A Galore of Undergraduate Research!

WPI’s mission is project-based learning, encouraging undergraduates to delve into research, thereby ensuring they are better equipped for their futures. One of the larger branches of project-based learning is the major qualifying project (MQP), a year-long research undertaking where the undergraduate designs experiments, performs them independently and ends the year with a poster presentation. This year, […]

Congratulations Dr. Caroline Muirhead!

Our lovely PhD candidate Caroline successfully defended her thesis titled “Neuronal Circuits Underlying Sensory Processing In C. elegans” on April 8th 2025. She studied neural connections in worms in response to pheromones and uses really cool imaging techniques to study neurons! We wish Dr. Muirhead a great future!

Congratulations Dr. Elizabeth DiLoreto!

Our brilliant PhD candidate, Liz, defended her PhD thesis on April 7th, 2025 and officially is Dr. DiLoreto! Her thesis was labeled ‘Neuromodulation of the C. elegans Functional Connectome’.  Her research centred around the various neuromodulators that govern behaviors in C. elegans and a novel technique called the peptide-feeding protocol. We wish Dr. DiLoreto a great […]

Graduate Research Innovation Exchange (GRIE) 2025

WPI organized this year’s GRIE event on February 21 st 2025. Graduate students from all over the university present their posters, allowing them to showcase their research. This year, the prizes for GRIE and 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) involved travel grants for conferences. Graduate Shruti Shastry presented a poster titled ‘Battle of the Sexes: To Avoid or […]