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December 14, 2023: New PhD!
Congratulations to Dr. Taylor Harris (Bart lab)!
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November 30, 2023: Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory
The Penczykowski lab is part of a large collaboration that highlights how variation in species interactions can influence eco-evolutionary outcomes.
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November 27, 2023: Spiral plant growth and microtubule regulation
Recent PMB graduate Natasha Bilkey (Dixit lab) is co-author on a Plant Cell paper describing how TOG domains regulate microtubule minus end formation.
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November 23, 2023: Control of biomolecular condensates
Recent PMB graduate Andrew Liu (Pappu lab) publishes his work on formation of condensates in Nature Communications.
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November 10, 2023: New PhD!
Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Blake (Dauntas lab)!
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October 26, 2023: Arts & Sciences Dean’s Award for Graduate Research Excellence
Congratulations to Jia Gwee (Zhong lab)! Jia was the winner of this year’s award that recognizes exemplary accomplishments of graduate students in their thesis work.
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October 20, 2023: Green Fertilizers Grant
The Pakrasi lab receives a $5 million DOE grant to develop technology that can convert atmospheric nitrogen into fertilizer.
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October 12, 2023: New PhD!
Congratulations to Dr. Ryan Calcutt (Dixit lab)!
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September 11, 2023: New PhD!
Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Lin (Pappu lab)!
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August 29, 2023: New PhD!
Congratulations to Dr. Helen Blaine (Stallings lab)!
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August 24, 2023: New PhD!
Congratulations to Dr. Joshua Johnson (Kunkel lab)!
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August 21, 2023: Welcome to PMB 2023!
Incoming students – Joseph Adjei, Sherlyn Contreras, Haina Jin, Emmily Moses, and Vincent Vanyo.
Joseph was also selected as an Olin/Chancellors Fellow.
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July 14, 2023: 2023 William H Danforth Plant Science Fellows
Patricia Gallardo (Bart lab) and Jasmine Zenderland (Hart lab; MoBot) are this year’s Danforth Fellows.
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June 6, 2023: Plant Biology Powerhouse
Work from the Zhong, Jez, Olsen, and Penczykowski labs is highlighted in the Arts & Sciences Ampersand Magazine.
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May 19, 2023: ICAR Travel Award
PMB student Sarah Pardi (Nusinow lab) receives a travel award to attend the 33rd International Conference on Arabidopsis Research held in Chiba, Japan this June.
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May 15, 2023: PMB Student Internship
PMB student Vivian Kitainda (Jez lab) starts her internship in the Protein Science group at Bayer Crop Science.
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May 10, 2023: New PhD!
Congratulations to Dr. Kiona Elliott (Bart lab)!
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May 2, 2023: New National Academy Member!
Congratulations to Professor Emerita Ursula Goodenough (past member of PMB) on her election to the National Academy!
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April 28, 2023: PMB at the 50th Anniversary of DBBS
PMB student Stefanie King (Nusinow lab), PMB Co-Director Ram Dixit, alum Amelia Nguyen, and Biology Chair Joe Jez at the DBBS anniversary celebration.
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April 11, 2023: New PhD!
Congratulations to Dr. Erin Mattoon (R Zhang lab)!
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March 29, 2023: NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Congratulations to PMB student Cheyenne Anderson (Penczykowski lab) on receiving an NSF fellowship.
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March 29, 2023: New PhD!
Congratulations to Dr. Natasha Bilkey (Dixit lab)! Natasha is off to a consulting position with McKinsey & Co. in their St. Louis office.
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March 2, 2023: Improving cancer immunotherapy
PMB graduate student Jia Gwee (Zhong lab) is a co-author on a Nature paper describing how the innate immune kinase TANK-binding kinase 1 (TBK1) is a target to overcome resistance to cancer immunotherapy.
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February 10, 2023: New PhD!
Congratulations to Dr. Dennis Zhu (Stallings lab)!
Dennis heads to the NIH for a postdoc in the Storz lab.
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January 5, 2023: Improving disease resistance in cassava
PMB graduate student Kiona Elliot (Bart lab) is a co-author on a Nature Communications paper describing how modifying the epigenome of cassava improves resistance to bacterial blight.