Through the support of the Townsend Scholarship, Priya Tomerlin performed research this summer as an undergraduate intern under the guidance of the Seaver Lab. With the help of this scholarship, Priya was able to continue her project from the previous summer studying the role of a molecular signaling pathway in the regeneration of the segmented worm Capitella teleta.
At the end of the summer, Priya was also granted the opportunity to present her project at the 2025 Biennial Meeting of The International Society for Regenerative Biology in Madison, Wisconsin. Priya is now applying to graduate programs in organismal and evolutionary biology.
"I am so fortunate and grateful to have been selected as this year’s Townsend Scholar, as my combined experience from this summer and the summer prior in the Seaver Lab have truly inspired me to pursue higher education in this exciting field of research!,” said Priya.
Image: Priya Tomerlin, the 2025 Townsend scholar, presenting a poster of her summer research at the The International Society for Regenerative Biology conference in Madison, WI.