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We are delighted to share that Maya Gosztyla (Molecular Genetics and Neuroscience B.S. 2018) was recently awarded the 2026 William Oxley Thompson Alumni Award by the Ohio State University Alumni…
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…
The Department is delighted to recognize Aden Tewodros as an awardee of the 2026 Thomas J. Byers Scholarship.
Aden is a Molecular Genetics major in Helen…
Congratulations to Margot Kossmann Williams, who was just awarded a new NIH grant entitled "Transcriptional networks for embryonic time keeping".
As an embryo develops, it adheres to a…
In early September, the department held our annual Fall welcome event and celebration. We especially welcomed our incoming class of graduate students, graduate students from other program who…
Congratulations to Dr. Sharon Amacher, who has been appointed to the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Advisory Council. The Advisory Council includes leaders in science,…
The Department is delighted to recognize the 2026 awardee of the The Elizabeth Wagner Scholarship.
Kavya Kudalkar earned the award to complete…
Congratulations to Helen Chamberlin (PI) and Adriana Dawes (co-PI) who were recently awarded a grant entitled "Evaluating the dynamics of developmental tube morphogenesis" from the NIH.
The…
Congratulations to Shuai Huang who was featured on the ASC podcast Voices of Excellence. Take a few minutes to hear him discuss how plan cells defend themselves even without…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Congratulations to Patrice Hamel, whose program Students In the Life Sciences Abroad (STILSA), co-directed by…
The Department is delighted to recognize the 2026 awardee of the The Jim Hopper Memorial Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Mahir Mazumder…
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…
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…
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…
The department was recently recognized for Faculty mentoring in a video from the Office of Academic Affairs here at OSU. Dr. Sharon Amacher, recent winner of the Faculty to Faculty Mentoring award…
Our graduate students continue to earn amazing recognitions!
Rabab Abu Alhasan (Singh lab) was selected to give a student platform presentation at the CMBP/CRB annual symposium…
Congratulations to Patrice Hamel and Joy Brihm-Spann who were recently awarded funds from the Career Center of Excellence (a catalyst grant for their proposal "i-STEM Careers”) and from the Center…
Congratulations to Christin Burd who will be one of the inaugural co-Directors of the new OSU Institute on Aging. This university-wide effort unites faculty, clinicians and educators from across…
Congratulations to these graduate students in the department who were recently awarded competitive fellowships:
Frederick Meckler (BSGP student, Christin Burd lab) was…
Congratulations to Dr. Rachel Belote, Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics, who has been selected as a FY25 Melanoma Academy Scholar through the Department of War Congressionally Directed…
Did you know there’s a lush oasis at Ohio State University on 12th Avenue? The Biological Sciences Greenhouse on the roof of the 12th Avenue Garage contains hundreds of plants used for research…
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Ruben Petreaca has been promoted to the position of Professor of Molecular Genetics. Dr. Petreaca teaches extensively at the Marion campus where his…
The Department is delighted to announce that Shuai Huang has been awarded National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, among the NSF’s highest honors for early-career…
Congratulations to Hay-Oak Park,who was recently awarded one of the inaugural Pilot Grants from the OSU Aging Initiative. Her proposal, entitled "Role of the Cdc42-Septin Axis in Cellular Aging"…
In the 2025/26 academic year about 45 undergraduates completed a BS in Molecular Genetics, and we were delighted to celebrate their accomplishments on Saturday before they formally became alumni…
We had a wonderful Falkenthal colloquium with great talks from students and from our keynote speaker Dr Daniel Arango.
Awards at the end of the day included: second place early career talk…
The Department had a great night at the 2026 Ohio State University Faculty Awards!
This year we had four faculty recognized:
Amanda Bird (joint appointment in Human Sciences) and…
The department was excited to host a table at the Arts and Sciences Alumni Awards Dinner. Faculty Sharon Amacher, Susan Cole, and Guramrit Singh along with star undergraduates Carli Genova, Amanda…
"Art and Science: Learning with Plants" is a new, interdisciplinary GE theme course where students investigate plants and their relationships with humans. They learn both scientific methods …
Congratulations to Ruben Petreaca who was named the Pelotonia Scholars Program "Scientific Reviewer of the Year" at the annual Scholars Symposium. Ruben is a tireless advocate for Pelotonia, and…
On Saturday April 18, Ohio State University hosted the Ohio Science Olympiad State Tournament, where 80 teams of 6th through 12th graders who excelled in their regional competitions came to…
The Molecular Genetics club is proud to announce their new executive committee for the 2026/27 academic year!
President: Madelyn Isbel (previous secretary)
Vice President: Riya Sutaria …
Well deserved congratulations to Amanda Bird (Associate Professor in the Departments of Human Sciences and Molecular Genetics) who was awarded Ohio State's most distinguished teaching award! The…
During Spring 2026, fourth and fifth graders from four of our seven BioEYES partner schools (Barrington ES, Hamilton STEM, Lindbergh ES, and Parkmoor ES) visited OSU West Campus for a field trip to…
Congratulations to Susan Cole who just received funding from the American Heart Association. This Innovative Project Bridge funding will allow her to continue her collaboration with Venkat Gopalan…
Congratulations to Paolo Sinopoli, who recently learned he was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Paolo is a senior in Molecular Genetics, and during his…
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Christin Burd is a 2026 recipient of the Harlan Hatcher Arts and Sciences Distinguished Faculty Award! This award recognizes a full professor who has a truly…
Well deserved congratulations to Guramrit Singh who was awarded Ohio States most distinguished teaching award! The Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching is given to only 10 faculty each year out…
Congratulations to Anita Hopper, who was just awarded this year's Honors Faculty Service Award by the Arts & Sciences Honors Committee. This award recognizes College of Arts and…
The 40th Annual Hayes Forum was held last month and the department did great things!
Caleb Gooden (Molecular Genetics Ph.D. candidate in the Ou lab) who won second place in…
Congratulations to Sharon Amacher, who was recently notified that she is one of the inaugural winners of the OSU Faculty-to-Faculty Mentorship Award! This award recognizes her…
Congratulations to Patrice Hamel, whose program Students In the Life Sciences Abroad (STILSA), co-directed by…
Congratulations to David Mackey, who was recently awarded a new grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Entitled "Linking bacterial pathogen fitness to the composition of…
Congratulations to all the MolGen undergraduates and undergraduates in MolGen labs who participated in this year's Denman forum! We would especially like to highlight:
Thaddeus Bowen …
Congratulations to Susan Cole who was recently awarded the 2026 President and Provost’s Award for Distinguished Faculty Service, during surprise visits from university leadership. This award…
Congratulations to the following students who were awarded competitive graduate fellowships for summer 2026
Olivia Basile (Wu lab) was awarded a departmental Summer Research…
Congratulations to Helen Chamberlin who was recently awarded an NMS Exploration Grant. Her proposal entitled "Evaluating oncogenic Ras activity in the nematode C. elegans" was funded by…
The Department is delighted to recognize the second 2025 awardee of the The Thomas J Byers Award
Alyssa Pennell is a Molecular Genetics major in Sharon…
Congratulations to Christin Burd, who was recently awarded a grant from the Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Research Trust Catalyst program. Entitled "Repurposing precision medicine to prevent melanoma…
Patrice Hamel's lab is interested in the topic of membrane biogenesis, in particular membrane systems in chloroplasts and mitochondria that are specialized in the transduction of energy. In recent…
The Molecular Genetics club has a great lineup of events planned for Spring of 2026. All are welcome!
MolGen Club – Spring 2026 Event List January
Congratulations to Shujun Ou, who is the subject of a recent Instructor Spotlight by the ASC Office of Distance Education. In his interview, Shujun talks about his research into how DNA…
The Department is delighted to recognize the 2025 awardee of the The Jim Hopper Memorial Undergraduate Research Fellowship
The Ou lab is bound for the 2026 Maize Genetics Meeting Cologne, Germany, in late February.
Caleb Gooden was awarded a Ray Travel Award for Service and Scholarship from the OSU Council of…
The OSU Center for RNA Biology hosted the 3rd Annual Schoenberg Lecture November 9 - 10, 2025. This annual event honors Dr. Daniel Schoenberg’s two decades of leadership in promoting RNA science…
The department just made the first awards from the Rodino-Klapac gradudate fellowship fund, which supports graduate students studying in the department of Molecular Genetics. From a pool of…
The Department is delighted to recognize the first 2025 awardee of the The Thomas J Byers Award
Madelyn Isbel is a Molecular Genetics major in Adriana…
Congratulations to Anna Dobritsa who was recently elected to a five-year term on the North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC). Formed in 1992 , the NAASC prioritizes initiatives and…
Congratulations to Debadrita Paul (PhD candidate in the Singh lab) who won the third place award at the annual MCDB Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. The 3MT competition challenges…
The Department is delighted to recognize the 2025 awardee of the The Elizabeth Wagner Scholarship.
Carli Genova earned the award to complete research in…
Two members of the Singh lab who were recognized at the RNA Rustbelt meeting in October
Rene Arvola received the excellent platform talk award Toby Frazer received the excellent poster…
On Saturday, October 25th, almost 60 campus groups and community partners gathered on OSU west campus to provide family-friendly hands-on STEM activities for the Columbus community as…
Congratulations to Dr. Ambro van Hoof who is co-PI with Dr. Agnes Karasik (Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry) on a recently funded seed grant from the Center for RNA biology…
Congratulations to Dr. Davinder Singh (Postdoctoral fellow in the Wu lab) who was recently awarded a Pelotonia Postdoctoral Fellowship
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. See other recent updates here and also…
Congratulations to Oliver Marchus (Ph. D. candidate in the Hollick lab) who was just named to a Spring Fellowship funded by the Nancy Byrd Johnson and Howard M. Johnson Fund. As outlined by the…
Congratulations to David Mackey who is a co-investigator on a new grant from the NSF entitled "Developing an intracellular protein delivery system for in planta protein-protein interaction studies…
Congratulations to Patrice Hamel who was named a faculty fellow in the College of Arts and Sciences. He will work with Career Success and Academic Enrichment to create relationships with foreign…
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 additional postings in the next…
It is with great sadness that we share the news that Dr. Desh Pal Singh Verma (Professor Emeritus of Molecular Genetics) died in his home on October 10th, 2025.
Dr. Verma earned a master's…
Congratulations to Dr. Geremy Lerma (Postdoctoral Fellow in the Amacher lab) who won the Best Postdoc Presentation for his talk entitled “Validation of Duchenne muscular dystrophy candidate…
On August 22nd the department “retreated” to Hagerty Hall and the Ohio Union for our first all-department retreat centering the research activities of our amazing faculty, staff, and students…
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 additional postings in the next…
Please join us in congratulating the students who earned their Ph.D. in the Department during the 2024/25 academic year:
Caleb Embree (Singh lab) Molecular Genetics
…
Congratulations to Sharon Amacher whose MIRA grant entitled "Developmental regulation of oscillatory expression" was recently funded by the NIH.
The MIRA award funds Amacher lab research on…
As the academic year begins, we want to welcome three new faculty to the department.
Dr. Ambro van Hoof joins us as Professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar. Prior to joining the…
Anita Hopper was recognized by the Ohio State University Board of Trustees for her appointment as Distinguished University Professor at the August Board Meeting.
In his introduction,…
Congratulations to Ruben Petreaca, who was recently awarded a new grant from the National Cancer Institute at the NIH entitled "TIP60-chromatin remodeling complex roles in chromosome break repair"…
Congratulations to Christin Burd who recently received an award from the JobsOhio Early Stage Technology Fund. Entitled "Topical pan-RAF inhibition for melanoma prevention" the funding will…
The International Zebrafish Society (IZFS), recently announced the 2025 George Streisinger Award Winners: the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) Course Directors. This award recognizes senior…
Congratulations to Davis Snodgrass (Molecular Genetics' Greenhouse Coordinator) who recently earned a Framework Grant from the Integrated Physical Planning Liaison Group. These grants provide…
Congratulations to the following students who were awarded new competitive graduate fellowships starting in Summer or Autumn of 2025:
Debadrita Paul (Singh lab) was awarded a…
Congratulations to a number of members of the department who have recently earned accolades at local and international meetings:
At the 2025 RNA Society Meeting Paolo Sinopoli …
We had a wonderful Falkenthal colloquium with great talks from students and from our keynote speaker Pamela Wenzel.
Awards at the end of the day included: first place talk in the third year…
On Saturday April 26th, Ohio State University hosted the Ohio Science Olympiad State Tournament, where 80 teams of 6th through 12th graders who excelled in their regional competitions came to…
Molecular Genetics joined many OSU and Columbus area groups that participated in the COSI Big Science Celebration on Saturday, May 3rd. We provided hands-on activities for the general public at…
Four students from The Ohio State University have been recognized by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program in 2025, and astonishingly three of them have…
Congratulations to Rachel Belote who was awarded the 2024 Medrano Young Investigator Award, PanAmerican Society of Pigment Cell Research (PASPCR). This award recognizes an early-career scientist…
At their end-of-year gathering, the Career Success Office honored Dr. Patrice Hamel as the ASC Center for Career and Professional Success Faculty Champion of the Year. This was awarded in…
On Friday evening, April 11th, the Molecular Genetics department hosted “Game Night”, open to everyone. Undergrads, grad students, postdocs, staff, and faculty attended for an evening of fun and…
Congratulations to Jaime Sabel (Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Life Science Education) who was featured on the ASC podcast Voices of Excellence. Take a few minutes to hear her…
Congratulations to Amanda Simcox, Emeritus Professor whose grant entitled "Linking systemic and local signaling for proportional growth" was recently funded by the NIH. This project will use the…
Congratulations to Ruben Petreaca and Renee Bouley who recently were awarded an honors undergraduate research grant entitled “Identification of Mutations that Drive Cancer” from the College of…
Congratulations to Helen Chamberlin who recently was awarded an honors undergraduate research grant entitled “Broadening Participation and Retention of Biological Science Majors Through a Faculty…
The department hosted José R. Dinneny, Professor of Biology, Stanford University for the Waller lecture series March 19th-20th. Dr. Dinneny presented a scientific lecture entitled "The…
Congratulations to Dr. Anita Hopper who was named a Distinguished University Professor in a surprise announcement on March 18. The award was announced by Helen Malone, Vice Provost for Academic…
Congratulations to Anna Lubertozzi (Ph. D. candidate, Plageman lab) who has recently earned several accolades at the intersection of art and science!
Her confocal image entitled "The…
Congratulations to Clare Austin (Ph.D. candidate, Amacher lab) wh was recently awarded the Graduate Student Award for Distinguished Service from the College of Arts and Sciences! This award honors…
The Dept. of Molecular Genetics, partnering with @ASCareersuccess, is offering paid sustainability internships w/ companies in Norway and Brazil! Undergrad (degree seeking or graduated) & graduate…
Erin Murray recently spent a month with a research team in Norway studying the impacts of noise from a nearby offshore windfarm upon key species of the local aquatic food chain. By exposing…
Congratulations to the Hopper lab whose recent paper "Free introns of tRNAs as complementarity-dependent regulators of gene expression" was highlighted by Ohio State News. This outstanding paper,…
Congratulations to Amanda Bird who is a co-investigator on a recently awarded President's Research Excellence Accelerator Award entitled "Novel role for iron homeostasis in air pollution…
Congratulations to Anna Dobritsa who was recently awarded an NMS Exploration Grant. Her proposal entitled "Exploring protein interactions involved in pollen aperture formation in Arabidopsis…
Molecular Genetics, with generous support from the College of Arts and Sciences hosted an all-day Graduate Student Professional Development Workshop on Friday, December 13, 2024…
Congratulations to Dr. Patrice Hamel who was recently awarded a Dean's Innovation Fund Global Initiatives Grant. This funding will help support and expand the STILSA (Students in Life Sciences…
The whole department gathered on Monday, December 16th. Surrounded by festive greetings like “Yeast on Earth”, “Worm Holiday Greetings”, and “Best Fishes for 2025”, we enjoyed great food and…
Congratulations to Samantha Brag who was recently recognized through the University Staff Advisory Committee's “Staff in the Spotlight” program.
This program…
Congratulations to Valnetina Posada, Ph.D. candidate in the Christin Burd lab who has been selected to be part of a trainee exchange program between the OSU CCC and the Huntsman Cancer Institute…
The Department is delighted to recognize the second 2024 awardee of the The Thomas J. Byers Scholarship.
Amanda McCrary is a Molecular Genetics major in…
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. Recent recognitions were posted in…
Congratulations to Shujun Ou who is one of only 16 faculty at OSU to be recognized by the web of Science Highly Cited Researcher program. Dr Ou's lab examines how plants co-evolve with…
On Saturday, October 19th, almost 50 campus groups and community partners gathered on west campus to provide family-friendly hands-on STEM activities for the Columbus community. This year’s event…
The Department is delighted to recognize the 2024 awardee of the The Jim Hopper Memorial Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Savanna Schutte…
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. Recent recognitions can be read here or…
Congratulations to the following students who have earned new graduate fellowships. We are so proud of them!
•Clare Austin (Amacher lab) was awarded a Fellowship on the…
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. Recent recognitions are here. Look for…
The Department is delighted to recognize one of the 2024 awardees of the The Thomas Byers Scholarship
Laurel Fleszar is a fourth year undergraduate…
Please join us in congratulating the students who earned their Ph.D. in the Department during the 2023/24 academic year:
Hari Krishnan Balasubramanian (Osmani lab) MCDB
…
The department is delighted to announce the hiring of Dr. Jaime Sabel who joined us in Autumn 2024 as an Associate Professor and the Director of the Center for Life Sciences Education…
The Department is delighted to recognize the 2024 awardee of the The Elizabeth Wagner Scholarship.
Sophie Cihan earned the award to complete research in…
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…
In early September, the department held our annual Fall welcome event and celebration. Our incoming class of graduate students introduced themselves to the wider departments, and we celebrated the…
Congratulations to Sarah Ball (Molecular Genetics and Center for Life Science Education) who grant entitled "SEA-Lab IPATH Phage Collaboration" from the Herbert W. Hoover Foundation! Building was…
Congratulations to Dr. Geremy Lerma, former graduate student and now postdoctoral fellow in the Amacher lab, received fellowship funding from Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy to pursue his…
Congratulations to Dr. Christopher Benson (Postdoctoral fellow, Ou lab) who was recently awarded a fellowship by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Entitled “Chromosomal dynamics in…
Congratulations to Shuai Huang, whose grant entitled "Immune control by GBPL proteins in Arabidopsis" was recently funded by the NIH. Funded by this grant, the Huang lab will employ cutting-edge…
Congratulations to Christin Burd whose grant entitled "Molecular mechanisms of allele-specific NRAS signaling and tumorigenesis" was recently funded by the NIH. We have known for decades that
Congratulations to Shujun Ou, who is a funded co-PI on a recently awarded NSF grant entitled "The Gamete to Zygote Transition of the Plant Epigenome". Working with collaborators at UC Davis …
Congratulations to Patrice Hamel, whose grant entitled "Experiential Learning in Sustainability: An International Perspective (ELSIP)" was recently funded by ENGIE via…
Congratulations to Anna Dobristsa who was recently featured on the College podcast "Voices of Excellence". Head over to listen to her interview "Pollen – It’s More than Just an Allergen"!
Congratulations to Dr. Shuai Huang, whose grant entitled "Tools4Cells: Detecting biomolecular condensation via genetically encoded biosensors" was recently funded by the National Science…
On June 3, 2024, almost 100 Columbus City Schools teachers visited OSU as part of the week-long STEAMM Rising program. The visitors spent the first day rotating through 4 different activities,…
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Christin Burd has been promoted to the position of Full Professor. Dr. Burd's lab focuses on identifying mechanisms to prevent melanoma and improve clinical…
On Friday, May 17th, the department held our annual Scott Falkenthal colloquium featuring talks from current graduate students in the third and fifth year of the program. We also enjoyed a keynote…
In the 2023/24 academic year over 60 undergraduates completed a BS in Molecular Genetics and they were an amazing group! 17% completed a second major and 50% completed one or more minors. 40%…
We hosted fifth graders from three different Columbus elementary schools for 2-hour field trips to follow up on their fall in-classroom BioEYES experience. With the help of OSU undergraduates…
Congratulations to Sharon Amacher, who was recently elected to the Society for Developmental Biology Academy. The Academy recognizes and celebrates the achievements of long-standing SDB members…
Molecular Genetics joined other OSU departments, centers, and clubs, and other Columbus area STEM groups, at the COSI Big Science Celebration on Saturday, May 4, 2024. Our “FUNdamentals of…
From April 22nd through April 23rd, the Biological Sciences Greenhouse hosted an art installation entitled "In a Hotter House". Artists including several from the Aspects of Art and Technology…
On April 23rd, we visited the Whitehall branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library to help children aged 7-12 prepare DNA from strawberries as part of the “Kids Create” afterschool program…
We are pleased to announce that Sharon Amacher was awarded a 2024 Community Engaged Scholar Award for her engagement efforts on behalf of the Molecular Genetics Department. The award particularly…
Congratulations to Dr. Rene Arvola, postdoctoral fellow in the Singh and Amacher labs, who recently was awarded an NIGMS/NIH K99 grant via the MOSAIC program!
Her grant, entitled
We hosted fourth graders from Hamilton STEM Elementary School on March 26th for a 2-hour field trip to follow up on their fall in-classroom BioEYES experience. With the help of OSU graduate…
We are delighted that the ASC Office of Engagement has featured the BioEYES program in a video featuring Dr. Sharon Amacher.
BioEYES is an international K-12 science education program which…
The department is delighted to report that several Molecular Genetics majors were honored at the 2024 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum.
In the area of "Understanding Cancer" Reem Ahmed…
The department is delighted to announce that Dr. Christin Burd was recently selected to receive the 2023-2024 Arts and Sciences Mid-Career Faculty Excellence Award. This award recognizes…
First BioEYES Festivals of 2024!
We hosted two BioEYES Festivals on January 22nd for Barrington Elementary School students. Fourth graders visited the Ohio State Campus to…
Applications are open for research internships with financial support to OSU degree-seeking and recently graduated undergraduates in the fields of neuroscience, marine biology,…
The Department is happy to announce our annual scholarship competition providing financial assistance to Molecular Genetics students conducting research in OSU labs.
Applications for…
Congratulations to Dr. Shujun Ou, whose grant entitled "Adaptation Mechanisms of Maize and Rice to Environmental Stresses: A Comparative Genomic Approach" was recently…
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Patrice Hamel collaborator Dr. Cindy Jang (Office of International affairs) received an Undergraduate Research Access Innovation Seed Grant. The objective of…
Congratulations to Ruben Petreaca who together with coPI Renee Bouley (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry) was recently awarded an Undergraduate Research Access Innovation Seed Grant from…
Molecular Genetics major Noor Farag earned the award to complete research in the lab of Dr. Kudryashov in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Molecular Genetics…
Congratulations to Shujun Ou who was recently awarded an Undergraduate Research Access Innovation Seed Grant from the Office of Undergradaute Education, to begin in July 2024. The grant will…
We celebrated the end-of-semester with our annual Winter Celebration, enjoying great company and fantastic food while cozying up around a virtual fireplace. There were fabulous entries in our…
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. See the last few batches of recognitions…
The Center for RNA Biology and Arts and Sciences "Science Sundays" recently hosted Dr. Melissa Moore (Dean, R&D College, Moderna University Chief Scientific Officer Emerita, Moderna). Dr. Moore…
Congratulations to Guramrit Singh, who was recently appointed Associate Director of the OSU Center for RNA Biology. We are excited to see the next steps for this critical Center!
The annual Rustbelt RNA Meeting was heldOct 27-28, 2023, and we would like to congratulate all the many trainees who attended and presented their research. We would also like to highlight that
…
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. See previous batches of graduates at the…
The Department is delighted to recognize the 2023 awardees of the The Elizabeth WagnerScholarship.
Lillian Ebeling-Koning earned the award to complete…
In early September, the department held our annual Fall welcome and celebration party. Our incoming class of graduate students introduced themselves to the wider departments, and we celebrated the…
On September 30, 2023, over 40 campus groups gathered on west campus to provide family-friendly hands-on STEM activities for the greater community. This year’s event featured 41 activity stations…
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. See the last batch of recognitions here…
The Department is delighted to recognize the 2023 awardees of the The Jim Hopper Memorial Undergraduate Research Award.
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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!
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 OSU…
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…
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…
Congratulations to Dr. Sharon Amacher who was recently elected as the Midwest representative to the Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) Board of Directors.
SDB furthers the study of…
The department is delighted to announce the hiring of Dr. Rachel Belote, who will join us in the 2023/24 academic year as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Belote will join us from a postdoctoral…
The department is delighted to announce the hiring of Dr. Christine Cucinotta, who will join us in the 2023/24 academic year as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Cucinotta will join us from a…
Congratulations to the graduate students in Molecular Genetics labs who were supported via competitive funding in the 2022/23 academic year!
The following students had newly established or…
Congratulations to Susan Cole and Venkat Gopalan who were recently awarded an Innovative Project Award from the American Heart Association. The grant entitled "Elucidating the unexpected…
Thanks to Dr. Patrice Hamel's dedication to international education, three OSU students will each spend three months in Norway completing mentored research in a host lab.
Kayla Hudson …
Congratulations to Dr. Patrice Hamel who received funding from University of Paris-Saclay (France) to develop new initiatives for international research and science between the French Institution…
Congratulations to Hay-Oak Park whose President's Research Accelerator Grant entitled "Uncovering a conserved role of cell polarity signaling in cellular aging using…
On June 24th, Franklin Park Conservatory hosted Pollinator Palooza in conjunction with National Pollinator Week, and Molecular Genetics was there. Led by Anna Dobritsa, postdoc Yuan Zhou, research…
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Wayne Miles has been promoted to the position of Associate Professor with tenure. Dr. Miles has a primary appointment in the Department of Cancer Biology and…
Congratulations to Hay-Oak Park who was recently awarded an NMS Exploration Grant. Her proposal entitled "Linking cell polarity signaling and autophagy during aging" was funded by the College of…
Congratulations to Ruben Petreaca who is serving as a co-PI on an NMS Exploration Grant recently awarded to Renee Bouley (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry). Their proposal entitled …
Congratulations to Adriana Dawes (PI) and Helen Chamberlin (co-PI) who were recently awarded an NMS Exploration Grant. Their proposal entitled "Network Polymorphism and RAS-mediated cell…
Congratulations to Shuai Huang who was recently awarded an NMS Exploration Grant. His proposal entitled "Liquid-liquid Phase Separation in Plant Defense" was funded by the College of Arts and…
On May 10th and May 17th, we hosted Barrington Elementary School and Cranbrook Elementary School 4th and 5th graders for BioEYES Festivals. We bring students who participated in the BioEYES…
On May 13th, Ohio State hosted over 1,000 5th-12th grade students from across Ohio who scored a Superior on their State Science Day project. Over twenty volunteers from Molecular Genetics visited…
On Friday, May 12th, the department held our annual Scott Falkenthal colloquium featuring talks from current graduate students in the third and fifth year of the program. We also enjoyed a keynote…
In the 2022/23 academic year over 54 undergraduates completed a BS in Molecular Genetics and they were an amazing group! 17% completed a second major and 50% completed one or more minors. 63%…
On May 6th, COSI hosted their annual science festival. Over 100 exhibitors hosted booths of hands on science activities, and Molecular Genetics was there to get people excited about the "FUN…
Congratulations to Sarah Ball (Molecular Genetics and Center for Life Science Education) who was recently awarded a grant entitled "SEA-Lab IPATH Phage Collaboration" from the Herbert W. Hoover…
Guramrit Singh and Venkat Gopalan will serve as co-PIs on an accelerator grant from the Center for Cancer Engineering at OSU. These grants provide seed funding that enables and invigorates new…
Every other year, the Departments of Art and Molecular Genetics offer a course entitled "The Art and Science of Plants". Jointly taught by our own Iris Meier and Amy Young (Department of Art),…
The April 22nd edition of the New Your Times highlighted Elizabeth Wagner Reed (namesake of the Elizabeth Wagner Scholarship) as part of the "Overlooked" series of obituaries about remarkable…
The Department is delighted to announce that Danny Lam joined us in March as a fiscal associate. Danny comes to us from the Brain and Spine Hospital and also brings fiscal associate experience…
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Sharon Amacher is the 2023 recipient of the Harlan Hatcher Arts and Sciences Distinguished Faculty Award! This award recognizes a full professor who has a…
Congratulations to Patrice Hamel who is a co-investigator on a recently awarded President's Research Excellence Catalyst Award entitled "Artificial Metalloenzymes for the Sustainable…
Congratulations to Amrit Singh, whose NIH grant entitled "Post-transcriptional gene regulation by the exon junction complex" was recently funded for 5 years! Work in the Singh lab focuses on…
The sometimes overlooked greenhouse on the roof of the 12th avenue garage was recently highlighted as a hidden gem in the WOSU series "Columbus Neighborhoods". The Biological Sciences Greenhouse…
The Ohio State Health and Discovery website recently published an article discussing zebrafish research on campus entitled "The scientific wonders of zebrafish for biomedical research". Among many…
Many congratulations to alumnus Mitchell Ticoras who was just awarded a prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the NSF. Mitchell graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2022 with a BS in Molecular…
The second annual Ohio Zebrafish Undergraduate Research conference was held at Kenyon college on March 25th, and the Zebrafish Research Student Organization sent a large contingent of OSU postdoc…
We are delighted to announce that only weeks after receiving the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, Christin Burd was honored again with the Early Career Distinguished Scholar Award in a…
We are delighted to report that David Snodgrass, Greenhouse Coordinator in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Building Coordinator for Aronoff Laboratory, received an honorable mention for…
On March 14th, our own Priscila Rodriguez Garcia (PhD candidate in the Herman lab) gave a virtual talk to hundreds of middle and high school science students in Puerto Rico. She was invited by "…
To celebrate women in science, Bionomous is highlighting the women who have provided the foundations for research using zebrafish as a model system. We are delighted that Dr. Sharon Amacher has…
The Molecular Genetics Club hosted a fabulous student:faculty mixer in February. Students from the Molecular Genetics major and other club members were able to mingle with faculty from the…
Well deserved congratulations to Christn Burd who was awarded Ohio States most distinguished teaching award! The Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching is given to only 10 faculty each year out…
Congratulations to Anna Dobritsa whose National Science Foundation grant entitled "The role of ELMOD family proteins and their genetic network in the development of specialized membrane domains on…
The Molecular Genetics Club has an exciting semester of opportunities in store. Join them as they learn about research, exciting careers and the intersections of law and genetic research. Meetings…
The Department is happy to announce our annual scholarship competition providing financial assistance to MG students conducting research.
Applications for research funding from the…
The department gathered mid-December for great food and fun and to celebrate the end of semester and close of 2022. We held our first-ever ornament decorating contest; Natalie, Rene, Isabella, and…
TRONDBUSS (for TRONDheim-ColumBUS and BUSS for bus in Norwegian), a bilateral US-Norway international education initiative between the Department of Molecular Genetics at OSU and NTNU (Norwegian…
We are delighted to highlight that several of our outstanding staff were recently recognized by the College of Arts and Sciences for their extraordinary efforts and contributions during the…
Congratulations to our two newest faculty members, Shujun Ou and Shuai Huang, who were awarded STEM Education Faculty Startup Awards by the Enterprise for Research, Innovation and Knowledge here…
Molecular Genetics was one of >30 exhibitors at the WestFest Science and Technology Festival on October 15, 2022. Community members of all ages visited our exhibited and viewed zebrafish embryos…
At our annual fall gathering, we highlighted many of the great achievements of our department members (watch the movie here).
In addition the department honored several students for their…
Congratulations to Kristen Navarro, PhD candidate in the Chamberlin lab, who was recently highlighted on the "Genes to Genomes" blog of the Genetics Society of America. Kristen is one of the GSA's…
The Molecular Genetics Club has an exciting semester of opportunities in store. Join them as they learn about research, teaching, exciting careers and the intersections of law and genetic research…