July 15, 2021

Photo Contest

RI-INBRE held an Experimental Data Image contest for investigators and students to submit photos of their research. Multiple entries were received, and eight winners were selected.

Tied for First Place, winning $200 each were Dr. Jyothi Menon (URI) and Dr. Belinda Barbagallo (SRU). The Second-Place winners each received $150 and included Riley Kirk (PhD student, URI), Yuri Takenaka (PC), and Dr. Geoff Stilwell (RIC). Third Place also included three winners with each receiving $100: Dr. Mascha van’t Wout-Frank (Brown), Michael Brennan (URI), and Alyssa Garrett (URI).

Dr. Jyothi Menon, University of Rhode Island. Scanning Electron Microscope Image.
Dr. Belinda Barbagallo, Salve Regina University. Drosophila brain.
Riley Kirk, PhD student, URI, Seeram Lab. Flagellum.
Yuri Takenaka, Providence College, Austriaco Lab. Modeling Parkinson’s Disease
Dr. Geoff Stilwell, RI College. Drosophila leg motor neurons imaged in RFP expressing animals.
Dr. Mascha van’t Wout-Frank, Brown University. Neuromodulation
Michael Brennan, URI. Reactive astrocytes & nuclei
Alyssa Garrett, URI. Serotonin