• The Roach Race-Cockroaches on Wheels to study Circadian Rhythms!
    Education
    • August 19, 2015
    • by Greg
    Welcome to the cockroach world!     My work for these five weeks was to develop a novel low-cost system to study the circadian rhythm of cockroaches. I’m working with my beautiful friends discoid cockroaches (B. discoidalis).     Circadian rhythms are physical, mental, and behavioral changes that follow a roughly 24-hour cycle, responding primarily to light and darkness in an […]
  • What does the Fish say?  Electric fish spikes with Bailey
    Internship
    • August 3, 2015
    • by Greg
    Hello my name is Bailey! I am a junior majoring in electrical engineering at Michigan State University and am doing an internship at Backyard Brains this summer. Sorry I missed the first blog post, I was travelling in Japan with my sister! I know it doesn’t look like it from the picture, but I was doing […]