Grad Slam 2015

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Alexis Shusterman

UC Berkeley

CO₂ monitoring in HD

UC Davis

Powering California with food waste

UC Irvine

Stem cells: How to mend a broken heart

UCLA

How to talk to Mars

UC Merced

Drinking from the same straw: Battling drought stress in the African Sahel

UC Riverside

Primed for battle: Utilizing microbial patterns to strengthen the plant immune system

UC San Diego

Intraocular pressure sensor: Fight for sight

UC San Francisco

Choosing mates: How to know your species

UC Santa Barbara

Renaissance on the bayou: Reviving the Chitimacha language

UC Santa Cruz

Humans as top dog: Ecological effects of carnivore fear