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Pelotonia funding to Craig Burd
Congratulations to the Craig Burd lab, which has been awarded a Pelotonia IDEA grant entitled "Understanding Potential Protective Effect of Female Hormones in Melanoma". This grant (https…
Sharon Amacher and Jared Talbot honored as Undergraduate Research Mentors
Congratulations to Sharon Amacher and Jared Talbot, who were honored as Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentors at the Denman Undergraduate Research Colloquium. Other Molecular Genetics faculty…
Arabidopsis in Space!
Congratulations to the Slotkin lab, who sent a reporter line of Arabidopsis thaliana created in the lab to the International Space Station aboard the Dragon 9 capsule. This work is part of ongoing…

Anita Hopper and Anna Dobritsa Honored as Mentors
Anita and Anna were honored for their mentorship at the Sphinx and Mortarboard Faculty and Staff Recognition Reception on 02/28. Each student member of the Sphinx and Mortarboard honor societies…

NIH funding to Cole lab
Congratulations to Susan Cole, whose two year grant entitled "Alternative polyadenylation of Hes7 in the mouse segmentation clock" was recently funded by the National Institutes of Health. This…

James Hopper
We are deeply saddened to announce that Professor Jim Hopper passed away on January 21st, 2017 at the age of 74. Jim graduated from the University of Wisconsin with B.S., M.S. and Ph.D.…
Recent papers from Molecular Genetics labs
MYB31/MYB42 Syntelogs Exhibit Divergent Regulation of Phenylpropanoid Genes in Maize, Sorghum and Rice. Agarwal T, Grotewold E, Doseff AI, Gray J. Sci Rep. 2016 Jun 22;6:28502. doi: 10.1038/…

Molecular Genetics welcomes new faculty
Dr. Wayne Miles performed his graduate work at the University of Manchester, where he examined the role of SUMOylation on Dpp signaling in Drosophila embryos. In 2009, he joined Dr. Nicholas…
Molecular Genetics Open Faculty Position
The Department of Molecular Genetics in the College of Arts & Sciences at The Ohio State University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor. We seek…