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Karolina Heyduk and Jess Stephens

June 2016: Heyduk and Stephens lead on book chapter

PBIO post-doc Karolina Heyduk and graduate student Jess Stephens, along with Brent Faircloth (LSU) and Travis Glenn (UGA), co-authored a recent book chapter, "Targeted DNA Region Re-sequencing" in Field Guidelines for Genetic Experimental Designs in High-Throughput Sequencing.

NSF-Funded Herbarium Workshop hosted by Wendy Zomlefer

May 2016: NSF-Funded Workshop on Herbarium Techniques held in PBIO Department in May!

Wendy Zomlefer, Curator of the University of Georgia Herbarium, received NSF funding for a workshop on "Herbarium Specimen Curation and Best Practices."  The workshop was held 19-21 May 2016 in the herbarium and we hosted 26 participants (including an NSF program officer) from 17…

photo of Kathrin Stanger-Hall

The language of light

Kathrin Stanger-Hall's firefly research is "highlighted" in the Spring 2016 UGA Research Magazine.

The Language of Light

http://ugaresearch.uga.edu/2016/05/10/the-language-of-light/

John Spiekerman

May 2016: Congrats to John Spiekerman for NIH Training Grant!

John has received a NIH Training Grant through the UGA Genetics department. He will be funded through the training grant fellowship for the 2016-2017 year. Way to go, John!!

Alex Pilote

May 2016: Congrats to Alex Pilote for GRSC 7770 Assistantship!

Alex was awarded a GRSC 7770 assistantship for fall 2016. This award recognizes his qualifications as an outstanding graduate teaching assistant. With his assistantship, Alex will help the department in planning and teaching a section of GRSC 7770. Way to go, Alex!!