Department hosts 2024 GDCB Research Day; 4 GDCB students receive poster awards

June 19, 2024
Research Day poster award winners.
Four Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology graduate students received poster awards at the 2024 GDCB Research Day held on May 8 in Reiman Gardens. From left are GDCB Chair Yanhai Yin, GDCB Graduate Affairs Committee Chair Hua Bai, Kelby Kies (first place), Panchali Chakraborty (second place), and Sahiba Siddiqui and Sabrena Rutledge (third place recipients).

 

Around 80 Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology faculty, students, postdocs, staff and guests attended the 2024 GDCB Research Day at Reiman Gardens on May 8 to learn about research from colleagues in and outside of the department.

Speakers included GDCB Associate Professor Marna Yandeau-Nelson, Fang Liu (postdoc in the McGrail lab), GDCB Assistant Professor Michelle Guo, Karl Kerns (assistant professor in animal science), Justin Walley (associate professor in plant pathology, entomology and microbiology), GDCB Assistant Professor Raquel Espin Palazon, GDCB Adjunct Assistant Professor Ping Kang, and Distinguished Professor Diane Bassham. 

Anurag Das
Anurag Das, graduate student, presents a lightning talk at the 2024 GDCB Research Day.
Kelby Kies, first place poster award
Kelby Kies won first place for her poster at the 2024 Genetics, Development and Cell Biology Research Day.

 

Lightning talks were presented by Anurag Das (graduate student in Bai lab), Saiful Islam (graduate student in Aung lab), Kelby Kies (graduate student in Tuteja lab), Anh Pham (graduate student in Bai lab), and Ella McGrath (undergraduate student in Kelley lab).

Several attendees presented posters at the research event with four receiving awards: Kelby Kies, first place; Panchali Chakraborty, second place; and Sabrena Rutledge and Sahiba Siddiqui, tied for third place.

 

Saiful Islam
GDCB graduate student Saiful Islam gives a lightning talk during the 2024 GDCB Research Day.
Anthony Sillman discusses research with GDCB Adjunct Assistant Professor Ping Kang.
Graduate student Anthony Sillman (left) discusses his research with GDCB Adjunct Assistant Professor Ping Kang.
Raquel Espin Palazon
GDCB Assistant Professor Raquel Espin Palazon discusses her research in "A matter of timing: Cell signaling dynamics during hematopoietic stem cell development."