Brad Nelms, Assistant Professor in Plant Biology, was featured in UGA Today for his research on pollen grains that was published in Science on January 28. Before this study researchers did not know when maize pollen starts to express its own genetic information.
Mariel Pfeifer, a graduate student in the lab of Chang Hyun Khang, won the 2021 Wilbur Duncan Award.
This year, PLOS ONE celebrates its 15 year anniversary. Over this period the journal has published over a quarter of a million articles.
After over thirty years with the Plant Biology Department, Brigitte Bruns retired on Dec 31st, 2020, exactly one year ago.
After over eight years with the Plant Biology Department, Gretchen Bowen retired on Oct 1st.