News
New NIH funding to the Dawes Lab!
Congratulations to the Adriana Dawes Lab, who recently were awarded an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health. The 4-year grant, entitled "Mathematical investigation of dynein-mediated…
43rd Waller Lecture
On Tuesday Oct 22nd and Wednesday October 23rd, the Department of Molecular Genetics hosted the 43rd annual Waller Lecture.
Dr. Pamela Ronald (Distinguished Professor, College of…
Outreach efforts bring Zebrafish into elementary schools
Congratulations to Uyen Tram who worked with Sharon Amacher to introduce Project BioEYES to the Upper Arlington Schools. After seeing the national project discussed at a Genetics Society of…
Susan Cole featured on Voices of Excellence
Congratulations to Susan Cole, who was interviewed on the Arts and Sciences podcast "Voices of Excellence". Her discussion with host David Staley covered the importance of cellular cummunication…
Departmental PhDs 2018/19
In the 2018/19 academic year, 18 students (!) earned a PhD in Molecular Genetics or while working in a lab in the Department of Molecular Genetics. Together, those students have so far contributed…
Ruben Petreaca appointed to OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center
Congratulations to Dr. Ruben Petreaca, who was recently appointed to membership in the Comprehensive Cancer Center at the James. Dr. Petreaca's research focuses on the role of chromatin structure…
Graduate Fellowships to students in Molecular Genetics
The department would like to recognize the following graduate students who were supported by new fellowship support in the past year:
Zhongxia Yi (Molecular Genetics student, Singh Lab):…
Jian-qiu Wu receives Sanford Goldston Award
On July 25th, at their 28th annual Star Award event, Ohio Cancer Research (OCR) conferred the Sanford Goldston Memorial Research Award on Jian-qiu Wu. Ohio Cancer Research is an independent,…
Congratulations to Anna Dobritsa
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Anna Dobritsa has been promoted to the position of Associate Professor with tenure. Dr. Dobritsa's laboratory studies the formation of complex extracellular…