News
NSF CAREER grant to Shuai Huang
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…
Pilot Grant to Hay-Oak Park
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"…
Congratulations to our Molecular Genetics Graduates
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…
Falkenthal Graduate Research Colloquium 2026
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…
MolGen represents at University Awards Night
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…
MolGen department showcased at the 2026 ASC Alumni Awards Celebration
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…
MolGen/Art 3011 Celebrate Earth Day
"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 …
Molecular Genetics at the 2026 Science Olympiad STEM Expo!
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…
Ruben Petreaca honored by Pelotonia Scholars Program
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…