Poster Awards

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2023 Poster Winners

Graduate Students:

  • 1st Place: Saptarshi Mondal (David Jespersen Lab)
  • 2nd Place: Philip Bentz (Jim Leebens-Mack Lab)
  • 3rd Place:  Qian Feng (Esther van der Knaap Lab)

Postdocs:

  • 1st Place:  Jianxin Zhao (Katrien Devos Lab)
  • 2nd Place: Fiona Wahinya (Katrien Devos Lab)
  • 3rd Place: Lei Zhang (Esther van der Knaap Lab)

Thank you to our judges:  Bochra Bahri, David Bertioli, Soraya Bertioli, Shu-Mei Chang, Juliette Chu, David Jespersen, Jim Leebens-Mack, Ali Missaoui, Brad Nelms, and Jason Wallace and to Brian Kvitko for organizing the poster competition.

2022 Poster Winners

Graduate Students:

  • 1st Place: Ben Long (Jeff Bennetzen Lab)
  • 2nd Place: Meghan Brady (Kelly Dawe Lab)
  • 3rd Place (tie): Timothy Chappell (Wayne Parrott Lab)
  • 3rd Place (tie): Sohyun Bang (Bob Schmitz Lab)

Postdocs:

  • 1st Place: Lei Zhang (Esther van der Knaap Lab)
  • 2nd Place: Mark Minnow (Bob Schmitz Lab)
  • 3rd Place: Sarah Carey (HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology)

2021 Poster Winners

Graduate Students:

  • 1st Place: Vincent Pennetti (Wayne Parrott Lab)
  • 2nd Place: Shreena Pradhan (Katrien Devos Lab)
  • 3rd Place (tie): Lanxi Hu (Li Yang Lab)
  • 3rd Place (tie): Brandon Mangum (Chang Hyun Khang Lab)

Postdocs:

  • 1st Place: Alexandre Marand (Bob Schmitz Lab)
  • 2nd Place: Ashley Snouffer (Esther van der Knaap Lab)
  • 3rd Place (tie): Emily Dittmar (John Burke Lab)
  • 3rd Place (tie): Alex Sotola  (Andrea Sweigart Lab)

2019 Poster Winners

Graduate Students:

  • 1st Place: Monica Prias (Wayne Parrott Lab)
  • 2nd Place: Peter Pietrzyk (Alex Bucksch Lab)
  • 3rd Place: Hallie Wright (Katrien Devos Lab)

Postdocs:

  • 1st Place: Qiang Li (Esther van der Knaap Lab)
  • 2nd Place: Lei Zhang (Esther van der Knaap Lab)
  • 3rd Place: David Love (Daniel Johnson Lab)

Two poster winners will be selected to give oral presentations at the 2020 Spring Symposium!

Thank you to our judges:  Brian Ayre, Jessica Barb, Anny Chung, Chang-Hyun Khang, Brian Kvitko, Anish Malladi, Russell Malmberg, Ashlee McCaskill, Cecilia McGregor, Bob Schmitz, Ron Walcott, Li Yang and to Breeanna Urbanowicz for organizing the poster competition.

2018 Poster Winners

Graduate Students:

  • 1st Place: Winnie Gimode (McGregor Lab)
  • 2nd Place: William Jordan (Schmitz Lab)
  • 3rd Place: Lynsey Kovar (Wallace Lab)

Postdocs:

  • 1st Place: Biyao Zhang (van der Knaap Lab)
  • 2nd Place: Jered Wendte (Schmitz Lab)
  • 3rd Place: Adam Bewick (Schmitz Lab)

Two poster winners will be selected to give oral presentations at the 2019 Spring Symposium!

Thank you to our judges: Suzanne Barbour, Srinivasa Chaluvadi, Jonathan Gent, Scott Harding, David Jespersen, Esther van der Knaap, Peggy Ozias-Akins, Wayne Parrott, Andrea Sweigart, CJ Tsai, Caterina Villari, and to Bob Schmitz for organizing the poster competitions.

2017 Poster Winners

Graduate Students:

  • 1st Place: William Jordan (Schmitz Lab)
  • 2nd Place: Winnie Gimode (McGregor Lab)
  • 3rd Place: Shaun Stice (Kvitko Lab)
  • Honorable Mention: Sam Mantel (Sweigart Lab)
  • Honorable Mention: Bill Ricci (Zhang Lab)

Postdocs:

  • 1st Place: Karolina Heyduk (Leebens-Mack Lab)
  • 2nd Place: Maria Ortega (Tsai Lab)
  • 3rd Place: Adam Bewick (Schmitz Lab)

Two poster winners will be selected to give oral presentations at the 2018 Spring Symposium!

Thank you to our judges: Kelly Dawe, Mark Lazzaro, Katrien Devos, Cecilia McGregor, Li Yang, Michael Hahn, Suzanne Barbour, Juliet Chu, Joann Conner, Savithri Nambeesan, and to Bob Schmitz for organizing the poster competitions.

2016 Poster Winners

Graduate Students:

  • 1st Place: Nathan Taitano (van der Knaap Lab)
  • 2nd Place: Matt Zuellig (Sweigart Lab)
  • co-3rd Place: Jacob Hoyle (Parrott Lab)
  • co-3rd Place: Diptee Chaulagain (Frugoli Lab, Clemson University)

Postdocs:

  • 1st Place: Aashima Khosla (Nelson Lab)
  • 2nd Place: Josh Clevenger (Jackson Lab)
  • 3rd Place: Margaret Frank (Bucksch Lab)

Josh Clevenger and Nathan Taitano were selected to give oral presentations at the 2017 Spring Symposium!

Thank you to our judges: Jill Andersen, Alex Bucksch, Dave Bertioli, Jonathan Gent, Scott Jackson, Amy Lawton-Rauh, Soraya Leal-Bertioli, Russell Malmberg, Dave Nelson, Jason Wallace, Esther van der Knaap, and to Bob Schmitz for organizing the poster competitions.

2015 Poster Winners

Graduate Students:

  • co-1st Place: Alex Harkess (Leebens-Mack Lab)
  • co-1st Place: Caitlin Conn (Nelson Lab)
  • 3rd Place: Rishi Masalia (Burke Lab)

Postdocs:

  • 1st Place: Rhodesia Celoy (Tsai Lab)
  • 2nd Place: Liangjiao Xue (Tsai Lab)
  • 3rd Place: Bochra Amina Bahri (Devos Lab)

Alex Harkess and Caitlin Conn were also selected to give oral presentations at the Plant Center 30th Anniversary Joe L. Key Symposium!

Thank you to our judges: John Burke, Shu-Mei Chang, Lisa Donovan, Chang Hyun Khang, Wayne Parrot, and Xiaoyu Zhang.  And, special thanks to Dave Nelson for organizing the poster competition and for sponsoring the undergrad research awards.

2014 Poster Winners

Graduate Students:

  • 1st Place: Maria Ortega (Parrott Lab)
  • 2nd Place: David Higgins (Dawe Lab)
  • 3rd Place: Alex Harkess (Leebens-Mack Lab)

Postdocs:

  • 1st Place: Jonathan Gent (Dawe Lab)
  • 2nd Place: John Stanga (Nelson Lab)
  • 3rd Place: Jane Stewart (Brewer Lab)

Thank you to our judges: Magdy Alabady, Marin Brewer, Joann Conner, Wolfgang Lukowitz, Dave Nelson, Bob Schmitz, Shavannor Smith and Justin Vaughn.  And, special thanks to Dave Nelson for organizing the poster competition and for sponsoring the undergrad research awards.

2013 Poster Winners

Graduate Students:

  • 1st Place: Elizabeth Lowry (Dawe Lab)
  • 2nd Place: Thomas Jacobs (Parrott Lab)
  • 3rd Place: Caitlin Conn (Nelson Lab)

Postdocs:

  • 1st Place: Aiko Iwata (Jackson Lab)
  • 2nd Place: Jonathan Corbi (Burke Lab)
  • 3rd Place: Yingying Zhu (Tsai Lab)

2012 Poster Winners

Graduate Students:

  • 1st Place: Thomas Jacobs (Parrott Lab)
  • 2nd Place: Aiko Iwata (Jackson Lab)
  • 3rd Place: Elizabeth Lowry (Dawe Lab)

Postdocs:

  • 1st Place: Breeanna Urbanowicz (York Lab)
  • 2nd Place: Sangho Jeong (Lukowitz Lab)
  • 3rd Place: Jonathan Gent (Dawe Lab)

2011 Poster Winners

Graduate Students:

  • 1st Place: Liang Feng (Bennetzen Lab)
  • 2nd Place: Thomas Jacobs (Parrott Lab)
  • Co-3rd Place: Maria Ortega (Parrott Lab)
  • Co-3rd Place: Dusty Brown (Carlson Lab)

Postdocs:

  • 1st Place: Melanie Atmodjo (Mohnen Lab)
  • 2nd Place: Sivakumar Patatil (Hahn Lab)
  • 3rd Place: Srinivasa Chaluvadi (Bennetzen Lab)