{"id":11344,"date":"2026-03-09T13:26:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grassfoundation.org\/?p=11344"},"modified":"2026-03-09T13:26:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:26:28","slug":"welcome-to-the-2026-grass-fellows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grassfoundation.org\/?p=11344","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the 2026 Grass Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]The Grass Foundation is pleased to announce the 2026 Grass Fellows. This year\u2019s cohort marks the 75th anniversary of the Grass Fellowship Program. Since 1951, the Grass Fellowship has brought early-career investigators to the MBL for 14 weeks to pursue a self-designed, independent research project in neuroscience. The Grass Foundation selects and provides full support for the fellows, who become part of the vibrant intellectual and social dynamic within the MBL scientific community while sharing space in the Grass Laboratory.<\/p>\n

Since 2022, The Grass Foundation has also partnered with The Kavli Foundation to support fellows whose projects relate to neurobiology and changing ecosystems \u2013 a Kavli initiative to explore how human-caused activities are pushing the limits of neural systems. This year\u2019s Kavli-Grass Fellow, Gabrielle Bostwick, will investigate how cephalopod arm circuits respond to natural cues and to realistic shifts in seawater salinity and acidity.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor 75 years, the Grass Fellowship Program has enabled young investigators to design their own project and hone and enrich the skills necessary to launch a successful career in neuroscience,\u201d said Matt McFarlane, President of the Grass Foundation and former Grass Fellow. \u201cNot only do they benefit from the world-class resources and community at the MBL, they also forge lifelong bonds within their cohort and join a thriving community of former Grass Fellows.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s projects span model systems from cephalopods and zebrafish to butterflies and water striders and will investigate a wide range of neuroscience questions.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Introducing the 2026 Grass Fellows:<\/p>\n

Gabrielle Bostwick<\/strong> – San Francisco State University
\nCalcium imaging of neural circuit dynamics in albino Euprymna berryi: from transmitters and natural cues to environmental limits<\/p>\n

Asha Caslin<\/strong> – New York University School of Medicine
\nReading the ripples: collective communication and sensing in the common water strider<\/p>\n

Julia Fechner<\/strong> – University of Tuebingen
\nHow sleep supports memory in cephalopods<\/p>\n

Ashlan Reid<\/strong> – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
\nMolecular coordination of chemical and electrical synapses in the zebrafish Mauthner neuron<\/p>\n

Jack Supple<\/strong> – Imperial College London
\nThe input origin and plasticity of spectrally selective motion vision in butterflies<\/p>\n

Shubham Yadav<\/strong> – Institute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zuirch and ETH Zurich
\nCellular-level, non-genetic neuromodulation in cephalopods using molecularly targeted photovoltaic devices<\/p>\n

Wataru Yamamoto<\/strong> – Columbia University
\nInteroceptive circuit computations in the Hydra nerve net<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Grass Laboratory is directed by Heather Rhodes<\/strong> of Denison University. Horst Obenhaus<\/strong> is the Grass Lab Manager.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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