Our research looks to understand whether current sodium intake guidelines should be revised to ones that are variable and individualized. Current sodium intake guidelines are the same for everybody – 2,300 mg a day – regardless of a host of physiological factors that may impact how much sodium people actually need. As previously discussed, twoContinue reading “Zoe Silva: The Greater Impact & Future Direction”
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Dev Sangha: Why Tissue Stiffness Matters
Impact: One thing that surprised me was how much we can learn about our health just from tissue stiffness. When tissue becomes stiffer or softer than normal, it can be a sign of serious problems like cancer or heart disease. Studying such alterations can give us better ways of diagnosing diseases at an early stageContinue reading “Dev Sangha: Why Tissue Stiffness Matters”
Antonia Pretelt: Looking to the Future and Final Reflections
With the summer coming to a close, I am happy to report that my research project is approaching its final stages! The creatures are coming to fruition, and my painting is developing in an exciting direction thanks to the help of my family and peers. I recently moved back home for the rest of theContinue reading “Antonia Pretelt: Looking to the Future and Final Reflections”
Kellan Kissinger: Impacts and Next Steps
Hello again! My name is Kellan Kissinger and I am an IDEA Grant recipient currently working on an Honors in the Major thesis about how female utopianism appears in medieval and contemporary texts. Specifically, my thesis aims to explore the intersections between Christine de Pizan’s medieval A Book of the City of Ladies and contemporaryContinue reading “Kellan Kissinger: Impacts and Next Steps”
Morgan Krause: Changing Environments Changes Communities
Dear Reader: What does your connection with the environment look like? My IDEA Grant project examines social-ecological system connections and documents the relationship between human and environmental well-being. Inspired by my passion for environmental justice, I advocate for a rural fishery and historic community in my working paper, presenting the Apalachicola Bay oyster decline asContinue reading “Morgan Krause: Changing Environments Changes Communities”
Brooke Hagans: The Kind of Scientist I Want to Be
I am currently in the stage of data analysis, where the long hours of designing the experiment, fieldwork, and navigating setbacks begin to take shape as meaningful results. My research examines the intersection of pregnancy, immunity, and parasitic burden in Atlantic stingrays (Hypanus sabinus), offering a unique opportunity to understand stress physiology across vertebrates moreContinue reading “Brooke Hagans: The Kind of Scientist I Want to Be”
Andy Gonzalez: The Organization of Life
When I first began my IDEA Grant research project, I knew I was ultimately undertaking a project that sits at the intersection between biology, computer science, and mathematics. My project, which focuses on creating a new computational tool for analyzing spatial transcriptomics data, is not just solely about writing code or producing pretty figures. AtContinue reading “Andy Gonzalez: The Organization of Life”
Joanna Godfrey: Final Reflection on the Inevitable End
As my research comes to a close, I can only reflect on my work and what I hope it will achieve. The impact of my research lies in its ability to confront and reframe how we as individuals and as a society think about mortality, decay, and the sacredness of impermanence. My project draws fromContinue reading “Joanna Godfrey: Final Reflection on the Inevitable End”
Pete Fasano: Dialogue of Dissonance
Dear Esteemed Reader, I’ve had the privilege to observe different methods in microtonal, tuning and sound synthesis discourse this past month. Much of it has been in regards to the Plomp-Levelt dissonance curve and its implications about how we perceive harmony. This plot represents the amount of dissonance between two frequencies. The first being theContinue reading “Pete Fasano: Dialogue of Dissonance”
Flora Domitrovic: The Impact of Data in City Planning
My research, which examines how computer information systems were used as a tool for environmentally conscious city planning during the 1960s-1980s, provides meaningful background for several issues in the city planning field today. First, it relates to today’s question of the use of artificial intelligence in city planning, an issue which also faces many otherContinue reading “Flora Domitrovic: The Impact of Data in City Planning”
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