Meriel McGovern

Marine Biology | Roger Williams University ‘23 | Sharp Lab | (she/her)

[Meriel McGovern @McgovernMeriel]

So excited to share this article I wrote! Thank you to @katiemattaini for this opportunity as part of her awesome cancer biology course last semester @myrwu !

[Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy]

Researchers showed tumors from lung cancer grow faster in mice with chronic jet lag. #CancerResearch #sleeping

Article by @katiemattaini #RWUCancerBio student Meriel McGovern.

https://t.co/mF9mzuKmF0

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

Pretty excited to be working on these 🦩-pink bacteria! Cultured them from our tanks here @myrwu and are eager to learn more about their interactions with #astrangia. Dream team of @CasidheH @McgovernMeriel @SchickleAlicia are on a mission to learn more - will tell us more soon!!

[Meriel McGovern @McgovernMeriel]

I had a great time last weekend at #nchc22 in Dallas TX presenting my research on the microbiology of quiescence in #Astrangiapoculata Thank you to the @myrwu honors program for this opportunity.

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

#astrangia #spawnfest here @myrwu off to a great start, with loads of spawning and great fertilization success! Thankful to our hard-working and clever spawning team! @rwusciences

[Meriel McGovern @McgovernMeriel]

Another amazing end to an awesome summer full of research and #astrangiathings. So grateful for the opportunity to present at my second SURF Conference @myrwu @RIEPSCoR @RIINBRE

[RI-INBRE @RIINBRE]

Join us for the 2022 RI Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium on Friday, July 29th to view undergraduate students' research from Rhode Island institutions.
Register: https://t.co/1nOodXBPEn
#RIINBRE #RISURS #RIEPSCoR #URIMARCUSTAR #STEM #academicresearch #RIINBRESURF

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

Our lab @myrwu took the show on the road to the @whalingmuseum today for their Creature Feature - and we spread the word about New England corals, plastics pollution, and climate change. We think we spoke with over 100 visitors! Also took some time to be museum visitors… 🙂🐋🌟

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

Our research group @myrwu spent a beautiful day in the field observing/learning/collecting - excited about their work focused on interactions among microbes, algae, and corals in our temperate coastal ecosystems. #undergradresearch #WomenInSTEM
Thanks @RIINBRE @RIEPSCoR!

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

Somehow it’s already a wrap on WEEK6 of our summer research! Lucky to have these wonderful SURF Fellows in my lab - we’re having a blast working in our new lab space and learning so much about Astrangia and microplastics, quiescence, microbiomes, viromes, reproduction, and more!

[Meriel McGovern @McgovernMeriel]

Exciting #astrangiathings! Thank you @DrAnyaBrown!

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

Lucky enough to have the one and only @DrAnyaBrown visit our lab @myrwu a few times this month to teach @McgovernMeriel, @SchickleAlicia, and @nikkiro75547849 the tricks of DNA extraction…part of exciting collaborative work w @AmyApprill on #astrangiathings! 🌟🌟🌟

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

Back at it with @myrwu lab students this fall! I just found out that during the summer, while they were taking a pic of themselves in the field, they took a bunch of “awkward family vacation” photos and I’m just so excited that they’re back! Ha!
#thelabthatlaughstogether

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

So proud of @CasidheH @McgovernMeriel @emma_place @nikkiro75547849 all giving their first poster presentations at the RI SURF conference. And thankful for amazing lab technician @SchickleAlicia

Thanks to @RIINBRE @RIEPSCoR for supporting these undergrad #WomenInSTEM @myrwu!

[Roger Williams University @myrwu]

IT’S OFFICIAL! Northern star coral is Rhode Island’s #OfficialStateCoral, thanks to the leadership of @myRWU President Ioannis Miaoulis and Prof @SharpKoty, advocating with Rep. @TerriCortvriend and Sen. @JimSeveney to make it happen. Learn why this designation is important:

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

Thanks @bamaral44 for covering our efforts to name a state coral and reporting on all of the #AstrangiaThings we are doing! @RandiRotjan @SeanPGrace @TerriCortvriend @JimSeveney

Making a push for a Rhode Island state coral https://t.co/yaFMBodGDb via @BostonGlobe