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Friday, March 27, 2015
PBIO professor Michelle Momany was scientific co-chair for the 28th Fungal Genetics Conference at Asilomar, the largest international meeting in the field. The UGA fungal group was well-represented with Chang Hyun Khang’s lab and Zack Lewis’ lab also attending (http://fungi.uga.edu/).
Congratulations to Alan Bowsher on a successful PhD dissertation defense!
Monday, March 23, 2015
"The Dogwood Genome Project: A Model for Woody Ornamental Genomics" has been funded for ~1.5 million by the NSF Plant Genome Research Program. The project is led by Jim Leebens-Mack with co-PIs CK Tsai, Phillip Wadl, Magdy Alabady, and JennyQiuyun Xiang. Congratulations!
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Wendy Zomlefer, curator of UGA Plant Biology Herbarium, just received an NSF Workshop grant. In the coming year, she will host representatives of at least 10 herbaria from Georgia and the Southeast for a two-day program on best herbarium practices.
Monday, March 16, 2015
Congratulations to Jim Leebens-Mack. He has been approved for promotion to Full Professor. No wonder he is smiling!
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