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Can honeybees determine a rule from a pattern? This was the summer research project that ReBUILDetroit scholars, Alex Rogers from University of Detroit Mercy and Shyra Northington from Marygrove College investigated with their Marygrove mentor, Dr. Karen Doyle. “We created a maze that had three choices for them to choose a turn,” said Rogers.  “The Read More …

Sonny Tang, ReBUILDetroit scholar from Wayne State University, spent his summer counting a lot of flies while investigating the genetic and biochemical interactions between two genes. Tang spent his 8-week Summer Research Experience in the Biology lab with mentor Dr. Lori Pile. “ReBUILDetroit taught me so much about research,” said Tang.  “It’s a lot of Read More …

Da’Jonae Foster spent her summer research experience correlating social behaviors with cognitive abilities from childhood to early adulthood. “We had 109 participants from 5 to 20 years old,” said Foster.  “With the scores that we got from the questionnaires and cognitive ability test, we looked at their correlation.” Foster is grateful to her Wayne State Read More …

Yuyi Li, ReBUILDetroit scholar from University of Detroit Mercy and his Wayne State University mentor, Dr. Chaoyang Chen, developed an exoskeleton to help people with lower limb weakness or paralysis. “We wanted to approach this by making an exoskeleton,” said Li.  “An exoskeleton is a type of robot whose limbs match with the limbs of Read More …

University of Detroit Mercy scholar created sterile cultures of duckweed during her 8-week ReBUILDetroit Summer Research Experience.  She anticipates sending her samples for DNA barcoding. The scholar worked with her mentor Dr. Stokes Baker and presented, “The Effects of Bacterial Colonization on Nutrient Absorption in Giant Duckweed (Spirodela Polyrhiza).” The ReBUILDetroit experience provided an opportunity Read More …