Dr. John Burke was featured in a UGA Today news article as being part of an international team that has published the first sunflower genome sequence. This sequence will assist future research programs to help improve crop resilience and oil production.

Graduate student Jess Stephens' Pecha Kucha style presentation titled "Show me the way: Future faculty prefer directive feedback when trying active learning approaches" received the Best Research Informing Practice Award at the Scientists Engaged in Education Research (SEER) Spring Research…

Congratulations to Susan Watkins, PBIO Admissions Counselor II for our Graduate Program, and Richard Hare, IT Professional Specialist for Franklin College and PBIO specifically!

Alex Johnson, a  4th year graduate student in the Devos lab, has been awarded a 2-year USDA-AFRI pre-doctoral fellowship on “The role of microRNAs in regulating arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization levels in switchgrass.” In recent years, around 40% of U.S corn cultivation has…

Pbio graduate students Uma Nagendra (mentor: Chris Peterson), Alex Pilote (mentor: Michelle Momany), and Jess Stephens (mentor: Peggy Brickman) received the Interdisciplinary Certificate in University Teaching at a reception held by the UGA Teaching Academy.