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Professor Om Parkash Dhanker has received a Fellow of ASPB Award.
Professor Om Parkash Dhanker

ASPB Fellow Award is granted in recognition of distinguished and long-term contributions to plant biology and service to the Society by current members in areas that include research, education, mentoring, outreach, and professional and public service. 

April 26, 2024
Le Liu got an innovator's travel award from PPSystems to attend ASPB!
Le Liu

Le received the PP Systems Innovator’s Travel Award for her research on high-throughput phenotyping methods of stomatal physiology and morphology in maize. She will be attending the ASPB conference this summer! Congratulations, Le!

April 26, 2024
PB students Le Liu, Bahman Khahani and Maryam Rashidzade are invited to attend the 2024 New Phytologist Next generations scientists symposium.
Bahman Khahani and Maryam Rashidzade

Le Liu from Facette Lab, Bahman Khahani from Hazen Lab and Maryam Rashidzade from Caicedo Lab have been invited to present their research at the 2024 New Phytologist Next Generation Scientists Symposium at Duke University this summer.

February 1, 2024
PB first year student, Jessica Yeh published a first-author paper in CelI
Jessica Yeh

Congratulations to Jessica Yeh, a first-year targeted student in Cheung Lab, on her remarkable achievement. She has recently published a paper in Cell titled "Extracellular pectin-RALF phase separation mediates FERONIA global signaling function" This paper significantly contributes to her focused area of study on the signaling of plant growth regulators in Arabidopsis thaliana.

February 1, 2024
You Say Tomato, These UMass Amherst Scientists Say Evolutionary Mystery
Ana Caicedo and Jacob Barnett

New research from UMass Amherst is the first to examine entire tomato species, from tiny, hairy and terrible-tasting to large and sweet.

October 11, 2023
UMass Biochemist Sibongile Mafu Receives NSF Grant for Legume Crop Resilience and Productivity Research
Sibongile Mafu

Mafu, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, has received a four-year, $625,000 National Science Foundation grant to untangle the chemical diversity in legumes in an effort to improve agricultural yields to meet growing demands for plant-based protein sources.

October 11, 2023
PB PhD student Leannah Hicks selected as NCGA Research Ambassador
Leannah Hicks

Leannah Hicks will be part of the 2023–24 Ambassador Program of the National Corn Growers Association, designed for graduate students involved in research relevant to corn production and that demonstrate academic excellence and leadership potential. She will receive a financial award as well as funding to attend scientific conferences. Congratulations, Leannah!

August 8, 2023

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