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Autumn Welcome event
In early September, the department held our annual Fall welcome event and celebration. Our incoming class of graduate students introduced themselves to the wider departments, and we celebrated the…

Herbert W. Hoover Foundation grant to Sarah Ball
Congratulations to Sarah Ball (Molecular Genetics and Center for Life Science Education) who grant entitled "SEA-Lab IPATH Phage Collaboration" from the Herbert W. Hoover Foundation!…

Postdoctoral support to Dr. Geremy Lerma
Congratulations to Dr. Geremy Lerma, former graduate student and now postdoctoral fellow in the Amacher lab, received fellowship funding from Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy to pursue his…

Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr. Christopher Benson
Congratulations to Dr. Christopher Benson (Postdoctoral fellow, Ou lab) who was recently awarded a fellowship by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Entitled “Chromosomal…

New NIH funding to Huang lab
Congratulations to Shuai Huang, whose grant entitled "Immune control by GBPL proteins in Arabidopsis" was recently funded by the NIH. Funded by this grant, the Huang lab will employ cutting-edge…

New NIH funding to Christin Burd
Congratulations to Christin Burd whose grant entitled "Molecular mechanisms of allele-specific NRAS signaling and tumorigenesis" was recently funded by the NIH. We have known for decades that RAS…

NSF funding to Shujun Ou
Congratulations to Shujun Ou, who is a funded co-PI on a recently awarded NSF grant entitled "The Gamete to Zygote Transition of the Plant Epigenome". Working with collaborators at UC Davis (…

Ohio State Energy Partners award for international education to Patrice Hamel
Congratulations to Patrice Hamel, whose grant entitled "Experiential Learning in Sustainability: An International Perspective (ELSIP)" was recently funded by ENGIE via the Office of Academic…

Anna Dobritsa interviewed on Voices of Excellence
Congratulations to Anna Dobristsa who was recently featured on the College podcast "Voices of Excellence". Head over to listen to her interview "Pollen – It’s More than Just an Allergen"!