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Department of Plant Biology at North Carolina State
University!
We offer Bachelor of
Science, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees, with
classroom and research opportunities in many areas of contemporary
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Plant Biology Department News
Lost in Space - 2,000 of Dr. Imara Perara's Arabidopsis seedlings are stuck on board the International Space Station. - Nature, 4/25/12
Congratulations to Jenny Xiang, on her promotion to full professor.
Congratulations to Charles Parrish, winner of the 2012 Chilton Undergraduate Research Award.
Postdoctoral Position Available, in ecoinformatics.
Congratulations to our winners in the Innovation
Fair of CALS' Stewards of the Future -
* First place: Deyu Xie, Heike Sederoff, and Amy Grunden, "Jet fuel from Camelina at NCSU: a systems approach."
* Third place: Carol Kinder, Elle Allen, Linda MacKenzie, Jenny James, and JoAnn Burkholder: "Advances in safeguarding water supplies."
Congratulations - to Jenny Stanley, a graduate student in Dr. Alexander Kring's lab, for winning the 2012 Student Presentation Award at the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society/Association of Southeastern Biologists joint meeting in Athens, Georgia. Jenny presented an inventory and guide to the flora of Picture Creek, NC.
Next Generation Jet Fuel - Drs. Heike Sederoff and Amy Grundon plan to add value to the oil crops Dunaliella and Camelina using extremophile genes. - Perspectives, Winter, 2012
Mysterious Satellite DNA in Africa - Dr. Linda Hanley-Bowdoin and Dr. Joseph Ndunguru (Tanzania) received a Gates Foundation BREAD grant to study the mysterious satellite DNAs that help overcome geminivirus resistance in cassava. - Perspectives, Winter, 2012
Teaching Postdoctoral Fellows - Dr. Sue Carson mentors the Biotechnology Program's unique Teaching Postdoctoral Fellows. - Perspectives, Winter, 2012
Rediscovering the Uses of Ancient Plants in Modern Medicine - Dr. Deyu Xie discusses the role of medicinal plants in his personal and professional life - Technician, 2/20/12
Tuesday, Aug. 21*
Fall Ice Cream Social
3:45
on the Brickyard
Seminars are held in 101 David Clark lab on Tuesdays at 4:00 pm unless otherwise noted.
*tentative
If you would like to be added to our seminar announcement list, please send an email to sue_vitello@ncsu.edu
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