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Grad Student - Uma Nagendra
Uma Nagendra is the overall winner of 2014 “Dance Your Ph.D.” contest. http://news.sciencemag.org/people-events/2014/11/dance-your-ph-d-winner-announced
Girl Scout Science Day
Graduate student Michelle Hwang and Post-Doc Karolina Heyduck look over the shoulders of two young students working on a computer science module for Girl Scout Day.
Grad Student - Rishi Masalia
Science Café co-founder and graduate student Rishi Masalia as featured in the UGA Graduate School Magazine (2014).
Alumnus - Chelsea Cunard
Alumnus Chelsea Cunard implementing a field experiment studying invasive Microstegium vimineum (2014).
Alumnus - Elise Bartelme
Alumna Elise Bartelme teaching a Plant Biology lab course (2014).

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October 2017: PBIO Undergrad Alumnus Update - Christopher Benson

Alumnus Christopher Benson (BS, 2017) is now working as a Research Technician in the Genomic Medicine Institute within the Lerner Research Institute on the Main Campus of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio. The Genomic Medicine Institue (GMI) core is composed of several research laboratories including clinical components such as the Genomics Core, Genomic Medicine Biorepository (GMB), and the Center for Personalized Genetic Healthcare. The GMB is a full service processing and banking unit that services the GMI, the Cleveland Clinic, and outside collaborators. As a technic

September 2017: Undergrad PBIO Minor Kirsten Allen Participates in Summer Undergrad Research Program

This past summer, Kirsten Allen, an undergraduate PBIO minor, participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program at the University of Kentucky's College of Pharmacy under her PI, Dr. Steven Van Lanen. She engaged in antibiotic drug discovery research isolating natural products from bacteria and characterizing enzymes involved in their synthesis - specifically new types of sulfotransferases used to build the bacterial cell wall. In the future, Kirsten plans to conduct more research in grad school centered around drug discovery from plants and other natural products.

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