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Renewed NIH support for the WSU Protein Biotechnology graduate training program to expand opportunities for IBC students and faculty.
New $2.74M grant to support biotechnology training | WSU Insider | Washington State University . August 2024
USDA-funded Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduate Research Program, led by IBC faculty Andrei Smertenko (with Phil Bates and Mark Lange as Co-PIs and involved Jeff Bowman and Mary Hoffman as administrative support), offers two months of hands-on exposure to laboratory and field activities. May 28 – August 2, 2024
Jannelle Andrews, graduate student in the Lange laboratory, receives a best poster award at the Annual Conference of the Phytochemical Society of North America. July 2024
IBC faculty Phil Bates confirmed as representative of IBC and Animal Sciences to WSU’s Faculty Senate. May 2024
Graduate Student Jeremy Boutin (Lange Laboratory) was named College Representative of the Year by GPSA and received the LGBTQIA2S+ scholarship from WSU’s Commission for Gender Identity Expression and Sexual Orientation. May 2024
Niharika Nonavinakare Chandrakanth, IBC PhD candidate in Molecular Plant Sciences was the winner of the CAHNRS 3-Minute Thesis competition and advanced to the WSU-wide competition. March 2024
Link to Niharika’s talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8xK4QL9SBo.
IBC faculty Professor Mark Lange has accepted the IBC Director position. March 2024
Undergraduate student Ally Richards, won a poster presentation award at SURCA. March 2024
Graduate student Sean McGuire won a poster presentation award at the WSU GPSA Research Expo in the Agricultural & Natural Resource Sciences category. March 2024
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