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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…
Congratulations to Hay-Oak Park,who was recently awarded one of the inaugural Pilot Grants from the OSU Aging Initiative. Her proposal, entitled "Role of the Cdc42-Septin Axis in Cellular Aging"…
In the 2025/26 academic year about 45 undergraduates completed a BS in Molecular Genetics, and we were delighted to celebrate their accomplishments on Saturday before they formally became alumni…
We had a wonderful Falkenthal colloquium with great talks from students and from our keynote speaker Dr Daniel Arango.
Awards at the end of the day included: second place early career talk…
The Department had a great night at the 2026 Ohio State University Faculty Awards!
This year we had four faculty recognized:
Amanda Bird (joint appointment in Human Sciences) and…
The department was excited to host a table at the Arts and Sciences Alumni Awards Dinner. Faculty Sharon Amacher, Susan Cole, and Guramrit Singh along with star undergraduates Carli Genova, Amanda…
"Art and Science: Learning with Plants" is a new, interdisciplinary GE theme course where students investigate plants and their relationships with humans. They learn both scientific methods …
Congratulations to Ruben Petreaca who was named the Pelotonia Scholars Program "Scientific Reviewer of the Year" at the annual Scholars Symposium. Ruben is a tireless advocate for Pelotonia, and…
On Saturday April 18, Ohio State University hosted the Ohio Science Olympiad State Tournament, where 80 teams of 6th through 12th graders who excelled in their regional competitions came to…
The Molecular Genetics club is proud to announce their new executive committee for the 2026/27 academic year!
President: Madelyn Isbel (previous secretary)
Vice President: Riya Sutaria …
Well deserved congratulations to Amanda Bird (Associate Professor in the Departments of Human Sciences and Molecular Genetics) who was awarded Ohio State's most distinguished teaching award! The…
During Spring 2026, fourth and fifth graders from four of our seven BioEYES partner schools (Barrington ES, Hamilton STEM, Lindbergh ES, and Parkmoor ES) visited OSU West Campus for a field trip to…
Congratulations to Susan Cole who just received funding from the American Heart Association. This Innovative Project Bridge funding will allow her to continue her collaboration with Venkat Gopalan…
Congratulations to Paolo Sinopoli, who recently learned he was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Paolo is a senior in Molecular Genetics, and during his…
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Christin Burd is a 2026 recipient of the Harlan Hatcher Arts and Sciences Distinguished Faculty Award! This award recognizes a full professor who has a truly…
Well deserved congratulations to Guramrit Singh who was awarded Ohio States most distinguished teaching award! The Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching is given to only 10 faculty each year out…
Congratulations to Anita Hopper, who was just awarded this year's Honors Faculty Service Award by the Arts & Sciences Honors Committee. This award recognizes College of Arts and…
The 40th Annual Hayes Forum was held last month and the department did great things!
Caleb Gooden (Molecular Genetics Ph.D. candidate in the Ou lab) who won second place in…
Congratulations to Sharon Amacher, who was recently notified that she is one of the inaugural winners of the OSU Faculty-to-Faculty Mentorship Award! This award recognizes her…
Congratulations to Patrice Hamel, whose program Students In the Life Sciences Abroad (STILSA), co-directed by…
Congratulations to David Mackey, who was recently awarded a new grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Entitled "Linking bacterial pathogen fitness to the composition of…
Congratulations to all the MolGen undergraduates and undergraduates in MolGen labs who participated in this year's Denman forum! We would especially like to highlight:
Thaddeus Bowen …
Congratulations to Susan Cole who was recently awarded the 2026 President and Provost’s Award for Distinguished Faculty Service, during surprise visits from university leadership. This award…
Congratulations to the following students who were awarded competitive graduate fellowships for summer 2026
Olivia Basile (Wu lab) was awarded a departmental Summer Research…
Congratulations to Helen Chamberlin who was recently awarded an NMS Exploration Grant. Her proposal entitled "Evaluating oncogenic Ras activity in the nematode C. elegans" was funded by…
The Department is delighted to recognize the second 2025 awardee of the The Thomas J Byers Award
Alyssa Pennell is a Molecular Genetics major in Sharon…
Congratulations to Christin Burd, who was recently awarded a grant from the Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Research Trust Catalyst program. Entitled "Repurposing precision medicine to prevent melanoma…
Patrice Hamel's lab is interested in the topic of membrane biogenesis, in particular membrane systems in chloroplasts and mitochondria that are specialized in the transduction of energy. In recent…
The Molecular Genetics club has a great lineup of events planned for Spring of 2026. All are welcome!
MolGen Club – Spring 2026 Event List January
Congratulations to Shujun Ou, who is the subject of a recent Instructor Spotlight by the ASC Office of Distance Education. In his interview, Shujun talks about his research into how DNA…
The Department is delighted to recognize the 2025 awardee of the The Jim Hopper Memorial Undergraduate Research Fellowship
The Ou lab is bound for the 2026 Maize Genetics Meeting Cologne, Germany, in late February.
Caleb Gooden was awarded a Ray Travel Award for Service and Scholarship from the OSU Council of…
The OSU Center for RNA Biology hosted the 3rd Annual Schoenberg Lecture November 9 - 10, 2025. This annual event honors Dr. Daniel Schoenberg’s two decades of leadership in promoting RNA science…
The department just made the first awards from the Rodino-Klapac gradudate fellowship fund, which supports graduate students studying in the department of Molecular Genetics. From a pool of…
The Department is delighted to recognize the first 2025 awardee of the The Thomas J Byers Award
Madelyn Isbel is a Molecular Genetics major in Adriana…
Congratulations to Anna Dobritsa who was recently elected to a five-year term on the North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC). Formed in 1992 , the NAASC prioritizes initiatives and…
Congratulations to Debadrita Paul (PhD candidate in the Singh lab) who won the third place award at the annual MCDB Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. The 3MT competition challenges…
Two members of the Singh lab who were recognized at the RNA Rustbelt meeting in October
Rene Arvola received the excellent platform talk award Toby Frazer received the excellent poster…
The Department is delighted to recognize the 2025 awardee of the The Elizabeth Wagner Scholarship.
Carli Genova earned the award to complete research in…
On Saturday, October 25th, almost 60 campus groups and community partners gathered on OSU west campus to provide family-friendly hands-on STEM activities for the Columbus community as…
Congratulations to Dr. Ambro van Hoof who is co-PI with Dr. Agnes Karasik (Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry) on a recently funded seed grant from the Center for RNA biology…
Congratulations to Dr. Davinder Singh (Postdoctoral fellow in the Wu lab) who was recently awarded a Pelotonia Postdoctoral Fellowship
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. See other recent updates here and also…
Congratulations to Oliver Marchus (Ph. D. candidate in the Hollick lab) who was just named to a Spring Fellowship funded by the Nancy Byrd Johnson and Howard M. Johnson Fund. As outlined by the…
Congratulations to David Mackey who is a co-investigator on a new grant from the NSF entitled "Developing an intracellular protein delivery system for in planta protein-protein interaction studies…
Congratulations to Patrice Hamel who was named a faculty fellow in the College of Arts and Sciences. He will work with Career Success and Academic Enrichment to create relationships with foreign…
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 additional postings in the next…
It is with great sadness that we share the news that Dr. Desh Pal Singh Verma (Professor Emeritus of Molecular Genetics) died in his home on October 10th, 2025.
Dr. Verma earned a master's…
Congratulations to Dr. Geremy Lerma (Postdoctoral Fellow in the Amacher lab) who won the Best Postdoc Presentation for his talk entitled “Validation of Duchenne muscular dystrophy candidate…
On August 22nd the department “retreated” to Hagerty Hall and the Ohio Union for our first all-department retreat centering the research activities of our amazing faculty, staff, and students…
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 additional postings in the next…
Please join us in congratulating the students who earned their Ph.D. in the Department during the 2024/25 academic year:
Caleb Embree (Singh lab) Molecular Genetics
…
Congratulations to Sharon Amacher whose MIRA grant entitled "Developmental regulation of oscillatory expression" was recently funded by the NIH.
The MIRA award funds Amacher lab research on…
As the academic year begins, we want to welcome three new faculty to the department.
Dr. Ambro van Hoof joins us as Professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar. Prior to joining the…
Anita Hopper was recognized by the Ohio State University Board of Trustees for her appointment as Distinguished University Professor at the August Board Meeting.
In his introduction,…
Congratulations to Ruben Petreaca, who was recently awarded a new grant from the National Cancer Institute at the NIH entitled "TIP60-chromatin remodeling complex roles in chromosome break repair"…
Congratulations to Christin Burd who recently received an award from the JobsOhio Early Stage Technology Fund. Entitled "Topical pan-RAF inhibition for melanoma prevention" the funding will…
The International Zebrafish Society (IZFS), recently announced the 2025 George Streisinger Award Winners: the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) Course Directors. This award recognizes senior…
Congratulations to Davis Snodgrass (Molecular Genetics' Greenhouse Coordinator) who recently earned a Framework Grant from the Integrated Physical Planning Liaison Group. These grants provide…
Congratulations to the following students who were awarded new competitive graduate fellowships starting in Summer or Autumn of 2025:
Debadrita Paul (Singh lab) was awarded a…
Congratulations to a number of members of the department who have recently earned accolades at local and international meetings:
At the 2025 RNA Society Meeting Paolo Sinopoli …
We had a wonderful Falkenthal colloquium with great talks from students and from our keynote speaker Pamela Wenzel.
Awards at the end of the day included: first place talk in the third year…
On Saturday April 26th, Ohio State University hosted the Ohio Science Olympiad State Tournament, where 80 teams of 6th through 12th graders who excelled in their regional competitions came to…
Molecular Genetics joined many OSU and Columbus area groups that participated in the COSI Big Science Celebration on Saturday, May 3rd. We provided hands-on activities for the general public at…
Four students from The Ohio State University have been recognized by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program in 2025, and astonishingly three of them have…
Congratulations to Rachel Belote who was awarded the 2024 Medrano Young Investigator Award, PanAmerican Society of Pigment Cell Research (PASPCR). This award recognizes an early-career scientist…
At their end-of-year gathering, the Career Success Office honored Dr. Patrice Hamel as the ASC Center for Career and Professional Success Faculty Champion of the Year. This was awarded in…
On Friday evening, April 11th, the Molecular Genetics department hosted “Game Night”, open to everyone. Undergrads, grad students, postdocs, staff, and faculty attended for an evening of fun and…
Congratulations to Jaime Sabel (Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Life Science Education) who was featured on the ASC podcast Voices of Excellence. Take a few minutes to hear her…
Congratulations to Amanda Simcox, Emeritus Professor whose grant entitled "Linking systemic and local signaling for proportional growth" was recently funded by the NIH. This project will use the…
Congratulations to Ruben Petreaca and Renee Bouley who recently were awarded an honors undergraduate research grant entitled “Identification of Mutations that Drive Cancer” from the College of…
Congratulations to Helen Chamberlin who recently was awarded an honors undergraduate research grant entitled “Broadening Participation and Retention of Biological Science Majors Through a Faculty…
The department hosted José R. Dinneny, Professor of Biology, Stanford University for the Waller lecture series March 19th-20th. Dr. Dinneny presented a scientific lecture entitled "The…
Congratulations to Dr. Anita Hopper who was named a Distinguished University Professor in a surprise announcement on March 18. The award was announced by Helen Malone, Vice Provost for Academic…
Congratulations to Anna Lubertozzi (Ph. D. candidate, Plageman lab) who has recently earned several accolades at the intersection of art and science!
Her confocal image entitled "The…
Congratulations to Clare Austin (Ph.D. candidate, Amacher lab) wh was recently awarded the Graduate Student Award for Distinguished Service from the College of Arts and Sciences! This award honors…
The Dept. of Molecular Genetics, partnering with @ASCareersuccess, is offering paid sustainability internships w/ companies in Norway and Brazil! Undergrad (degree seeking or graduated) & graduate…
Erin Murray recently spent a month with a research team in Norway studying the impacts of noise from a nearby offshore windfarm upon key species of the local aquatic food chain. By exposing…
Congratulations to the Hopper lab whose recent paper "Free introns of tRNAs as complementarity-dependent regulators of gene expression" was highlighted by Ohio State News. This outstanding paper,…
Congratulations to Amanda Bird who is a co-investigator on a recently awarded President's Research Excellence Accelerator Award entitled "Novel role for iron homeostasis in air pollution…
Congratulations to Anna Dobritsa who was recently awarded an NMS Exploration Grant. Her proposal entitled "Exploring protein interactions involved in pollen aperture formation in Arabidopsis…
Molecular Genetics, with generous support from the College of Arts and Sciences hosted an all-day Graduate Student Professional Development Workshop on Friday, December 13, 2024…
Congratulations to Dr. Patrice Hamel who was recently awarded a Dean's Innovation Fund Global Initiatives Grant. This funding will help support and expand the STILSA (Students in Life Sciences…
The whole department gathered on Monday, December 16th. Surrounded by festive greetings like “Yeast on Earth”, “Worm Holiday Greetings”, and “Best Fishes for 2025”, we enjoyed great food and…
Congratulations to Samantha Brag who was recently recognized through the University Staff Advisory Committee's “Staff in the Spotlight” program.
This program…
Congratulations to Valnetina Posada, Ph.D. candidate in the Christin Burd lab who has been selected to be part of a trainee exchange program between the OSU CCC and the Huntsman Cancer Institute…
The Department is delighted to recognize the second 2024 awardee of the The Thomas J. Byers Scholarship.
Amanda McCrary is a Molecular Genetics major in…
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. Recent recognitions were posted in…
Congratulations to Shujun Ou who is one of only 16 faculty at OSU to be recognized by the web of Science Highly Cited Researcher program. Dr Ou's lab examines how plants co-evolve with…
On Saturday, October 19th, almost 50 campus groups and community partners gathered on west campus to provide family-friendly hands-on STEM activities for the Columbus community. This year’s event…
The Department is delighted to recognize the 2024 awardee of the The Jim Hopper Memorial Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Savanna Schutte…
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. Recent recognitions can be read here or…
Congratulations to the following students who have earned new graduate fellowships. We are so proud of them!
•Clare Austin (Amacher lab) was awarded a Fellowship on the…
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. Recent recognitions are here. Look for…
The Department is delighted to recognize one of the 2024 awardees of the The Thomas Byers Scholarship
Laurel Fleszar is a fourth year undergraduate…
Please join us in congratulating the students who earned their Ph.D. in the Department during the 2023/24 academic year:
Hari Krishnan Balasubramanian (Osmani lab) MCDB
…
The department is delighted to announce the hiring of Dr. Jaime Sabel who joined us in Autumn 2024 as an Associate Professor and the Director of the Center for Life Sciences Education…
The Department is delighted to recognize the 2024 awardee of the The Elizabeth Wagner Scholarship.
Sophie Cihan earned the award to complete research in…
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…
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…
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! Building was…
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…
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 dynamics in…
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…
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
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 …
Congratulations to Patrice Hamel, whose grant entitled "Experiential Learning in Sustainability: An International Perspective (ELSIP)" was recently funded by ENGIE via…
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"!
Congratulations to Dr. Shuai Huang, whose grant entitled "Tools4Cells: Detecting biomolecular condensation via genetically encoded biosensors" was recently funded by the National Science…
On June 3, 2024, almost 100 Columbus City Schools teachers visited OSU as part of the week-long STEAMM Rising program. The visitors spent the first day rotating through 4 different activities,…
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Christin Burd has been promoted to the position of Full Professor. Dr. Burd's lab focuses on identifying mechanisms to prevent melanoma and improve clinical…
On Friday, May 17th, 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…
In the 2023/24 academic year over 60 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. 40%…
We hosted fifth graders from three different Columbus elementary schools for 2-hour field trips to follow up on their fall in-classroom BioEYES experience. With the help of OSU undergraduates…
Congratulations to Sharon Amacher, who was recently elected to the Society for Developmental Biology Academy. The Academy recognizes and celebrates the achievements of long-standing SDB members…
Molecular Genetics joined other OSU departments, centers, and clubs, and other Columbus area STEM groups, at the COSI Big Science Celebration on Saturday, May 4, 2024. Our “FUNdamentals of…
From April 22nd through April 23rd, the Biological Sciences Greenhouse hosted an art installation entitled "In a Hotter House". Artists including several from the Aspects of Art and Technology…
On April 23rd, we visited the Whitehall branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library to help children aged 7-12 prepare DNA from strawberries as part of the “Kids Create” afterschool program…
We are pleased to announce that Sharon Amacher was awarded a 2024 Community Engaged Scholar Award for her engagement efforts on behalf of the Molecular Genetics Department. The award particularly…
Congratulations to Dr. Rene Arvola, postdoctoral fellow in the Singh and Amacher labs, who recently was awarded an NIGMS/NIH K99 grant via the MOSAIC program!
Her grant, entitled
We hosted fourth graders from Hamilton STEM Elementary School on March 26th for a 2-hour field trip to follow up on their fall in-classroom BioEYES experience. With the help of OSU graduate…
We are delighted that the ASC Office of Engagement has featured the BioEYES program in a video featuring Dr. Sharon Amacher.
BioEYES is an international K-12 science education program which…
The department is delighted to report that several Molecular Genetics majors were honored at the 2024 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum.
In the area of "Understanding Cancer" Reem Ahmed…
The department is delighted to announce that Dr. Christin Burd was recently selected to receive the 2023-2024 Arts and Sciences Mid-Career Faculty Excellence Award. This award recognizes…
First BioEYES Festivals of 2024!
We hosted two BioEYES Festivals on January 22nd for Barrington Elementary School students. Fourth graders visited the Ohio State Campus to…
Applications are open for research internships with financial support to OSU degree-seeking and recently graduated undergraduates in the fields of neuroscience, marine biology,…
The Department is happy to announce our annual scholarship competition providing financial assistance to Molecular Genetics students conducting research in OSU labs.
Applications for…
Congratulations to Dr. Shujun Ou, whose grant entitled "Adaptation Mechanisms of Maize and Rice to Environmental Stresses: A Comparative Genomic Approach" was recently…
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Patrice Hamel collaborator Dr. Cindy Jang (Office of International affairs) received an Undergraduate Research Access Innovation Seed Grant. The objective of…
Congratulations to Ruben Petreaca who together with coPI Renee Bouley (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry) was recently awarded an Undergraduate Research Access Innovation Seed Grant from…
Molecular Genetics major Noor Farag earned the award to complete research in the lab of Dr. Kudryashov in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Molecular Genetics…
Congratulations to Shujun Ou who was recently awarded an Undergraduate Research Access Innovation Seed Grant from the Office of Undergradaute Education, to begin in July 2024. The grant will…
We celebrated the end-of-semester with our annual Winter Celebration, enjoying great company and fantastic food while cozying up around a virtual fireplace. There were fabulous entries in our…
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. See the last few batches of recognitions…
The Center for RNA Biology and Arts and Sciences "Science Sundays" recently hosted Dr. Melissa Moore (Dean, R&D College, Moderna University Chief Scientific Officer Emerita, Moderna). Dr. Moore…
Congratulations to Guramrit Singh, who was recently appointed Associate Director of the OSU Center for RNA Biology. We are excited to see the next steps for this critical Center!
The annual Rustbelt RNA Meeting was heldOct 27-28, 2023, and we would like to congratulate all the many trainees who attended and presented their research. We would also like to highlight that
…
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. See previous batches of graduates at the…
The Department is delighted to recognize the 2023 awardees of the The Elizabeth WagnerScholarship.
Lillian Ebeling-Koning earned the award to complete…
In early September, the department held our annual Fall welcome and celebration party. Our incoming class of graduate students introduced themselves to the wider departments, and we celebrated the…
On September 30, 2023, over 40 campus groups gathered on west campus to provide family-friendly hands-on STEM activities for the greater community. This year’s event featured 41 activity stations…
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. See the last batch of recognitions here…
The Department is delighted to recognize the 2023 awardees of the The Jim Hopper Memorial Undergraduate Research Award.
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The Molecular Genetics Club is set for another exciting semester. You can join their groupme below, or check in at their table at the Molecular Genetics Open House to learn more!
Congratulations to Jian-Qiu Wu who recently was awarded a supplement to his NIH grant “Molecular Mechanisms of Cytokinesis” to partially fund the purchase of a new spinning disk confocal…
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…
Congratulations to Rachel Lew, a PhD candidate in the MCDB program working in Dr. Christin Burd's lab who was recently highlighted by ASC as one of the 2023 Pelotonia Graduate Fellows. Rachel's…
Congratulations to Paul Herman whose NIH grant entitled "An analysis of the regulation and functions of a novel family of membraneless organelles in eukaryotic cells" was recently renewed for an…
In 2014, Marcos Corchado Sonera was a participant in the NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates hosted in the departments of Molecular Genetics and Chemistry & Biochemistry here at OSU…
The department would like to congratulate all the graduate students who completed their Ph.D. studies in the 2022/23 academic year in the Molecular Genetics graduate program or in labs in our…
Congratulations to Ruben Petreaca, whose grant entitled "The role of PRMT5 in preventing intra-chromosomal deletions in cancer cells." was recently funded by the NIH! The proposal investigates the…
Congratulations to Dr. Sharon Amacher who was recently elected as the Midwest representative to the Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) Board of Directors.
SDB furthers the study of…
The department is delighted to announce the hiring of Dr. Rachel Belote, who will join us in the 2023/24 academic year as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Belote will join us from a postdoctoral…
The department is delighted to announce the hiring of Dr. Christine Cucinotta, who will join us in the 2023/24 academic year as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Cucinotta will join us from a…
Congratulations to the graduate students in Molecular Genetics labs who were supported via competitive funding in the 2022/23 academic year!
The following students had newly established or…
Congratulations to Susan Cole and Venkat Gopalan who were recently awarded an Innovative Project Award from the American Heart Association. The grant entitled "Elucidating the unexpected…
Thanks to Dr. Patrice Hamel's dedication to international education, three OSU students will each spend three months in Norway completing mentored research in a host lab.
Kayla Hudson …
Congratulations to Dr. Patrice Hamel who received funding from University of Paris-Saclay (France) to develop new initiatives for international research and science between the French Institution…
Congratulations to Hay-Oak Park whose President's Research Accelerator Grant entitled "Uncovering a conserved role of cell polarity signaling in cellular aging using…
On June 24th, Franklin Park Conservatory hosted Pollinator Palooza in conjunction with National Pollinator Week, and Molecular Genetics was there. Led by Anna Dobritsa, postdoc Yuan Zhou, research…
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Wayne Miles has been promoted to the position of Associate Professor with tenure. Dr. Miles has a primary appointment in the Department of Cancer Biology and…
Congratulations to Hay-Oak Park who was recently awarded an NMS Exploration Grant. Her proposal entitled "Linking cell polarity signaling and autophagy during aging" was funded by the College of…
Congratulations to Ruben Petreaca who is serving as a co-PI on an NMS Exploration Grant recently awarded to Renee Bouley (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry). Their proposal entitled …
Congratulations to Adriana Dawes (PI) and Helen Chamberlin (co-PI) who were recently awarded an NMS Exploration Grant. Their proposal entitled "Network Polymorphism and RAS-mediated cell…
Congratulations to Shuai Huang who was recently awarded an NMS Exploration Grant. His proposal entitled "Liquid-liquid Phase Separation in Plant Defense" was funded by the College of Arts and…
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 BioEYES…
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…
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…
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%…
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…
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…
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…
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),…
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…
The Department is delighted to announce that Danny Lam joined us in March as a fiscal associate. Danny comes to us from the Brain and Spine Hospital and also brings fiscal associate experience…
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Sharon Amacher is the 2023 recipient of the Harlan Hatcher Arts and Sciences Distinguished Faculty Award! This award recognizes a full professor who has a…
Congratulations to Patrice Hamel who is a co-investigator on a recently awarded President's Research Excellence Catalyst Award entitled "Artificial Metalloenzymes for the Sustainable…
Congratulations to Amrit Singh, whose NIH grant entitled "Post-transcriptional gene regulation by the exon junction complex" was recently funded for 5 years! Work in the Singh lab focuses on…
The sometimes overlooked greenhouse on the roof of the 12th avenue garage was recently highlighted as a hidden gem in the WOSU series "Columbus Neighborhoods". The Biological Sciences Greenhouse…
The Ohio State Health and Discovery website recently published an article discussing zebrafish research on campus entitled "The scientific wonders of zebrafish for biomedical research". Among many…
Many congratulations to alumnus Mitchell Ticoras who was just awarded a prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the NSF. Mitchell graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2022 with a BS in Molecular…
The second annual Ohio Zebrafish Undergraduate Research conference was held at Kenyon college on March 25th, and the Zebrafish Research Student Organization sent a large contingent of OSU postdoc…
We are delighted to announce that only weeks after receiving the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, Christin Burd was honored again with the Early Career Distinguished Scholar Award in a…
We are delighted to report that David Snodgrass, Greenhouse Coordinator in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Building Coordinator for Aronoff Laboratory, received an honorable mention for…
On March 14th, our own Priscila Rodriguez Garcia (PhD candidate in the Herman lab) gave a virtual talk to hundreds of middle and high school science students in Puerto Rico. She was invited by "…
To celebrate women in science, Bionomous is highlighting the women who have provided the foundations for research using zebrafish as a model system. We are delighted that Dr. Sharon Amacher has…
The Molecular Genetics Club hosted a fabulous student:faculty mixer in February. Students from the Molecular Genetics major and other club members were able to mingle with faculty from the…
Well deserved congratulations to Christn Burd who was awarded Ohio States most distinguished teaching award! The Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching is given to only 10 faculty each year out…
Congratulations to Anna Dobritsa whose National Science Foundation grant entitled "The role of ELMOD family proteins and their genetic network in the development of specialized membrane domains on…
The Molecular Genetics Club has an exciting semester of opportunities in store. Join them as they learn about research, exciting careers and the intersections of law and genetic research. Meetings…
The Department is happy to announce our annual scholarship competition providing financial assistance to MG students conducting research.
Applications for research funding from the…
The department gathered mid-December for great food and fun and to celebrate the end of semester and close of 2022. We held our first-ever ornament decorating contest; Natalie, Rene, Isabella, and…
TRONDBUSS (for TRONDheim-ColumBUS and BUSS for bus in Norwegian), a bilateral US-Norway international education initiative between the Department of Molecular Genetics at OSU and NTNU (Norwegian…
We are delighted to highlight that several of our outstanding staff were recently recognized by the College of Arts and Sciences for their extraordinary efforts and contributions during the…
Congratulations to our two newest faculty members, Shujun Ou and Shuai Huang, who were awarded STEM Education Faculty Startup Awards by the Enterprise for Research, Innovation and Knowledge here…
Molecular Genetics was one of >30 exhibitors at the WestFest Science and Technology Festival on October 15, 2022. Community members of all ages visited our exhibited and viewed zebrafish embryos…
At our annual fall gathering, we highlighted many of the great achievements of our department members (watch the movie here).
In addition the department honored several students for their…
Congratulations to Kristen Navarro, PhD candidate in the Chamberlin lab, who was recently highlighted on the "Genes to Genomes" blog of the Genetics Society of America. Kristen is one of the GSA's…
The Molecular Genetics Club has an exciting semester of opportunities in store. Join them as they learn about research, teaching, exciting careers and the intersections of law and genetic research…
Congratulations to David Somers and Emma Knee who are co-PIs on a recently awarded $1 million, 5-year grant from the National Science Foundation providing ongoing support of the Arabidopsis…
The department is seeking applications for two new Assistant Professor positions (https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/22220). Investigators using any experimental system to address…
Congratulations to Dr. Jian-Qiu Wu, whose R01 grant entitled “Molecular mechanisms of cytokinesis” was recently renewed by the National Institutes of Health for an additional four years. The Wu…
We are so proud to learn that Dr. Maria Mihaylova, an alumna of our undergraduate program, was recently named one of the 2022 class of Pew Scholars! Dr. Mihaylova earned her B.S. in Molecular…
Congratulations to Dr. Anita Hopper who was selected as one of the first faculty highlighted in the College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Research Initiative video series. Dr. Hopper. You can watch…
Congratulations to Priscila Rodriguez Garcia (Ph.D. candidate in the Herman lab) who was one of two Arts and Sciences graduate students to earn a travel award to attend the 2022 National Diversity…
The department is delighted to announce the hiring of Dr. Shuai Huang, who will join us in the 2022/23 academic year as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Huang will join us from a postdoctoral position…
The department is delighted to announce the hiring of Dr. Shujun Ou, who will join us in the 2022/23 academic year as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Ou will join us after postdoctoral positions at…
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Patrice Hamel has been promoted to the position of Full Professor. Dr. Hamel's lab is interested in the topic of membrane biogenesis, with a focus on membrane…
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Adriana Dawes has been promoted to the position of Full Professor. Dr. Dawes has a joint appointment in Math and Molecular Genetics, and her lab uses a…
We hosted our final two BioEYES Festivals on May 2nd and May 18th for students from Barrington and Cranbrook Elementary schools. Fourth and fifth grade students visited the Ohio State Campus to…
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Craig Burd has been promoted to the position of Associate Professor with tenure. Dr. Burd's laboratory studies the molecular mechanisms which govern steroid…
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Ruben Petreaca has been promoted to the position of Associate Professor with tenure. Dr. Petreaca teaches extensively at the Marion campus where his…
The annual Falkenthal colloquium was held on May 25th (in person for the first time in 3 years!). The department and guests enjoyed fabulous presentations from our third and fifth year graduate…
In early May, Dr. Patrice Hamel accompanied a group of OSU students to Norway to take part in a study abroad program at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). While there,…
The Zebrafish Research Student Organization at Ohio State co-hosted the 2020 Midwest Zebrafish Conference in-person on the OSU Campus on May 20-22, 2022. The meeting drew almost 150 scientists…
The Department of Molecular Genetics is delighted to welcome John D. Carpten as the keynote speaker at the annual Falkenthal Colloquium on May 25th. Dr. Carpten’s scientific lecture entitled …
Congratulations to Tom Gallagher, Research Scientist in the Amacher Lab, who is one of the 2022 awardees of the Outstanding Staff Award administered by the Staff Advisory Council of the College of…
On May 8th, 42 Molecular Genetics students earned their Bachelor of science degrees in Molecular Genetics. They were an amazing group!
80% of them completed a mentored undergraduate research…
On Saturday, May 7th, Molecular Genetics joined over 100 exhibitors at the COSI Big Science Celebration to do hands-on science activities with Columbus families. Undergraduate Melissa Brewer…
At the 159th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Anita Hopper was formally inducted as a member of the Genetics and the Cellular and Developmental Biology sections of the…
Congratulations to Dr. Ruben Petreaca, who receive the 2021-2022 Early career Faculty Excellence Award from ASC. This award recognizes outstanding performance of early-career faculty at the time…
On Wednesday, April 13, 2022, fourth grade students from Barrington Elementary visited the Ohio State Campus to follow up on their in-classroom BioEYES experience last fall with more hands-on…
Congratulations to Monica Mannings Blatnik, an MCDB student in the Amacher lab who was awarded the College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Student Award for Distinguished Service in Mentoring…
Congratulations to Venkat Gopalan (Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Adjunct Professor of Molecular Genetics) and Anita Hopper (Professor of Molecular Genetics) who are co-PIs on a recently…
We are delighted to learn that Jared Talbot, former postdoc from the Amacher lab, was recently awarded the Chi-Bin Chien Award by the International Zebrafish Society. This award recognizes…
Congratulations to Dave Bisaro who is the Principal Investigator on a recently awarded Accelerator Grant from the 2022 President's Research Excellence program entitled "Targeting Ethylene…
Congratulations to Susan Cole who is the Principal Investigator on a recently awarded Accelerator Grant from the 2022 President's Research Excellence program entitled "Cis-inhibition of…
Congratulations to Arthur Burghes (Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology and adjunct faculty in Molecular Genetics) who is the Principal Investigator on a recently awarded Accelerator Grant from…
Congratulations to Sharon Amacher and Uyen Tram who were recently awarded a grant to support the Ohio State BioEYES hub as they expand their reach into additional area classrooms. Project BioEYES…
Congratulations to Mandy Simcox, who was recently awarded two new grants to support the work in her lab. A grant from the NIH entitled "Killing dormant tumor cells: the role of autophagy"…
Congratulations to Helen Chamberlin, whose grant entitled "Genetic and genomic tools for C. briggsae research" was recently funded by the NIH. Prior work in the Chamberlin lab has…
Congratulations to Susan Cole who was recently appointed to a two-year term as the faculty representative of the Academic Affairs & Student Life Committee of the OSU Board of Trustees. As a voting…
Interested in majoring or minoring in Molecular Genetics? Want to hear about other opportunities in the department? We are hosting remote open houses for new students who have been accepted to OSU…
Congratulations to the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center (ABRC), led by Dr. Dave Somers, which recently received a two-year, $400,000 CSBR: Capacity grant that began in December 2021.
The Molecular Genetics Club has an exciting semester of opportunities in store. Join them as they learn about research, teaching, exciting careers and the intersections of law and…
Congratulations to Adriana Dawes whose research was featured on the College of Arts and Sciences podcast "Voices of Excellence". You can listen here as Dr. Dawes discusses her research into the…
Many congratulations to Craig Burd, whose R01 entitled "Estrogen receptor beta is a targetable melanoma tumor suppressor" was recently funded for five years! Building on observations that melanoma…
Congratulations to Sharon Amacher whose lab recently renewed their NIH R01 funding for their project “Developmental regulation of oscillatory gene expression”, through May 2025. This project…
The Rustbelt RNA meeting was held September 10th and 11th 2021, and was attended by many members of the Department. Among those, we would like to highlight the following:
William Marshall …
Congratulations to Anita Hopper, whose NIH grant entitled "tRNA processing and nuclear-cytoplasmic dynamics" has been renewed for an additional four years. The work in the Hopper lab…
Congratulations to Craig Burd, on the recent funding of his NIH grant entitled "Defining the role of in utero estrogenic endocrine disruption on mammary gland stiffness and breast cancer risk"…
Congratulations to Susan Cole, whose NIH grant entitled "Identification and analysis of chicken DLL3 as a segmentation clock component" was recently funded for two years. The Cole lab is…
We are so proud of Ruben Petreaca whose work was recently highlighted in the Columbus Dispatch and the Marion Star! Working together with two colleagues in Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Marion…
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Guramrit Singh has been promoted to the position of Associate Professor with tenure. Dr. Singh's laboratory studies the post-transcriptional fate of mRNAs,…
Congratulations to Sharon Amacher, who is the Principal Investigator on one of the first round of Accelerator grants from the President's Research Excellence program. Entitled "Accelerating new…
Well deserved congratulations to Dr. Ruben Petreaca, whose NCI grant entitled "The role of chromatin remodeling factors in DNA double strand break repair" was recently funded. Working with co…
The annual Falkenthal Graduate Research Colloquium was held on May 14, with members of the 3rd and 5th year graduate student classes giving research presentations. We also enjoyed a wonderful…
Well deserved congratulations to Department Manager Brittany Poast who was awarded the 2021 Distinguished Staff award. This honor is given to staff members who exhibit outstanding service,…
Huge congratulations to Dr. Anita Hopper who today was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. The NAS is a private, non-profit society of distinguished scholars, elected by their peers. They…
We would like to congratulate all of the Molecular Genetics majors who took part in the 26th Annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. Among our students, several were honored for their…
Congratulations to Molecular Genetics major Mitchell Ticoras, who was recently named a 2021 Goldwater Scholar. The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation was…
Many congratulations to Maya Gosztyla, a 2018 graduate of the Molecular Genetics program who was recently awarded a prestigious NSF-funded Graduate Research Fellowship. These fellowships recognize…
Congratulations to Aman Husbands, whose NSF grant entitled “Context-dependent activity of an essential transcription factor” was recently funded for over $1,000,000 over the next 3 years. This…
Congratulations to Jay Hollick who was recently named incoming Chair of the Board of Directors of the Maize Genetics Cooperation Stock Center. The Stock center serves the maize research community…
We are delighted to note that Dr. Aman Husbands was featured on episode 5 of season 5 of the Plantae podcast "The Taproot". Hear Dr. Husbands discuss his career trajectory, recent research from…
Congratulations to the Burd Lab, whose National Institutes of Health R01 entitled "Mechanisms of UV-Mediated Melanoma Development " was funded by the National Cancer Institute.
The Burd lab…
Congratulations to Wayne Miles, whose grant entitled "The translational regulation of pro-apoptotic genes" has been funded by the National Institutes of Health
The…
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Anita Hopper has been singled out by the university as they highlight 150 years of Research and Creative Expression Innovators. Anita is highlighted for her fundamental insights into tRNA…
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Iris Meier for her $1,237,918 award from the NSF to study a molecular role for plant LINC complexes in pollen tube and guard cell function.! This project…
Over the last few months, many department members have reached out to highlight colleagues who have gone above and beyond during these trying times. We wanted to take a few moments to thanks those…
The annual Falkenthal Graduate Research Colloquium took place today, with members of the 3rd and 5th year graduate student classes giving research presentations. We appreciate the great turnout…
Wu was nominated for this award by Evelyn Goodyear, and was commended for the support he provides for undergraduates and their pursuit of research. The Office of Student Academic Success -…
Congratulations to Sharon Amacher, who was awarded an Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching
This is the highest teaching accolade awarded by the University and Sharon is a truly deserving…
As we enter the second half of finals week, we want to acknowledge our graduating seniors. You all have done such great things, and we know this was not how you wanted your college career to end…
Huge congratulations to Dr. Anita Hopper who today was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Academy is an honorary society of world leaders in the arts and sciences, and an…
Congratulations to Dave Somers, whose lab was awarded a MIRA grant from the National Institutes of Health. This award titled "Inter- and intracellular mechanisms of circadian…
Congratulations to Kara Braunreiter, who won the second place poster award in Biological Sciences at the 2020 Hayes Graduate Research Forum. Kara's presented work from her PhD thesis in the Cole…
Congratulations to Rene who was named to the 2020 cohort of Presidential Postdoctoral Scholars. Rene is co-advisedn by Sharon Amacher and Guramrit Singh. Her project, entitled "Post…
We wanted to congratulate Greetchen Diaz, an MCDB student who completed her Ph.D. with Anita Hopper.
Greetchen is currently the Director, Science Education Program and Community…
Congratulations on the award of funding for three additional years of the NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates in Molecular Biology program. This summer program brings undergraduate…
Adriane Thompson, an outstanding young scientist and high school student working in the Hollick lab, is one of the Top 40 Finalists in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, the…
Kunal Chattergee was interviewed by the ASC Staff advisory Council for a video discussing their professional development grant progra. Kunal was awarded a grant to travel to professional meetings…
Students in Art, Molecular Genetics, and EEOB have created an interactive Virtual Reality experience about plants as carbon sinks. The show, entitled "Un-BecomingCarbon: Traveling in…
The new, Molecular Genetics course called "Genes and Society" (MOLGEN/PHILOS 2690) was highlighted in ASCENT magazine by the College of Arts and Sciences as an example of how the college promotes…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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):…
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,…
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…
Congratulations to Paul Herman, who was awarded a four-year NIH grant entitled "An analysis of the regulation and functions of a novel family of membraneless organelles in eukaryotic cells".This…
We are delighted to congratulate the recipiants of the following Molecular Genetics Fellowships and Scholarships:
Herta Camerer Gross Summer postdoctoral fellowship:
Dr…
The Department would like to congratulate all of the students who earned graduate degrees in Molecular Genetics labs this Spring. To the best of our knowledge, we set a new record this year, with…
Congratulations to the Sharon Amacher lab, whose recent article in Development was highlighted on the journal cover. Led by postdoctoral fellow Jared Talbot they tracked the long-distance…
On May 17th, 2019, the Departmental Falkenthal Colloquium highlighted research presentations from current graduate students.
The plenary talk was given by Dr. Amit Sharma. Amit earned a PhD…
On May 5th, 2019, over 40 Molecular Genetics majors graduated from The Ohio State University (sixteen of whom earned Latin Honors!). They are a fabulous and talented group of young people with…
The Singh labs and Amacher labs partnered again this year to present an interactive science demonstration at the 2019 WestFest Science and Technology Festival. About 450-500 community members came…
We are all jealous of the students enrolled in Molecular Genetics 5797 "Introduction to Biomedical Laboratory Sciences" shown here hiking by the fjord in Trondheim shortly after their arrival in…
The Department hosted a booth about the "FUNdamentals of Genetics" at the first ever COSI BIG Science Celebration. Under the leadership of Sharon Amacher, faculty members Greg Booton, Susan Cole,…
We would like to highlight Pooja Gangras' recent award from the Office of Student Life recognizing her outstanding leadership. Pooja is a graduate student in the Singh lab, but also was the…
Congratulations to Anna Dobritsa whose three-year grant entitled "Molecular mechanisms of cell polarity and development of distinct plasma membrane domains during formation of pollen apertures"…
We are happy to announce that two research staff from the department were awarded funds to support their professional development.
Uyen Tram will use this funding to receive training as a…
Priscila Rodriguez Garcia (Ph.D. Candidate in the Mackey Lab) recently attended a the SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science) conference, and wrote a…
Congratulations to Christin Burd whose four year grant entitled "Impact of senescence on T-cell function and immunotherapeutic response" was recently funded by the National Institutes of Health…
We are delighted to note that in February, Marcos Corchado (Ph.D. candidate in the Chamberlin lab attended the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in…
This year’s Denman Undergraduate Research forum was held on February 20th. Several students from the Molecular Genetics major and from Molecular Genetics Departments won awards for their…
Congratulations to all the members of the department who participated in the Midwest meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology in September 2018. Susan Cole and Adriana Dawes served as…
The Park lab has received an R21 grant (entitled ‘Cell polarity signaling in lifespan control’) from NIH/ National Institute on Aging (NIA). This new grant extends their on-going investigation on…
May 2018
We are excited to announce the recipients of the 2018 Summer STEAM Powered Project (SPP) awards! STEAM Powered Projects grants support innovative, interdisciplinary collaborations in…
When Bailey Lucas joined the lab of Ruben Petreaca, assistant professor of molecular genetics, she expected that she would be partaking in research. She did not, however, anticipate that she would…
Jared Talbot, a postdoctoral fellow in Sharon Amacher's lab, won first prize in the "Art of Cancer" competition for the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center. Congratulations Jared!
MolGen undergraduate Emily Teets wins 1st prize in Cell Biology and Physiology at the 2018 OSU Denman Undergraduate Research Forum.
Congratulations to the 2018 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum…
MolGen undergraduate Jinghan Zhou awarded The Daniel Schoenberg RNA undergraduate research fellowship
We are pleased to announce the GSA Poster Award winners from the 59th Annual Drosophila Research Conference! Undergraduate and graduate student members of the GSA were eligible for the awards, and…
Ruben Petreaca, a new faculty member in the Department who teaches at the Marion campus, was awarded an R03 grant entitled “Development of a novel genetic assay to study dna double strand breaks”…
Two faculty in Molecular Genetics were among the 2018 recipients of the Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award. This award funds “high risk, high reward” ideas from creative scientists, with the…
Congratulations to Harald Vaessin, who was recognized for his extensive service to the University at all possible levels. This award recognizes up to three tenure-track, clinical or research…
The Battelle Center for Science, Engineering, and Public Policy in the John Glenn College of Public Affairs has announced the selection of four Ohio State University students who will attend the…
Congratulations to Amanda Simcox who is a co-PI on a four-year NIH grant entitled “Next-generation Drosophila cell lines to elucidate the cellular basis of human diseases.” In this collaborative…
Congratulations to the Singh lab whose five-year grant entitled "Regulation of RNA surveillance by the dynamic Exon Junction Complex" was recently funded by the National Institutes of Health,…
Congratulations to Jay Hollick who received a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to study the molecular genetics of paramutation - an example of directed and heritable changes…
Education Abroad: MoleGen 5797 "Introduction to Biomedical Laboratory Sciences" (3 credit hours)
Description: This class is part of TRONDBUSS (for TRONDheim…
The Molecular Genetics Department invites you to an Open House on Wednesday, August 30th from 2-5 pm on the 9th floor of the Biological Sciences building (484 W 12th Ave). Come join MG faculty and…
Congratulations to Anita Hopper whose four year grant entitled "tRNAProcessing and Nuclear-Cytoplasmic Dynamics" was recently funded by the National Institutes of Health. This work will focus on…
2016 Molecular Genetics Graduate Jesse Crow was featured in a Columbus Dispatch article "Blue Jackets ‘Hats for Heroes’ patient now works as cancer researcher". Jesse first underwent chemotherapy at…
Our department has amazing undergraduates! Maya Gosztyla was one of only four students at Ohio State who was honored with a Goldwater Scholarship in 2017. This is the most prestigious award for…
Congratulations to Susan Cole, who was named one of the 2017 recipients of the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching. Susan was nominated by colleagues and by current and former students. Her…
Congratulations to the Craig Burd lab, which has been awarded a Pelotonia IDEA grant entitled "Understanding Potential Protective Effect of Female Hormones in Melanoma". This grant (https://cancer…
Congratulations to Sharon Amacher and Jared Talbot, who were honored as Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentors at the Denman Undergraduate Research Colloquium. Other Molecular Genetics faculty…
Congratulations to the Slotkin lab, who sent a reporter line of Arabidopsis thaliana created in the lab to the International Space Station aboard the Dragon 9 capsule. This work is part…
Anita and Anna were honored for their mentorship at the Sphinx and Mortarboard Faculty and Staff Recognition Reception on 02/28. Each student member of the Sphinx and Mortarboard honor societies…
Congratulations to Susan Cole, whose two year grant entitled "Alternative polyadenylation of Hes7 in the mouse segmentation clock" was recently funded by the National Institutes of Health…
We are deeply saddened to announce that Professor Jim Hopper passed away on January 21st, 2017 at the age of 74. Jim graduated from the University of Wisconsin with B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees and…
MYB31/MYB42 Syntelogs Exhibit Divergent Regulation of Phenylpropanoid Genes in Maize, Sorghum and Rice. Agarwal T, Grotewold E, Doseff AI, Gray J. Sci Rep.…
Dr. Wayne Miles performed his graduate work at the University of Manchester, where he examined the role of SUMOylation on Dpp signaling in Drosophila embryos. In 2009, he…
The Department of Molecular Genetics in the College of Arts & Sciences at The Ohio State University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor. We seek…
In addition to being promoted with tenure and receiving funding from the USDA, Ana Alonso has had two additional grants awarded. She is a co-PI on a collaborative grant entitled "DIMENSIONS:…
Adriana Dawes is part of a six scientist team that received grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation through the Research Corporation for Science Advancement's conference Scialog:…
Congratulations to the Wu lab, which received a four-year grant from the NIH entitled "Molecular mechanisms of cytokinesis". The lab will use the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe to…
Congratulations to Iris Meier, whose grant entitled "Function and mechanism of action of plant-specific LINC complexes in pollen tube and guard cell biology” has been funded by the National…
Congratulations to Keith Slotkin, whose grant entitled "Re-evaluating Mechanisms of RNA-mediated Initiation of Transposable Element Silencing in Plants” has been funded by the National Science…
Over the past few months, graduate students and postdocs in Molecular Genetics labs have been recognized for their excellence in a number of ways. We would like to recognize the following department…
We are very happy to report that the Arts and Sciences Promotion and Tenure committee approved Andrea Doseff's promotion to the position of full professor and that this decision has been approved…
We are very happy to report that the Arts and Sciences Promotion and Tenure committee approved Ana Alonso's promotion to the position of associate professor with tenure, and that this decision has…
The annual Falkenthal Symposium was held May 24th. This year, our keynote speaker was Xuehua Zhong, who completed her graduate work in the lab of Biao Ding in 2007. Her talk titled "Epigenetic…
The annual symposium of the Ohio State Interdisciplinary Programs was held on May 19th, featuring talks and posters from OSU faculty and students and postdocs. Congratulations to the following…
The Center for RNA Biology (CRB) and the Cellular, Molecular, and Biochemical Sciences Program (CMBP) at Ohio State hosted their annual symposium on May 11th, featuring talks and posters from OSU…
We invite you to experience Where Rocks are Fed to Trees, an art installation inspired by the subterranean, fungal communication networks that enable the sharing and transport of nutrients between…
Congratulations to Molecular Genetics labs for the following publications that came out during Autumn of 2015 Dietary Apigenin Exerts Immune-Regulatory Activity in Vivo by Reducing NF-κB Activity,…
Sixteen Molecular Genetics majors presented their undergraduate research at the Denman Forum on 3/30/16, and an additional six majors took part in the Spring Expo. Molecular genetics major Angela…
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…
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…
Congratulations to the following Molecular Genetics Undergrads, who have been awarded competitive fellowships to support their independent research! Undergraduate Research Awards, Autumn 2015…
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…
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…
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…
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 Pelotonia…
Congratulations to David Somers whose R01 grant "Post-translational control mechanisms of the circadian clock" has been funded by the NIH for four years.
Congratulations to Molecular Genetics labs for the following publications that came out during summer of 2015: Metabolite fingerprinting of pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) embryos to assess…
Congratulations to Sharon Amacher, whose R01 grant "Developmental regulation of oscillatory expression" has been funded by the NIH for 4 years!
Congratulations to Sharon Amacher, whose R01 grant "Developmental regulation of oscillatory expression" has been funded by the NIH for 4 years!
Congratulations to Amanda Simcox, who will serve as a rotating Program Director at the NSF next year. She will work with the Division of Biological Infrastructure which funds undergraduate and…
Congratulations to Patrice Hamel, whose grant titled "Thiol-based pathways in the thylakoid lumen and their role in photoprotection" has been funded by the DOE for three years.
Congratulations to Erich Grotewold, whose grant titled "Modulation of plant transcription factor function by small molecules" has been funded by the NSF for three years.
Congratulations to Amanda Simcox whose grant titled "Analysis of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling in Drosophila" has been funded by the NSF for three years.
Congratulations to Anna Dobritsa, whose grant titled "Pollen apertures as a model for formation of distinct extracellular domains" has been funded by the NSF for three years.
We extend our congratulations to numerous members of the department who received competitive Pelotonia fellowships. These include Serena Chang (MG undergrad in the Hadley lab), Sophia Maharry (MG…
We are deeply saddened to announce that Professor Biao Ding passed away unexpectedly on June 25, 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic while attending an international conference. Biao joined Ohio State…
Congratulations to Susan Cole whose Pelotonia Idea Grant (with Ichiro Nakano as co-PI) "Stem Cells’ Role in Brain Tumor Development and Spread" has been funded for 2 years.
The annual Falkenthal symposium was held May 22nd, with presentations from Molecular Genetics Graduate Students, and a keynote address from Dr. Miyoung Chun, Executive Vice President of Science…
Ivy Huang (MCDB student) and Anita Hopper have a paper coming out soon in Genes and Development entitled "In vivo biochemical analyses reveal distinct roles of b-importins and eEF1A in tRNA…
Hay-Oak Park has received official notification that her NIH grant will be funded for four years. Congrats to Hay-Oak for her persistence in seeking funding and continuing to produce outstanding…
Congratulations to Andrea McCue, MG grad student in the Slotkin lab, for being selected as one of two winners of the Graduate School’s Louise B. Vetter Award, sponsored by the…
Congratulations to Ning Wang, MG grad student in the Wu lab, for being awarded an OSU Graduate School Presidential Fellowship.
Congratulations to Silvia Duarte, 1st year graduate student in the Doseff lab, who was awarded a four-year fellowship from the Coliciencias (the equivalent to NSF in Colombia).
Congratulations to Valerie Coffman on the recent funding of her NIH F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship “Pronuclear rotation in the C. elegans embryo”.
Congratulations to our faculty who have won several grants recently.
Amanda Bird on the recent funding of her NIH grant “Zinc-dependent regulation of gene expression”.
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The Bucks for Charity campaign began on September 15th. It has moved to a primarily electronic pledge system.
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Interesting news from Iris Meier's Art and Science class taught with a Dept of Art faculty member, Amy Young. Their film will be included in a collection of films shown Friday night at 8 pm in the…
Meriam Waqas from Christin Burd's lab was awarded a Scholar-In-Training cash award from the American Association for Cancer Research to attend the Advances in Melanoma meeting in September.
Shubha Suresh from the Osmani lab won a Poster Award at the Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology Gordon Research Conference held in June. Cash awards were given to the two best poster…
The Winge-Lindegren Address is a "thought provoking perspective given by a leader in the field of yeast genetics" at the YGM meeting that occurs biennially; it was held in Seattle, July 29-Aug. 3,…
Congratulations to Keith Slotkin who was invited to present the "Seymour Benzer Lecture" at the National Academy of Sciences. This is real honor for a junior faculty member and quite a big stage…
And double congratulations to Christin Burd who recently received two extramural grants:
(1) From the Melanoma Research Alliance – a Young Investigator Award entitled "Stromal p16NK4a as a…
Congratulations to Patrice Hamel who has been awarded a grant from the OSU Office of Energy and Environment entitled "Engineering Pathways for Hydrogen Production"
From the A. Hopper lab: ""Separate responses of karyopherins to glucose and amino acid availability regulate nucleocytoplasmic transport" has been accepted for publication in Mol. Biol. of the…
From Anita Hopper's lab: "Requirement of the spindle pole body for targeting and/or tethering proteins to the inner nuclear membrane" is in press in NUCLEUS. It is authored by Diaz, Harchar, Lai,…
From Iris Meier's lab: "Efficient plant male fertility depends on vegetative nuclear movement mediated by two families of plant outer nuclear membrane proteins" is in press at PNAS. The paper is…
Congratulations to Mandy Simcox who has just received a 2-yr NSF EAGER grant to support her research concerning Drosophila cell lines "Generation of Cell-type Specific Cell Lines for
Anita Hopper lab recent manuscript by PCMB graduate student Jingyan Wu (Wu and Hopper) has been accepted for publication in Genes and Development. Jingyan was chosen as a platform speaker for the…
Iris Meier lab recent publication – Zhou et al was published June 6 in J. Cell Biology and it was highlighted "In This Issue" section of the journal. More good news from news from the Meier lab: Iris…
Park lab recent publication will be highlighted "In This Issue" section of the Journal of Cell Biology.
OSU RNA Center seed grants were awarded for collaborative exploratory projects between: Amrit Singh and Sharon Amacher Keith Slotkin and Kotaro Nakanish (CBC)