduate Summer Internship to a Virtual Format: Implementing a Mentored Cancer Research Experience to Meet Rising Demand for Flexible Learning Environments.

To meet the rising demand for flexible learning in data-driven health research, we adapted an in-person undergraduate research program (Quantitative Sciences Undergraduate Research Experience (QSURE)) to an all-virtual framework in summer 2020 and 2021. We used Web-conferencing and remote computing to implement virtual hands-on research training within a comprehensive cancer center. We designed the program to achieve research and career development goals: students completed faculty-mentored quantitative research projects and received education in the responsible conduct of research and practical skills, such as oral and written presentation.

Acquired thermotolerance of jack pine, white spruce and black spruce seedlings.

The acquired thermotolerance of first-year seedlings of jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) hardened at 36, 38, 40 or 42 degrees C for 90, 180 or 360 minutes and of black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.

Hippocampal lesions in rats alter learning about intramaze cues.

In these experiments, we used a new procedure to study cognitive mapping in normal rats and those with hippocampal lesions by observing their behavioral responses to a rearrangement of intramaze cues. Controls learned cognitive maps, and their goal-directed behavior was disrupted by a change in the cue sequence. A comparison of pre- and postoperatively trained rats with hippocampal lesions (HPLs) showed that hippocampal damage prevented the acquisition, but not retrieval, of cognitive maps.