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The Conversation article, "Zebrafish are a scientist's favorite for early-stage research — especially to study human blood disorders," features Raquel Espin Palazon, genetics, development and cell biology assistant professor, and her lab.

Several graduate students affiliated with the Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology (GDCB) received Research Excellence and Teaching Excellence awards from the Graduate College in fall 2022 and spring 2023. 

The Office of the Vice President for Research has appointed two faculty members to part-time Research Faculty Fellow positions. Supported through Iowa State’s Strategic Plan success funding initiatives, these positions are intended to:

Several Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology (GDCB) graduate students received travel awards in spring 2023 and fall 2022 to partially offset the cost of attending conferences in Washington, D.C.; Evanston, Ill.; Woods Hole, Mass.;

The Maize Genetics Cooperation recently honored two Genetics, Development and Cell Biology (GDCB)  faculty, Carolyn Lawrence-Dill and Marna Yandeau-Nelson.

Several Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology faculty mentored 2023 recipients of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) Dean's High Impact Award for Undergraduate Research.

After serving over 127 years combined at Iowa State University (ISU), four Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology (GDCB) faculty retired in the 2022-23 academic year. 

Jodi Callwood, a Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology (GDCB) graduate student in the bioinformatics and computational biology major at Iowa State University (ISU), received the Department of Defense (DoD) Science, Mathematics, and Research for

More than 80 faculty, staff and students from the Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology (GDCB) enjoyed a day of science by attending the 2023 GDCB Research Day held in Reiman Gardens in mid-January.

Maura McGrail, associate professor in genetics, development and cell biology, received the 2023 Outstanding Achievement in Research Award from the Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Marna Yandeau-Nelson, associate professor in the Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology (GDCB) at Iowa State University, received the 2023 Rossmann Manatt Faculty Development Award. 

Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology (GDCB) faculty member Hua Bai received a promotion to associate professor, effective during the 2022-23 academic year. 

Brian Zebosi, Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology (GDCB) graduate student in the lab of GDCB Professor Erik Vollbrecht, received the George Knaphus College Teaching Fellowship in spring 2023.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) named Yanhai Yin and two other Iowa State University (ISU) professors earlier in 2023 to its 2022 class of AAAS Fellows.

Hua Bai, Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology (GDCB) associate professor, and his Iowa State University research team discovered a method for modifying the function of an enzyme crucial to fat production, which could lead to more e

The Graduate College named Abesh Bera a runner-up in the Seventh Annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition held in November 2022 for graduate researchers. 

Kenneth Clark Shaw 

Kenneth Clark Shaw, former Iowa State University (ISU) faculty member, died on July 7, 2023. He was born on September 18, 1932, to Julian and Mary (Nickel) in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

The June 2023 BioCY News reflects on the 2022 genetics, development and cell biology graduates.

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ labs and classrooms were abuzz this spring as faculty-sponsored research projects were implemented by the latest recipients of the LAS Dean’s High Impact Award for Undergraduate Research.

Karin Dorman, professor in the departments of Statistics and Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, received the 2023 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring in 2023.