Undergraduates Awarded Undergraduate Research and Innovation (URI) Student Seed Grants | Federated Department of Biological Sciences

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