News

Elizabeth Wagner Scholarship 2023 recipients
The Department is delighted to recognize the 2023 awardees of the The Elizabeth WagnerScholarship.
Lillian Ebeling-Koning earned the award to…

Molecular Genetics Fall Welcome Party
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…

WestFest Science and Sustainability Festival
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…

Congratulations to former PhD grads!
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…

Jim Hopper Memorial Undergraduate Research Award 2023 recipients
The Department is delighted to recognize the 2023 awardees of the The Jim Hopper Memorial Undergraduate Research Award.
Irene Rozenberg earned the…

Molecular Genetics club announces their exciting Fall schedule
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!…

NIH funding for new departmental confocal microscope
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…

Congratulations to former PhD grads!
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…

Rachel Lew (Christin Burd lab) highlighted by Arts and Sciences
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…