The Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology (GDCB) announces its Fall 2021 Graduate Student-Postdoc-Staff Seminar Series and its Promising Scientist Seminar Series, which will be held virtually on Fridays beginning at 4:10 p.m. Kicking off the GDCB Promising Scientist Seminar Series on Friday, Aug. 27, is Dr. Maria Angelica Bravo Nunez with “The effect of meiotic factors in ploidy dynamics.” Nunez is an HHMI Hannah Gray Fellow at Harvard University.

Meeting link: https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/j.php?MTID=m4ccf329b3fc906659356f2871fdaa865

Fall 2021 GDCB Grad Student_Postdoc_Staff Seminar updated.pdf

The updated Fall 2021 GDCB Seminar Schedule is now available. Flyers with more information about the speakers, titles and abstracts will be distributed weekly.

Four genetics, development and cell biology (GDCB) students received Sui-Tong Chan Fung Fund Travel awards in fall 2020 and spring 2021. The recipients are Mark Bouska, Emmanuel Nsamba, Pallavi Sinha-Roy and Vaishali Todi.

The Fung award recognizes excellence in the pursuit of genetics research and study. It is made possible because of the generosity of Mr. Hon Pon Fung, who in 1981 established an endowment at Iowa State University in memory of his wife, Dr. Sui-Tong Chan Fung. Mrs. Fung loved genetics and worked for many years in the laboratory of Dr. William Welshons of the Department of Genetics.