Corey Westfall, a DBBS alumnus (Biochemistry - Jez lab) and current postdoc (Levin lab), receives an inaugural award from the Beckman Foundation.
News
July 15, 2015
Understanding Second-Site Mutations and Auxin Binding Protein Phenotypes
Tara Enders (Strader lab) publishes in Plant Cell
Enders TA, Oh S, Yang Z, Montgomery DL, Strader LC (2015) Genome sequencing of Arabidopsis abp1-5 reveals second-site mutations that may affect phenotypes. Plant Cell 27, 1820-6
July 14, 2015
Tara Enders (Stader Lab) Presents in Paris
Tara gave a poster highlight talk at the 26th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research in Paris, France on how the Arabidopsis MAP kinase 1 negatively regulates ROP activity through ROP binding protein in an auxin-dependent manner.
June 16, 2015
Congratulations to the 2015 William H. Danforth Plant Sciences Fellows
David Goad (Olsen & Kellogg labs), Cynthia Holland (Jez lab), Samantha Powers (Strader & Jez labs), Kristin Wendt (Pakrasi lab), Benjamin Wolf (Blankenship lab), and Anne Zimmerman
June 8, 2015
Amelia Nguyen (Pakrasi Lab) Attends the ASCB/Keck Graduate Institute's Managing Science in the Biotech Industry Course
The course is offered by The American Society for Cell Biology and Keck Graduate Institute, with generous funding from EMD Millipore.
May 20, 2015
New PhD!
Congratulations to Dr. David Korasick (Strader & Jez labs). David will join the Tanner lab at the University of Missouri-Columbia for his postdoc.
May 15, 2015
Plant Biotechnology Pioneer Mary-Dell Chilton Meets With PMB Students and Faculty
Dr. Chilton was an honorary degree recipient at commencement.
May 15, 2015
Prof. Lucia Strader receives an NSF CAREER Award
The NSF's CAREER Award supports junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.
April 21, 2015
Eric Hamilton (Haswell Lab) is a 2015 AAAS Mass Media Fellow
Eric will be assigned to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and sponsored by the American Society for Plant Biologists. Congratulations Eric!
April 21, 2015
Prof. Bob Blankenship in the New York Times
Read about what he has to say in the article: Our Ever Green World