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Molecular Genetics represents among Goldwater Fellows
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…

Belote wins Young Investigator Award
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…

Patrice Hamel honored by Office of Career Success
At their end-of-year gathering, the Career Success Office honored Dr. Patrice Hamel as the ASC Center for Career and Professional…

Molecular Genetics Game Night
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…

Jaime Sabel on Voices of Excellence
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…

NIH funding to Amanda Simcox
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…

Ruben Petreaca and Renee Bouley awarded undergraduate research grant
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…

Helen Chamberlin receives undergraduate research grant
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…

Waller Lectures 2025
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 divining…