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Molecular Genetics has a wonderful visit with Louise Rodino-Klapac
In 2025, Molecular Genetics Alumna Louise Rodino Klapac (Ph.D. 2005) provided a generous gift to the department to support graduate research. In August 2026, she visited campus, and we were able…
Congratulations to our new Molecular Genetics Ph.D.s!
We would like to congratulate these students who successfully defended their Ph. D. during the 2025/26 academic year.
Dr. Katelyn Amstutz (Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular, and…
Michael Katanic awarded 2026 Thomas J Byers Scholarship
The Department is delighted to recognize the Michael Katanic as an awardee of the 2026 Thomas J. Byers Scholarship.
Michael is a Molecular Genetics major in…
New Funding to Jian-Qiu Wu
Congratulations to Dr. Jian-Qiu Wu, whose grant entitled "Molecular mechanisms of cytokinesis and plasma membrane repair" was recently funded by the NIH.
Cytokinesis (the last step…
STILSA Internship Highlighted in OSU News
Congratulations to Patrice Hamel, whose program Students In the Life Sciences Abroad (STILSA), co-directed by…
Mahir Mazumder awarded 2026 Jim Hopper Memorial Undergraduate Research Award
The Department is delighted to recognize the 2026 awardee of the The Jim Hopper Memorial Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Mahir Mazumder…
New Molecular Genetics Graduate Fellowships
We congratulate these graduate students in Molecular Genetics labs who have been awarded competitive fellowships to support their studies
Olivia Basile (Wu lab) received a…
New Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Margot Kossmann Williams
The Department is excited to welcome Dr. Margot Kossmann Williams as a new Associate Professor!
Dr. Williams joins us from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, where she started her…
New Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Michael Kearse
The Department of Molecular Genetics is excited to welcome Associate Professor Dr. Michael Kearse to the department. Dr. Kearse previously served as an Associate Professor in the Ohio State…