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Running out of water: UGA researchers look to Mother Nature for help

Running out of water: UGA researchers look to Mother Nature for help:

http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/running-out-of-water-uga-researchers-look-to-mother-nature-for-help/

 


Nov 2014: Russell Malmberg honored for being awarded University Professorship

Russell Malmberg, Professor of Plant Biology and member of The Plant Center at UGA, was honored during UGA  vs. Georgia Tech. football game for being awarded a University Professorship... looking good on the Sanford Stadium jumbotron!


Nov 2014 Dawe and Alabady funded to study meiotic drive in maize

Kelly Dawe and Magdy Alabady received a grant to study maize Abnormal chromosome 10 (Ab10), which skews chromosome segregation through a mysterious mechanism that involves the formation of ³neocentromeres² that move independently during meiosis.


Nov 2014: Paper accepted in Molecular Biology and Evolution

Alex Harkess, Michael McKain, and advisor Jim Leebens-Mack co-authored a recently accepted paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution: “Multiple Polyploidy Events in the Early Radiation of Nodulating and Nonnodulating Legumes”.

Dr. Wendy Zomlefer

Nov 2014: Zomlefer funded to digitize data on southeastern plants

Kudos to Dr. Wendy Zomlefer, curator of UGA Plant Biology Herbarium.  She received funding from NSF to digitize data on southeastern plants. This will assist researchers studying climate change, species endangerment and conservation.