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