New paper on Arabidopsis methylation inheritance by grad student Brigitte Hofmeister from the Schmitz lab August 18, 2017
Carolina Chavarro wins second place in section 1 of the Joe Sugg Graduate Student competition July 21, 2017
“Characterization of scientific studies usually cited as evidence of adverse effects of GM food/feed” – Wayne Parrott July 15, 2017
John Burke and several current and former PC members – sunflower genome published in Nature today May 22, 2017
Peggy Ozias-Akins is awarded a Distinguished Research Professorship for her pioneering work on apomixis April 17, 2017
Brigitte Hofmeister (Schmitz lab), Will Jordan (Schmitz lab) and Gabbie Sandstedt (Sweigart lab) receive FY18 Genetics Training Grant Fellowships March 30, 2017
Kelly Lane (Leebens-Mack lab) received a Grad School Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the Center for Teaching and Learning March 27, 2017
Brian Kvitko to present at the Schroth Faces of the Future symposium on Host Resistance and Host/Pathogen Interactions at the APS Meeting! March 20, 2017
PBIO grad student Caitlin Ishibashi was awarded a 2017 Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award! March 15, 2017
Plant Center scientists use robots and drones to accelerate plant genetic research, improve crop yield February 9, 2017
Katrien Devos received an NSF grant to make finger millet more productive and disease resistant. January 4, 2017
Clint Steketee received a National Council of Commercial Plant Breeders (NCCPB) graduate student award at the 2016 ASTA meeting December 19, 2016
Several Plant Center members honored at the recent D.W. Brooks Awards: Wayne Parrott – Excellence in Global Programs; Tim Brenneman – Excellence in Research; Ron Walcott – Diversity Award; Peter LaFayette – CAES Staff Award November 16, 2016
Graduate student Xi Gu won first place in the Cytoscape competition at the 2016 RECOMB/ISCB Conference November 11, 2016
Congrats to Karolina Heyduk whose project was funded by the DOE 2017 Community Science Program November 10, 2016
Several Plant Center members are featured in the UGA President’s 2016 Annual Report September 30, 2016
Plant Center member Cecilia McGregor talks about watermelon breeding on this podcast September 2, 2016
Kudzu bug research by Adam Bray (Zenglu Li and Wayne Parrott labs) featured in the August issue of Crop Science August 17, 2016
Jill Anderson receives a $1.1 million CAREER award to study how plants will respond to climate change! May 21, 2016
