The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
Congratulations to Dr. Christine Schnitzler and Dr. Elaine Seaver for recently receiving two out of only 14 National Science Foundation (NSF) Enabling Discovery through Genomic Tools (EDGE) Program Awards. The EDGE Program is designed to aid the development of genomic tools that will further the study of life’s innovations and diversity from anywhere in the tree of life.
Dr. Schnitzler's project is titled: "Enabling cell-specific functional genomics in a colonial animal"
Dr. Seaver will be collaborating on Dr. Alexandra Bely, University of Maryland's project titled: "Catalyzing regeneration research by developing functional tools for post-embryonic stages."