Years

2025

Director: Heather J. Rhodes

Associate Director: Oscar Arenas Sabogal

President: Matthew B. McFarlane

Forbes Lecturer: Vanessa Ruta

Fellows

Fellows for this year
Name Project Title Institution City
Multi-modal evaluation of mechanoelectrical transduction (MET) in nematocytes of Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) University of Chicago Chicago, IL
Sensation of pain in chain catsharks (Scyliorhinus retifer) Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine Berlin, Germany
The development and fusion of the ctenophore nerve net, towards understanding nervous system evolution Harvard University Boston, MA
Examining circuit mechanisms underlying face recognition in the northern paper wasp Rockefeller University New York, NY
Establishing a behavioral and cellular toolkit for studying the environmental impact on the nervous system of sea slugs German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Göttingen, Germany
Synaptic plasticity and microcircuitry of the shell inferior colliculus University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
Exploring sensory-neural contributions to molluscan shell pattern and production Brandeis University Waltham, MA
Multimodal adaptation of dragonfly flight control Imperial College London London, England