Congratulations to Nicole Gutzmann who received a $60,000 USDA NIFA Predoctoral Grant on the “Development and use of Cas9 lines of Tribolium castaneum (red flour beetle) for elucidating mechanisms of insecticide toxicity”.  This award is provided to a Ph.D. candidate who has completed his or her preliminary exams and provides funding for the last year of the candidate’s Ph.D.  Nicole is working on her Ph.D. under Dr. Marce Lorenzen.