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Presenting a Summer of Student Neuroscience Research
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When neuroscience research during the school year isn't enough...
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Maybe you've been following along on the blog with our Summer Research fellowship. Maybe you haven't! That's okay too. Our research fellows are nearing the end of their residency at the Backyard Brains lab, and they are about to begin their tenure as neuroscience advocates and Backyard Brains ambassadors.
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Jessica investigated "Pavlov's Plants," studying Mimosas and Bean Sprouts to learn about plants that learn!
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Yifan developed a classifier that could identify bird songs as a continuation of a UMICH team project from the school year.
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Dan recorded EMG signals from the Mantis Shrimp's "mechanically spring-loaded" punch.
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Ana used computer vision techniques to observe and identify the strange behaviors of jellyfish!
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Maria searched for EEG biomarkers which might indicate whether someone is meditating, or just sitting with their eyes closed CLAIMING to meditate.
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Anusha was on the hunt for signals from the brain which preceded movement... practically applied, the goal is to control a robotic claw by THINKING about moving your arm!
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Jess got down with Moths getting down and recorded e-phys responses from Moth antennae exposed to pheromones.
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Ilya's Software mentor thought he was focusing on software. His Hardware mentor thought he was focusing on Hardware. Consequently, Ilya built a whole robot.
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Ben ported a lot of MATLAB tools for electrophysiology into Python and, in Backyard Brains fashion, made his work open source.
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Molly's project used DIY imaging tools to learn about how bees calculate distance.
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DIY Neuroscience Research Tools
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All of these experiments were performed with DIY tools that we've created here at Backyard Brains. A big part of our mission is proving that you don't need a $10,000 rack of equipment to start performing your own meaningful neuroscience research.
Not just that, but both 5th graders and 5th year undergrads can use the same affordable tools to learn the basics or perform advanced experiments.
Check out our store to see the tools our students used, and if you have any questions, shoot me an email below!
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Will Wharton
Poster Portrait Photographer
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