Molly Edwards Recipient of Katherine Esau Award

July 26, 2021

Congratulations to PhD candidate Molly Edwards (Elena Kramer, Advisor) recipient of the Katherine Esau Award at the Botany 2021 conference. Molly was selected for her presentation, "A developmental and transcriptional framework for pollinator-driven evolutionary transitions in petal spur morphology in Aquilegia (columbine)."

The...

Dwayne Evans Awarded Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship

July 22, 2021

Congratulations to PhD candidate Dwayne Evans (Harvard Medical School Biological and Biomedical Sciences PhD Program, Cassandra Extavour, Advisor) awarded a 2021 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship.

The fellowship, administered by the Fellowships Office of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, seeks to increase the...

Dwayne Evans and Cassandra Extavour Awarded HHMI Gilliam Fellowship

July 22, 2021

Congratulations to PhD candidate Dwayne Evans (Harvard Medical School Biological and Biomedical Sciences PhD Program) and his advisor Prof. Cassandra Extavour awarded the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) 2021 Gilliam Fellowship.

The Gilliam Fellowship is awarded to adviser-student pairs as part of a...

Good News! Nick Herrmann has Successfully Defended!

July 16, 2021

Congratulations to Nick Herrmann (David Haig Lab) who has successfully defended his PhD and is now officially Dr. Herrmann!

Good News! Milo Johnson has Successfully Defended!

June 21, 2021

Congratulations to Milo Johnson (Michael Desai Lab) who has successfully defended his PhD and is now officially Dr. Johnson!

Jacob Suissa Receives Honarable Mention for the Donald R. Kaplan Award in Comparative Morphology

June 8, 2021

Congratulations to PhD candidate, Jacob Suissa, received Honorable Mention for the Donald R. Kaplan Award in Comparative Morphology for his proposal, "Bumps in the node: the effects of vascular architecture on hydraulic integration in fern rhizomes"! Read more about Jacob Suissa Receives Honarable Mention for the Donald R. Kaplan Award in Comparative Morphology

Good News! Catherine Chamberlain has Successfully Defended!

June 4, 2021

Congratulations to Catherine Chamberlain (N. Michele Holbrook Lab) who has successfully defended her PhD and is now officially Dr. Chamberlain!

Zhe He Receives Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Award

June 1, 2021

Congratulations to PhD candidate Zhe He (Holbrook Lab) recipient of the Botanical Society of America (BSA) Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Award for her project, "Pit Membranes and Plant Resistance to Cavitation" Read more about Zhe He Receives Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Award

Resting Buds courtesy of Kristel Schoonderwoerd

More Species of Trees with Naked Resting Buds than Previously Believed

May 24, 2021

The bud scales of resting buds (buds that form at the end of a growth season which lie dormant until the next growth season) of temperate trees are thought to provide essential winter protection. However naked buds (buds without bud scales) are often considered rare occurrences in temperate climates.

In a study in New Phytologist PhD candidate Kristel Schoonderwoerd (Friedman Lab) and Ned...

Jacob Suissa Receives 2021 Derek C. Bok Award

May 19, 2021

Congratulations to PhD candidate Jacob Suissa (Friedman Lab) recipient of the 2021 Derek C. Bok Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching of Undergraduates!

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