{"id":415,"date":"2021-10-06T16:52:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/biology\/student-research\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T10:05:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T15:05:06","slug":"student-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/biology\/student-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology Undergraduate Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Biology Undergraduate Research Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/biology\/student-research\/internships\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Biology Internships<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/engaged-learning\/butlersummerinstitute\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Butler Summer Institute<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/ecology-sustainability\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Urban Ecology and Sustainability<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/biology\/smithsonian-tropical-institute\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Partnership<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/seitz-award\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">The Seitz Award<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-undergraduate-research\">Undergraduate Research<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Take advantage of your Butler opportunities. Faculty members in Biological Sciences welcome students into their laboratories. Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/biology\/faculty-staff\/\">Faculty&nbsp;page<\/a> and click on a name to view a professor&#8217;s area of expertise. Visit and talk with them as early in your career as possible. Although most undergraduate research is done in the junior and senior years, some students begin as early as the freshman year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students may earn credit (or, occasionally, money) by working one on one with faculty during the academic year. Research is also an important part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/honors\/\">Honors Program<\/a>. Students interested in an intensive research experience are encouraged to apply for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/engaged-learning\/butlersummerinstitute\/\">Butler Summer Institute<\/a>. More information about undergraduate research programs at Butler can be found at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/sponsored-programs\/\">Office of Sponsored Programs<\/a> website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every April, students present their results at the Butler <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-research-conference\/\">Undergraduate Research Conference<\/a>, which draws participants from more than forty midwestern colleges and universities. Students may also apply for funds to travel to other regional or national meetings, via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/sponsored-programs\/internal-grants\/\" title=\"Internal Grants\">Holcomb Undergraduate Grants<\/a>&nbsp;program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students may also want to apply for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/biology\/internships\/\">Biology Internships<\/a>&nbsp;which are available throughout Indianapolis, the state of Indiana, and surrounding states. Click on the link above or contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/\">College of Liberal Arts and Sciences<\/a> at 317-940-9224.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-take-a-brief-tour-of-some-labs\">Take a Brief Tour of Some Labs!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to some students discuss their research projects and give you a quick tour of the labs they call home.  And it&#8217;s not all microscopes and white lab coats&#8230;who would have thought that flying drones in the forests on campus could be Biology research?!?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zzWUKel5Ops&amp;list=PLSyUPAg8hILHE0W3Fdko_9kkX7j0p7Nzf&amp;index=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Berthrong&#8217;s Lab Pt 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s2Y-95rqO2g&amp;list=PLSyUPAg8hILHE0W3Fdko_9kkX7j0p7Nzf&amp;index=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Berthrong&#8217;s Lab Pt 2<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h3929NlZUR0&amp;list=PLSyUPAg8hILHE0W3Fdko_9kkX7j0p7Nzf&amp;index=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Etnier&#8217;s Lab<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bM33yg-uevQ&amp;list=PLSyUPAg8hILHE0W3Fdko_9kkX7j0p7Nzf&amp;index=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Kowalski&#8217;s Lab<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bo8zOpX0GF8&amp;list=PLSyUPAg8hILHE0W3Fdko_9kkX7j0p7Nzf&amp;index=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Salsbury&#8217;s Lab<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7YXDmnWRR1o&amp;list=PLSyUPAg8hILHE0W3Fdko_9kkX7j0p7Nzf&amp;index=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Savchenko&#8217;s Lab<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-F2JXqPiwt4&amp;list=PLSyUPAg8hILHE0W3Fdko_9kkX7j0p7Nzf&amp;index=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Spear&#8217;s Lab<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1Vajy4fTZtQ&amp;list=PLSyUPAg8hILHE0W3Fdko_9kkX7j0p7Nzf&amp;index=9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Stobart&#8217;s Lab<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_YFPOV7W380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Stoehr&#8217;s Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-student-research-projects\">Student Research Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"acc-flex-container\">\n\t<div class=\"acc-title-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\">\n\t\t<button id='block_acf-block-67c9b9a158441-acc-row' class='acc-row' type='button' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='block_acf-block-67c9b9a158441_acc-content-panel'>\n\t\t\t<div id='block_acf-block-67c9b9a158441-acc-title' class='acc-title'>\n\t\t\t\t2024\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" id='block_acf-block-67c9b9a158441-acc-img' class='acc-icon' src='https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/wp-content\/plugins\/butler-acf-blocks-new\/assets\/images\/nav_main_icon_open.png' \/>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div role=\"region\" aria-hidden='true'\n\t\tid='block_acf-block-67c9b9a158441-acc-content-panel' class='acc-panel' aria-labelledby=\"block_acf-block-67c9b9a158441-acc-row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p><strong>Alexandra Alva,<\/strong> \u201cRegulation of Neuromuscular Signaling Under Oxidative Stress in C. elegans by Intestinal FSHR-1 and its Potential Ligand GPLA-1\/GPA2\u201d Honors Thesis, Spring 2024 (Mentor: Jennifer Kowalski)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Elizabeth Bocksenbaum, \u201c<\/strong>Following the path of noted ecologist Alton A. 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