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Realizing the Value of Ancient Crops
Many travelers have road tripped across the heartland of U.S. Many of these trips occur during the summer growing season, allowing the layperson to see tremendous agricultural productivity of the…
The Story of the Whiskey Fungus
Work by evolutionary biologists, ecologists, and geneticists has shown that humans and fungi actually have a great deal in common. On a recent trip to Kentucky I discover one more commonality, a…
Katie D'Amico Awarded Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research
The Translational Plant Sciences Graduate Program (TPSGP), is proud to announce that Katie D'Amico, a second-year TPS fellow who is co-advised by Dr. Enrico Bonello and Joshua Blakeslee, was…
Ashley Yates Earns Dow AgroSciences Internship
The Translational Plant Sciences Graduate Program (TPSGP) is unique in comparison with traditional PhD programs. The TPSGP offers students a customized academic plan complemented by in-depth…
Translational Plant Science in Science Journal
The September 2016 issue of the journal Science featured many interesting articles about translational plant sciences. This included one article by Dr. Christoph Benning; one of the 2016…
TPS Students Meet Dr. George Wang
On Friday, April 15th the Translational Plant Sciences Graduate students had the opportunity to meet Dr. George Wang, recipient of the Young Alumni Achievement Award given by the College…
Alex Turo attends University of Washington's Statistical Genetics Summer Institute
TPS Fellow Alex Turo recieved a scholarship to attend the 2017 University of Washington's Statistical Genetics Summer Institute! The Institute consists of a series of two-and-a-half day…
Congratulations Katie - NSF Fellowship Honorable Mention
Our congratulations to Katie D'Amico, whose 2016 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research fellowship application, "Effects of drought on disease severity and constitutive and…
Ashley Yates Attended Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Proteomics Summer Session
TPS Student, Ashley Yates attended the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Proteomics Summer Session, July 14-27, 2015.
This intensive laboratory and lecture course focused on cutting-edge…