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2023 BioEYES festivals host elementary students on campus!
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…
Molecular Genetics at The Ohio Academy of Science State Science Day!
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…
2023 Falkenthal Colloquium
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…
Congratulations to our Molecular Genetics Graduates
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%…
Molecular Genetics booth at COSI Science Festival
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"…
Herbert W. Hoover Foundation grant to Sarah Ball
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…
Accelerator grant to Guramrit Singh and Venkat Gopalan
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…
The Art and Science of Plants presents Trichome Petting Zoo
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),…
Elizabeth Wagner highlighted in New York Times
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…