Department of Biology and Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience Faculty Joseph Ryan, Mark Martindale and James Strother have been awarded $1.5 million from the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, to better understand the brains and nervous systems of animals and humans by studying gelatinous ocean comb jellies. This award will support early-stage research that is unlikely to receive funding from traditional sources with the potential to reinvent entire fields. This is the first time the foundation has awarded the grant to UF, and there are only 10 other awardees institutions in the international group.
February 9, 2022
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