Open-hardware system enabled amphibian sperm cryopreservation in gelatin capsules.

Student workers Alana Fregoso Castellanos (B.S. ’27 in Coastal and Environmental Science; left) and Dylan Linsten (B.S. ’27 Mechanical Engineering; right) have combined biology and engineering to explore a specific type of cryopreservation called vitrification.

In this eye-opening 3-part series, Hemdeep and Robin sit down with Dr. Jack Koch, technobiologist and assistant professor at the Aquatic Germplasm and Genetic Resource Center (AGGRC) at the LSU Agricultural Center. Together, they explore how 3D printing is advancing cryopreservation techniques to support the learning of and conservation of aquatic species.

Cameron Bonds, an undergraduate researcher majoring in Mechanical Engineering (with a minor in Biological Engineering), is studying Whiteleg Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) to design a low-cost, open-hardware Artificial Insemination Shrimp Rack (AISR) to improve breeding efficiency.

How can examples from fisheries, engineering, and biomedical research can help the future of South American Neotropical fishes?

Did you know that our understanding of basic functions such as memory, learning and sleep is largely thanks to a giant sea slug?