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Undergraduate research summer program funded by NSF!
Congratulations to Susan Cole and Jane Jackman, whose NSF proposal to fund an undergraduate summer research program has been funded for four years. This application provides money to renew support…

NSF CAREER award for Adriana Dawes
Congratulations to Adriana Dawes, who has received a CAREER award form the National Science Foundation. The five-year award will use mathematical modeling of cortical actin dynamics, to provide…

Recent Undergraduate Awards!
Congratulations to the following Molecular Genetics Undergrads, who have been awarded competitive fellowships to support their independent research! Undergraduate Research Awards, Autumn 2015:…
USDA funding to Alonso lab!
Congratulations to Ana Alonso, whose grant entitled "A systems approach to understanding and improving industrial oil biosynthesis in an emerging crop Physaria fendleri” has been funded by the USDA…
Christin Burd named Damon Runyon Innovator
Congratulations to Christin Burd who received a Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award! This highly competitive award is designed to support exceptionally creative scientists whose high-risk/high-…

Autumn Papers from Molecular Genetics
Congratulations to Molecular Genetics labs for the following publications that came out during Autumn of 2015:Changes in Whole-Plant Metabolism during the Grain-Filling Stage in Sorghum Grown under…
Molecular Genetics speakers at Pelotonia Symposium on November 19th
Congratulations to Andrea Holderbaum (Biology Undergraduate in Christin Burd's lab) and Yihua Zhu (Molecular Genetics graduate student in the Wu lab) who have been selected to present their…Somers Lab NIH Funding
Congratulations to David Somers whose R01 grant "Post-translational control mechanisms of the circadian clock" has been funded by the NIH for four years.