Catherine Whitehouse and Laura Jane Martin have joined the KER staff as research interns for the 2009-2010 season. Catherine is a graduate of Lincoln University in Northern Ireland where she prepared a dissertation on seasonal changes in non-structural carbohydrate accumulation in pasture grasses as related to the etiology of laminitis. She is considering a career in product formulation and development. Laura Jane, a native of Ireland and graduate of the College of Agriculture, Food & Rural Enterprise in the U.K., is fluent in French and has worked in sales prep and breeding stock management. She hopes to gain an extensive knowledge of research protocol and the equipment currently used in nutrition studies. KER welcomes these young women to its research program.