This spring, seven Industrial Design and Biology undergraduates working with Department of Biological Sciences faculty received Undergraduate Research and Innovation (URI) Student Seed Grants. Student seed grants are awarded on a competitive basis and provide support for student-driven projects in research or the development of proof-of-concept prototypes. Congratulations to the grant winners!
Funded Projects:
"Weakly-Electric Fish Amplifier" Andrew Carter (ID), Jenna Stuiso (ID), Jayna Patel (ID), Masha Chernyakhovskaya (ID) |
Faculty Adviser: Martina Decker, College of Architecture and Design, and Eric Fortune, Department of Biological Sciences |
"Slime Mold Tissue Fixation" Daniel Meza (ID) |
Faculty Adviser: Simon Garnier, Department of Biological Sciences |
"Neuromodulation of Sensory Encoding" Abigail Varughese (Bio) |
Faculty Adviser: Dirk Bucher, Department of Biological Sciences |
"Effect of Semaphorin Signaling Pathway on Dendritic Branching and Neuronal Regeneration" Ishani Patel (Bio) |
Faculty Adviser: Gal Haspel, Department of Biological Sciences |