Dec. 7, 2023 - Sheila Ferer, a research scientist in the Tapia lab at CSUCI has been awarded a seed grant as part of the Water and Life Institute Interface (WALII).
Laboratories within WALII study how life interacts with water from the molecular to the organismal level across plants, fungi, and animals, considering reduced water across the entire spectrum.
Sheila's project, "Global proteome rewiring in times of desiccation and rehydration" will be a collaboration between the Tapia Lab and Boeynaems Lab at the Baylor College of Medicine.
The seed grant is an annual award of $5,000 available to WALII personnel who submit proposals for innovative research involving at least two WALII-affiliated labs. Training and Education at WALII happens at all career stages, from undergraduates to faculty, with exposure to new tools, approaches, and biological systems.
Learn more about Sheila and WALII at https://www.walii.science/researcher-spotlight.
For more information contact Hugo Tapia at hugo.tapia@csuci.edu.