Prof. Ertan Salik in collaboration with Dr. Shelton Murinda (Animal and Veterinary Science) and Dr. Wei-Jen Lin (Biological Sciences) received the the Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Grant (SIRG) funding for their project entitled "Rapid Detection of Foodborne Pathogen E.coli 0157:H7 with Tapered Fiber Optic Biosensors within Microfluidic Channels".

All three professors and their students will work on developing a fiber optic biosensor to attract more funding for their research from federal and state funding agencies.