Innovation Challenge Awards Star Sperm $20,000

Brandishing a compact mouse fertility “kit,” the venture’s founder, Felipe Navarrete,  Ph.D. ’17 in Animal Biotechnology & BioMedical Science, will deploy his $20,000 prize to refine and expand his success with mice (from 0 up to 90% fertility) to embrace bovines, equines, and other species. Dr. Navarrete has collaborated with Dr.s Pablo Visconti, Ana Maria Salicioni, and David Martin in the Veterinary and Animal Sciences Department. Their research has the potential to replace current standard media and to revolutionize Assisted Reproductive techniques in different mammals for benefit of humans.