Tess Griffin Successfully Defends Dissertation
Tess Griffin successfully defended her dissertation “HIV Evolution in the Brain”.
Congratulations to Dr. Griffin!
Dogwood Genome Project Involves IOB Faculty
Dr. Magdy Alabady, Dr. James Leebens-Mack, and Dr. CJ Tsai are IOB-affiliated faculty members who are working on a large genomic project funded by the National Science Foundation. Along with other Southeastern universities, UGA is working to complete the first complete genome sequence for dogwoods, allowing for new varieties that are strong and beautiful. For more information, please see the story here.
IOB Students Successfully Defend
Dong Zhang, Spandana Makeneni, and Yongjie Huang have successfully defended their dissertations. Congratulations to all three!
Xi Gu Awarded Research Grant
Senior IOB student Xi Gu has been awarded an Interdisciplinary and Innovative Research Grant from the UGA Graduate School. Ms. Gu will use the award for her summer research projects. Congratulations to Ms. Gu!
Xi Gu Awarded Research Grant
Senior IOB student Xi Gu has been awarded an Interdisciplinary and Innovative Research Grant from the UGA Graduate School. Ms. Gu will use the award for her summer research projects. Congratulations to Ms. Gu!
IOB Faculty working on creating stress- and disease-free trees
IOB Faculty member CJ Tsai is part of a team working to create stress-free and disease-free trees. Dr. Tsai, who is faculty in Genetics and Forestry, is part of a team who are using a $490,000 grant to identify the genes that are responsible for stress tolerance. For more information, please see the article featured on UGA Today, which can be found here.
IOB Student publishes paper in Molecular Plant
IOB student Lexiang Ji has published a paper in Molecular Plant. “Crop Epigenomics: Identifying, Unlocking, and Harnessing Cryptic Variation in Crop Genomes” discusses discoveries in crop epigenomics, in particular the role of DNA methylation in development, evolution, and response to environmental changes. To read the paper, please go here.
Ahmad Al-Omari Successfully Defends Dissertation
Ahmad Al-Omari successfully defended his dissertation “Discovering a Regulatory Network Topology by Markov Chain Monte-Carlo on GPGPUS with Special Reference to the Biological Clock of Neurospora crassa”.
Congratulations to Dr. Al-Omari!
Winners of the Ying Xu Outstanding Student Paper Award
The winners of the 2014 Ying Xu Outstanding Student Paper Award are Deli Liu and Chi Zhang.
Congratulations are in order for both gentlemen, who had significant findings published in 2014.
IOB Student Ahmad Al-Omari published paper
Ahmad Al-Omari has published the third and final chapter of his dissertation. “Discovering regulatory network topologies using ensemble methods on GPGPUs with special reference to the biological clock of Neurospora crassa” has been published in IEEE Xplore and can be viewed here.