Congratulations to IPBGG Director Wayne Parrot, a Distinguished Research Professor in the Crop and Soil Sciences Department, on being named a Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB).
ASPB is a professional scientific society, headquartered in Rockville, MD, that is devoted to the advancement of the plant sciences worldwide. With a membership of some 3,000 plant scientists from throughout the United States and around the world, the Society publishes two of the most widely cited plant science journals, The Plant Cell and Plant Physiology, and co-publishes the Open Access journal
Plant Direct.
ASPB also hosts the annual Plant Biology conference; supports plant science outreach, engagement, and advocacy; and powers the Plantae digital ecosystem for plant scientists.
Walid Korani has been a computational biologist (Senior Scientist) for HudsonAlpha, Alabama, since 2020.
He started his career as a Demonstrator and then an Associate Lecturer at Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority. During this time, he finished his Master's degree and part of a Ph.D. in Genetics, and he was handling a mutation breeding program for Peanut.
We're proud of our awesome graduate students and want to recognize their excellence!
The Institute for Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics has a vibrant graduate program that offers both a Master's degree and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics.
Qian Feng, graduate research assistant for Dr. van der Knaap, is a finalist in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) competition, to be held on April 5, at University Chapel (109 Herty Drive).
3MT is a professional and highly engaging international research communication competition. Better known by the acronym 3MT, the competition requires contestants to explain their thesis or dissertation topic and its significance in three minutes or less using only a single static presentation slide.
The competition supports their capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. This event is free and open to the public.
Come out and cheer Qian on to victory!