Dr. Diane Okamuro Gather & Grow Webinar
Gather & Grow Webinar: What is it Like to be a Program Manager at NSF?
Dr. Diane Okamuro, National Science Foundation Program Manager
April 17, 2025 | Noon – 1PM
Dr. Diane Jofuku Okamuro is a Program Director for the Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) at the National Science Foundation, Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO), Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. The PGRP is broad in scope and supports functional genomics tool development and basic discovery research on a genome-wide scale that will provide new insights into plant processes that are important to the U.S. economy. The PGRP Cluster also manages the Plant Genome Research Postdoctoral Fellowships program which is part of the BIO-wide Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology program. In addition, she currently serves on the Working Group for the Biology Integration Institutes (BII) program which supports interdisciplinary, collaborative teams that perform research, education and training on critical questions that span multiple disciplines within and beyond biology.
Dr. Okamuro received her Ph.D. in Biology from UCLA and is a plant molecular geneticist by training. She has broad-based experience in cutting-edge functional genomics technologies and has held research and management positions in both academia and industry prior to joining NSF in 2005.
Plant Center Annual Retreat – October 31 – November 1, 2024. Registration now open!
The Plant Center Fall Retreat will be held at Callaway Gardens Resort in Pine Mountain, GA on October 31-November 1.
For those of you new to the Plant Center, it is an exciting 22 hours of plant science with great interactions with UGA and external speakers. We typically have 90 posters with terrific interactions to discuss plant science. We will have some Halloween fun this year during the poster social with a prize for best costume for anyone who wants to participate.
Registration is now open and will close on September 29th. Please reach out to Niki Walden (nikiwalden@uga.edu) with any questions you may have.