News
We are delighted to share that Maya Gosztyla (Molecular Genetics and Neuroscience B.S. 2018) was recently awarded the 2026 William Oxley Thompson Alumni Award by the Ohio State University Alumni…
The department is excited to share good news about our recent (and less recent) Ph.D. graduates and the amazing things they've been doing in the last year. Look for the next batch of recognitions…
The Department is delighted to recognize Aden Tewodros as an awardee of the 2026 Thomas J. Byers Scholarship.
Aden is a Molecular Genetics major in Helen…
Congratulations to Margot Kossmann Williams, who was just awarded a new NIH grant entitled "Transcriptional networks for embryonic time keeping".
As an embryo develops, it adheres to a…
In early September, the department held our annual Fall welcome event and celebration. We especially welcomed our incoming class of graduate students, graduate students from other program who…
Congratulations to Dr. Sharon Amacher, who has been appointed to the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Advisory Council. The Advisory Council includes leaders in science,…
The Department is delighted to recognize the 2026 awardee of the The Elizabeth Wagner Scholarship.
Kavya Kudalkar earned the award to complete…
Congratulations to Helen Chamberlin (PI) and Adriana Dawes (co-PI) who were recently awarded a grant entitled "Evaluating the dynamics of developmental tube morphogenesis" from the NIH.
The…
Congratulations to Shuai Huang who was featured on the ASC podcast Voices of Excellence. Take a few minutes to hear him discuss how plan cells defend themselves even without…
In 2025, Molecular Genetics Alumna Louise Rodino Klapac (Ph.D. 2005) provided a generous gift to the department to support graduate research. In August 2026, she visited campus, and we were able…
We would like to congratulate these students who successfully defended their Ph. D. during the 2025/26 academic year.
Dr. Katelyn Amstutz (Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular, and…
The Department is delighted to recognize the Michael Katanic as an awardee of the 2026 Thomas J. Byers Scholarship.
Michael is a Molecular Genetics major in…
Congratulations to Dr. Jian-Qiu Wu, whose grant entitled "Molecular mechanisms of cytokinesis and plasma membrane repair" was recently funded by the NIH.
Cytokinesis (the last step…
Congratulations to Patrice Hamel, whose program Students In the Life Sciences Abroad (STILSA), co-directed by…
The Department is delighted to recognize the 2026 awardee of the The Jim Hopper Memorial Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Mahir Mazumder…
We congratulate these graduate students in Molecular Genetics labs who have been awarded competitive fellowships to support their studies
Olivia Basile (Wu lab) received a…
The Department is excited to welcome Dr. Margot Kossmann Williams as a new Associate Professor!
Dr. Williams joins us from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, where she started her…
The Department of Molecular Genetics is excited to welcome Associate Professor Dr. Michael Kearse to the department. Dr. Kearse previously served as an Associate Professor in the Ohio State…
The department was recently recognized for Faculty mentoring in a video from the Office of Academic Affairs here at OSU. Dr. Sharon Amacher, recent winner of the Faculty to Faculty Mentoring award…
Our graduate students continue to earn amazing recognitions!
Rabab Abu Alhasan (Singh lab) was selected to give a student platform presentation at the CMBP/CRB annual symposium…
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…
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…
Congratulations to these graduate students in the department who were recently awarded competitive fellowships:
Frederick Meckler (BSGP student, Christin Burd lab) was…
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…
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…
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…
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…