FAU Jupiter Researchers and Collaborators received a three-year, National Science Foundation EDGE grant totaling $1,148,464 to integrate the expertise of multiple laboratories to develop powerful transgenic tools and gene-editing technologies in the blind Mexican cavefish to significantly advance it as a research model system. The grant seeks to build on pioneering work that has developed brain imaging and gene-editing technology and methods for measuring sleep and obesity in this fish model. FAU researchers on the NSF EDGE include two
FAU Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College assistant professor's of biology,
Erik Duboué, Ph.D., principal investigator and
Johanna Kowalko, Ph.D., co-principal investigator and
Alex Keene, Ph.D., an associate professor of biological sciences in
FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, and director of the Program in Neurogenetics, who first described insomnia in this fish...
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Johanna Kowalko, Ph.D., co-principal investigator and an assistant professor of biology in
FAU's Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College and collaborators received a three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant totaling $426,639 to examine the evolution of sleep plasticity in Mexican cavefish across variable environments and to engage the community in scientific research...
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Ning Quan, Ph.D., a neuroscientist at
Florida Atlantic University’s Brain Institute and
Schmidt College of Medicine discovered that hyaluronic acid may be the key in how an immune signal moves from the blood stream to the brain, activating the brain’s resident immune cells, the microglia. Findings from this study have important implications for better treatments for stroke, neurodegenerative diseases, as well as head injuries...
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Florida Atlantic University welcomed a record number of National Merit Scholars for the fall 2019 semester. A total of 35 National Merit Scholars are enrolled this semester and 11 of those finalists are now attending the
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College. Since 2000, 28 National Merit Finalists have attended the College. The average GPA for the incoming 2019 class is 4.16. The average SAT score is 1300, and the average ACT score is 28.8. Approximately 25% are the first in their family to attend college, and 62% are from underrepresented groups...
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Laura Vernon, Ph.D., associate dean of academic affairs and research of
FAU’s Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College is a finalist for
Palm Beach Illustrated's Educator of the Year award. Yash Bhagwanji, Ph.D., associate professor, Early Childhood Programs is also a finalist. Dr. Vernon and Dr. Bhagwanji are featured in the September issue of Palm Beach Illustrated that recognizes individuals and organizations making an impact on education in the Palm Beaches. FAU is a finalist for the Award of Institutional Excellence. The annual awards program will be held Friday, Sept. 20 at the Norton Museum of Art...
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The September issue of
Jupiter Magazine features
Randy Blakely, Ph.D., executive director of the
FAU Brain Institute and
Nicole Baganz, Ph.D., director of community engagement and programming for their work on the "Journey Through the Human Brain" exhibit alongside South Florida Science Center and Aquarium CEO, Kate Arrizza. The permanent exhibit took three years and $2.5 million to produce and it’s not just challenging our minds-it’s teaching us about them...
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Carl Hansen, Ph.D. joined the
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science Department of Biological Sciences from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Hansen’s current research focuses on understanding G-protein mediated signaling inputs regulating the formation of new blood cells. He is conducting collaborative research with the laboratory of Janet Robishaw, Ph.D. that focuses on G-protein mediated signaling pathways since they represent the most “druggable” targets for disease treatments...
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Florida Atlantic University’s
Schmidt College of Medicine celebrated its ninth White Coat Ceremony to welcome its newest medical students during this symbolic event officially. Abhimanyu Ahuja, Jamshed Desai, and Sravya Gurivireddygari are the newest
Wilkes Medical Scholars, FAU’s competitive early admission program, which offers conditional admission to medical school as well as an enriched education at Wilkes Honors College.
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2019 Summer Science Scholarship
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FAU Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College students Heather Butler, Karla Holt, and Pierce Herrmann presented their research at Scripps Research Institute, Friday, Aug. 9th, during the annual summer research program poster session. These students are among the ten recipients of the 2019 Summer Science Scholarship. This summer $22,000 in scholarships were awarded to ten students in support of student research on the Jupiter campus.
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FAU Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) awardees Gabrielle Byrd, Hope Wiersma, Claudia Villasmil and Alyssa Payne presented their projects during the FAU Undergraduate Research and Inquiry (OURI) 7th Annual Summer Retreat on August 15. SURF projects are ten-week, intensive summer immersion research experiences for FAU undergraduate students. Each SURF award allocates $4,000 in support of each chosen project.
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The ASCEND (Advancing STEM-Community Engagement through Neuroscience Discovery) "NeuroExplorers" fall program is accepting applications for kids grades 6-8 to participate in the program at the STEM Studio in Jupiter.
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Zhen Yan, Ph.D.
Hosted by Ning Quan, Ph.D.
Tuesday, September 10 at 4 p.m.
Room 119, Research Facility MC-1
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Submission Deadline is November 1.
Read contest guidelines and submit your photos
HERE.
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The John D. MacArthur Campus presently enrolls more than 1,500 students and offers groundbreaking programs in research and education. Two of the world’s leading research organizations, the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience and Scripps Research Institute are located on the campus and offer high school, undergraduate and graduate students transformational experiences not found anywhere else in the world. The campus is home to the nationally-ranked Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College which provides 440 students with a live-in, all-honors educational experience and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, the largest membership program of its kind in the nation. Recognized as a center of scientific activity, the campus also serves as the headquarters for two of FAU’s primary research organizations, the Brain Institute and the Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention (I-HEALTH).
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