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| Jennifer Chin '00 and Katherine Borland '00 are the two most recent participants in an internship program for Smith College students at the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, England. Now in its sixth year, this program, the only undergraduate internship offered at Kew, offers the students a unique opportunity to learn state-of-the-art scientific techniques in molecular biology and conservation genetics. The interns work under the guidance of Drs. Mark Chase and Michael Faye in Kew's Jodrell Laboratory, a world-class research laboratory, alongside graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Interns use DNA sequencing and DNA fingerprinting to address issues in plant systematics and plant conservation. Jennifer and Kate conducted research on the genera Tulipa and Iris. | There are many people whose efforts have made it possible for the Friends of the Botanic Garden to offer this exceptional internship. We wish to thank Paula Deitz '59, who was instrumental in establishing the internship. Muriel Kohn Pokross '34 and her family have established an endowment that provides funding for student travel and stipends. This year, the students' stipends were supported by a generous donation from Pamela Sheeley Niner '63, as well as by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Lisa Morrison Baird '76 has been acting as the liaison between Kew and the Botanic Garden of Smith College, and she has been instrumental in making all the necessary arrangements to ensure that the internships run smoothly. We also wish to thank the Smith College Club of Great Britain, which always gives the students a warm welcome. Since this internship has been so successful, we are pursuing other potential internship sites for our budding botanists and horticulturists. We are hoping that with your help we will be able to establish similar internships at other gardens around the world.  |
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