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Jim Hopper Memorial Undergraduate Research Award 2023 recipients
The Department is delighted to recognize the 2023 awardees of the The Jim Hopper Memorial Undergraduate Research Award.
Irene Rozenberg earned the…
Molecular Genetics club announces their exciting Fall schedule
The Molecular Genetics Club is set for another exciting semester. You can join their groupme below, or check in at their table at the Molecular Genetics Open House to learn more!…
NIH funding for new departmental confocal microscope
Congratulations to Jian-Qiu Wu who recently was awarded a supplement to his NIH grant “Molecular Mechanisms of Cytokinesis” to partially fund the purchase of a new spinning disk confocal…
Congratulations to former PhD grads!
The department is excited to share good news about our recent (and less recent) Ph.D. graduates and the amazing things they've been doing in the last year. Look for the next batch of recognitions…
Rachel Lew (Christin Burd lab) highlighted by Arts and Sciences
Congratulations to Rachel Lew, a PhD candidate in the MCDB program working in Dr. Christin Burd's lab who was recently highlighted by ASC as one of the 2023 Pelotonia Graduate Fellows. Rachel's…
NIH funding to Paul Herman
Congratulations to Paul Herman whose NIH grant entitled "An analysis of the regulation and functions of a novel family of membraneless organelles in eukaryotic cells" was recently renewed for an…
Two scientific generations of REU students!
In 2014, Marcos Corchado Sonera was a participant in the NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates hosted in the departments of Molecular Genetics and Chemistry & Biochemistry here at…
Congratulations to our new PhDs!
The department would like to congratulate all the graduate students who completed their Ph.D. studies in the 2022/23 academic year in the Molecular Genetics graduate program or in labs in our…
NIH funding to Ruben Petreaca and colleagues
Congratulations to Ruben Petreaca, whose grant entitled "The role of PRMT5 in preventing intra-chromosomal deletions in cancer cells." was recently funded by the NIH! The proposal investigates the…