Molecular and Cellular Biology graduate student, Jennifer Conrad, has been awarded a pre-doctoral fellowship by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture for her work on the role of plant hormone cytokinin in the architecture of rice root systems.
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November 25, 2015
Prof. Mary Lou Guerinot's lab and Prof. Tom Jack's lab are winners in the FASEB BioArt Competition! Winning images will be displayed at the National Institutes of Health Visitor Center next year.
October 28, 2015
Sarah Colon '17 and former US Assistant Surgeon General, Susan Blumenthal, published an opinion piece in the Huffington Post about the paradox of the high rates of childhood obesity and food insecurity in America.
October 10, 2015
Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program Ph.D candidate, Andrew Bridges was selected to be a John H. Copenhaver, Jr. and William H. Thomas, MD 1952 Fellow for his outstanding scholarship.
August 18, 2015
Molecular and Cellular Biology graduate students, Erin Shoemaker-Kiess and Amanda Socha have published an op-ed paper in the Journal of Science Policy & Governance in which they propose GMO classifications for food labeling....
July 31, 2015
Prof. Amy Gladfelter is being honored with a Women in Cell Biology Mid-Career Award for Excellence in Research work by the American Society of Cell Biology.
July 21, 2015
Prof.ter Hofstede's paper "Sensory-based niche partitioning in a multiple predator - multiple prey community" featured in the Washington Post.
July 08, 2015
Maria Hindt, Ph.D. received the Croasdale Award from the Dean of Graduate Studies, Prof. Jon Kull for her exemplary work on iron homeostasis in plants in the lab of Prof. Mary Lou Guerinot.
May 08, 2015
Prof. Rob McClung was a guest on The Exchange on NHPR. The topic of the April, 23, 2015 broadcast was "The Science of GMOs: Possibilities And Limitations."...
May 08, 2015
Prof. Eric Schaller and New York Times best-selling author, Jeff VanderMeer were the featured speakers a MIT Communications Forum on April 6, 2015.