Voices | Jennifer Ison | Activity https://voices.wooster.edu/members/jison/activity/ Activity feed for Jennifer Ison. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:35:38 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 ee327e50f88a117f04e9fa939013de9b Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=498 Sat, 12 Aug 2017 14:40:06 +0000 This past week has been a busy one. Jack and I have been out to Fern Valley the past seven days working hard at training and testing the bee hive, with Sara splitting her time between data collection and counting […]

]]> 5e9ba37f8da3373c9d60411c51ee1307 Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=495 Thu, 10 Aug 2017 23:04:43 +0000 The time has come for me to write a farewell as I finish up my research project. I came in without any idea what to expect from field work, just that it was going to be tiresome and I needed to remain flexible […]

]]> bba2013fd7651de7c41da6e4132d3f20 Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=436 Sun, 06 Aug 2017 03:16:46 +0000 This past week, Jack and I have been collecting pollinator efficiency data using the flight cage! Following a bit of troubleshooting with the flight cage, we have finally settled on a set-up that seems to be […]

]]> 5586f9e23e974001209256debc21e67c Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=476 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 12:16:25 +0000 The greenhouse at OARDC does more than just provide a place for plant care. It also provides a space in which we can know, much faster than in a natural population, what plants exactly, we have. The process of […]

]]> 8c46fbf16593c6d9150e85b15061f955 Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=467 Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:58:47 +0000 After going back to Akron after doing a week of data collection at Killbuck, I feel like each site has their own advantages and flaws. The first is accessibility. Akron is an hour drive and it takes about 20 […]

]]> 972e63eade2932020f958ffec1e822cf Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=450 Fri, 21 Jul 2017 00:29:49 +0000 These past four days have been spent collecting data at a new field site in a marsh wildlife area and as Elizabeth mentioned in a previous post, the mosquitoes are OUT. There is a great population along a trail […]

]]> f236aeb435f077a7d61c0b08ec031c61 Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=351 Thu, 20 Jul 2017 03:05:02 +0000 Raising bees seems like it wouldn’t be that daunting of a task. Considering they have millions of years worth of evolution which has led to a perfectly self sustaining hive system. But so far our rearing of bees […]

]]> a7df41ebd0b70d7d7e146cacaba03bac Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=355 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 20:51:12 +0000 Recap of the last abiotic experience.

No Pollinators Allowed! followed the introduction of the abiotic study. A task that requires C. americana, a light meter, UV meter, a tape measure, flower tags, flower […]

]]> cb4addeb6d58879ee05be68be12f8ea4 Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=354 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 03:01:12 +0000 Today, Jack and I spent our day out and about. After stopping by the greenhouse to pick-up flowers and drop off Sara (who worked hard all day collecting data for her project), we headed over to our second field s […]

]]> 5e884f20a25e0f61be3d2af77b57f6b3 Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=347 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 19:34:51 +0000 Yesterday morning, Matt and Laura Galloway, our collaborators from UVA, joined us at Signal Tree, one of our field sites to see us in action. All our mornings were made when Sara and Elizabeth showed up to […]

]]> 56789442306576194938a8225e3ab072 Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=332 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:21:41 +0000 A rising Senior, Biology Major at the College of Wooster originally from Chicago, IL.

Research Direction

For my Senior Independent Study, I am interested in quantifying pollinator efficiency of three main types […]

]]> d711b52e2a18b4fcc56d806ebbfe35be Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=312 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:50:09 +0000 After taking an early weekend, the Bellflower team (minus Sara, who was working hard in the lab!) set out Sunday morning to set up our arrays. We were in the greenhouse shortly after 7am, and we all worked […]

]]> 817511d56284054bac93b63dcfcaf49e Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=313 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:24:28 +0000 In the life of an everyday plant, interaction with the surrounding ecological environment is a full-time job. And though there are some that believe plants are static beings, they would be sorely mistaken as the […]

]]> d9885655609b4675aab34f8fda369442 Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=311 Sat, 08 Jul 2017 13:47:06 +0000 Today was the first day we brought out the plants to a natural population in Cascade Valley! While Jack and Dr. Ison went to look through the trail for more populations, I stayed behind with the plants and other […]

]]> b6a70f39d595162c4cdd1e4bb9f927ad Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=299 Fri, 07 Jul 2017 16:08:01 +0000 Last Friday, the Bellflower posse anted up to the table… to pin some collected insects.  We had spent the last week or so collecting a various array of the natural pollinators from the area (bee catching photos […]

]]> 223c07d664babbea70ce0159ca5aa73a Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=293 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 03:42:33 +0000 I am a senior biology major at the College of Wooster.

Research Direction

For my Senior Independent research, I will be looking at the maintenance of pollen color polymorphism in the American Bellflower […]

]]> f4601569525578d5311b973245537ba0 Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=276 Fri, 30 Jun 2017 00:56:14 +0000 When tasked with the job of building a cage, there are a few things that first come to mind. Cube, six sides, material, bars… captivity? But it can’t be that bad, right? When tasked with building a pollinator […]

]]> 5cfaa4f722e78f72a88eb22df46ef26b Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=270 Thu, 29 Jun 2017 21:07:09 +0000 Originally from Colorado. I am a rising senior at the College of Wooster, in Ohio. I am currently studying Neurobiology.

Research Direction

Using a predetermined color scale I am interested in observing […]

]]> d3d305dda75817124bd348272654d40b Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=208 Tue, 20 Jun 2017 19:47:43 +0000 Today was our first attempt as a group to investigate natural populations of the C. americana (Bellflower) our plant of study. The American Bellflower is native to the forests and prairies of the middle region of […]

]]> bb25e0f970890fe88a8ef162aa2f178a Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=157 Tue, 20 Jun 2017 02:38:37 +0000 Today was our first day back on the job after returning from the University of Virginia on Saturday. This morning we set out for the OARDC around 9am and met with the greenhouse coordinator, Karli Shultz. With […]

]]> 8bef8be15e5c3fb168345bb4898cd1a0 Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=149 Mon, 19 Jun 2017 20:01:40 +0000 Welcome to the Bellflower Fun page! During Summer 2017, Team Bellflower (Ashley, Jack, Elizabeth, and Sara) posted updates on their research. If you would like to see updates on research during Summer 2018 visit […]

]]> 4e47d3e51ab58e2ddcf431223dd5843b Jennifer Ison wrote a new post on the site J. L. Ison's Lab Page http://isonlab.voices.wooster.edu/?p=153 Sun, 18 Jun 2017 22:16:41 +0000 7 hours and 450 miles later, we arrived at our picturesque Airbnb. Later that day, we met up with Matt, a post-doc in Dr. Galloway’s lab, at the University of Virginia. We told him about each of our projects and […]

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