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New award to Patrice Hamel and STILSA
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…
Christin Burd named co-director of the OSU Institute on Aging
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…
New Molecular Genetics Graduate Fellowships
Congratulations to these graduate students in the department who were recently awarded competitive fellowships:
Frederick Meckler (BSGP student, Christin Burd lab) was…
Rachel Belote named Melanoma Scholar
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…
Biological Sciences Greenhouse in the news
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…
Ruben Petreaca promoted!
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…
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…