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Xiao Zhou won the 2nd prize in the Biological Sciences category at the Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum.
Xiao Zhou won the 2nd prize in the Biological Sciences category at the Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum.

Congratulations to Amit Sharma who is first author of a paper that is in press in PLoS Pathogens
Congratulations to Amit Sharma who is first author of a paper that is in press in PLoS Pathogens - Sharma, Yilmaz, Marsh, Cochrane, and Boris-Lawrie "HIV-1 infection modifies the…

Another high profile publication from the Leone lab!!
Ouseph, Li et al., "Atypical E2F Repressors and Activators Coordinate Placental Development” has been accepted for publication in Dev Cell. Co–first author Jing Li was an MG…

Nripesh Dhungel's manuscript was accepted for publication in Genes and Development
Congratulations to Nripesh Dhungel in Anita Hopper's lab whose manuscript "Beyond tRNA cleavage: novel essential function for yeast tRNA splicing endonuclease unrelated to tRNA processing" was…

New SiGue Program to Aid Underrepresented Groups.
SiGue ProgramThis is a new post-BS program for underrepresented groups . The program is part of a new NSF research grant we obtained with Erich Grotewold. The goal of the program is to help…

Grotewold Receives $4.2 Million Plant Research Grant
Erich Grotewold, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Horticulture & Crop Science, and director of the Center for Applied Sciences (CAPS), is the Principal Investigator on a $4,234,908 National…

Erich Grotewold, Andrea Doseff, and John Gray (University of Toldeo) received a huge NSF grant for "Systems Approaches to Identify Gene Regulatory Networks in the Grasses".
Outstanding news. Erich Grotewold, Andrea Doseff, and John Gray (University of Toldeo) received a huge NSF grant for "Systems Approaches to Identify Gene Regulatory Networks in the Grasses…

Hamel Lab published in Molecular Microbiology.
Congratulations to Patrice Hamel (in collaboration with postdoc. Corvest, tech Murray, the Knaff lab at Texas Tech and the Guard group at the CNRS, France) whose new studies on mitochondrial…

Anita Hopper wins The 2012 Distinguished Scholar Award
2012 University Distinguished Scholar AwardsThe Distinguished Scholar Award, established in 1978, recognizes exceptional scholarly accomplishments by senior professors who have compiled a…