thank you!

Thanks to LASPAU/OAS Scholarship for the Americas & MSRC for their financial support through the course of my research. Special thanks to my advisors Jackie and Rob for sheer hell, suggestions, comments, critique, and encouragement. To the Collier Lab with specific gratitude to Joanne who helped in numerous ways in teaching of methods and experimental design, and Kris who was ever-present and willing to share information, even other ppl's - lol.

(The Lab & Thesis Committee at my celebratory lunch - Jackie's treat after my presentation )

Thanks to my reader Chris for being so patient and willing at the last minute; David, Sergio, Steve and Larry for their time and willingness to assist in any way possible.

Many special thanks to GOD! Whoy did I cry out to Him nuff; my friends here, especially CJ, J, Alex, Lourdes, Alberto & Miss Goulby!, and in JA (you know yourselves ;) - could never have done this without you!, and my family whose loving support is like fuel to my soul.

MI DUN! MI OUT!

On to Chapter 2: Jamaican in Florida? Puerto Rico? US Virgin Islands? New Zealand? Jamaica?

home run

Last signature down, thesis complete.

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go...

'cause I'm leeeaaaviiiiinnnnggg on a jet plane
don't know when I'll be back again
oh babe, I love to go...

scoore!

Two signatures down... one to go!

'i gat this!'

Said in typical New York accent....

It's all well and good that I can 'gwaan' and boast now that it's 'OVA'!

Thanks to all who sent encouraging words! They mean alot.

The presentation went well, better than I expected. I wasn't the least bit nervous, I spoke slowly, and even those who were not biologist said they understood. I even 'crack one and two joke'. Couldn't help it.

The lab was then taken out and treated as a celebration of my completion! Whoo-hoo!!

I still have minor editing on the written thesis to do, but I already have one signature and the others have been guaranteed to be there before Thursday... so... no more delays... I'll be on that plane :o)

CJ, here I come!

seminar announcement

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements

for the degree of

MASTER OF SCIENCE

in Marine and Atmospheric Science


Effects of light and nitrogen substrate on phycoerythrin and

chlorophyll-a in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus WH7805.

By

Raisha Lovindeer

on

Monday, July 31, 2006

10:00 A.M.

Endeavour Hall, Room 120