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The Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology (GDCB) announces that a member of its staff, Danise Jones, received an Iowa State University Professional and Scientific Council CYtation award for her performance as a graduate student serv

Two genetics, development and cell biology graduate students received Fall 2021 Teaching Excellence awards from the Graduate College.

AMES, Iowa – The ability to generate a patient’s blood cells in order to treat blood diseases has eluded scientists for years, but a recently awarded federal grant could help Iowa State University scientists take critical steps toward turning that

The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) recently announced 12 ISU graduate students will receive $120,000 in Brown Graduate Fellowship Program funding to support strategic university research over the next year.

Undergraduate Maia Lawson, who is double majoring in microbiology and genetics, received the fall 2021 Academic Achievement Award from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Student Council.

Genetics, Development and Cell Biology (GDCB) graduate student Abesh Bera was named a runner-up in the Graduate College’s Sixth Annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition held in late October.

David Morrison, a highly successful researcher and policy analyst, who is currently a foreign service officer with the U.S.

Three students affiliated with genetics, development and cell biology (GDCB) received Graduate College Teaching Excellence (TEX) awards in spring 2021: Mark Bouska, Hao Jiang and Yosia Mugume.

Dior Kelley, genetics, development and cell biology assistant professor, and Olga Zabotina, biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology professor,  are exploring fundamental, yet-unanswered questions about how hormones regulate cell wall p

Raquel Espin Palazon, genetics, development and cell biology assistant professor, will receive $381,385 over three years from the Roy J.

Yanhai Yin, Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology chair, and other Iowa State University researchers challenged 20 high school STEM teachers from Iowa and around the country to reimagine their STEM curriculum at a six-week Rese

After dedicating a total of 45 years of service to Iowa State University (ISU), two genetics, development and cell biology (GDCB) faculty retired in summer 2021. Charles F.

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.

Like other faculty at Iowa State University, Jelena Kraft and Carly Manz from genetics, development and cell biology (GDCB) originally thought they would be converting two weeks’ worth of lessons after spring break 2020 to online classes.

Iowa State University research faculty member Hua Bai received a $1.2 million National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award to continue the development of interventions for treating liver, heart and

Urminder Singh, genetics, development and cell biology (GDCB) graduate student, is the recipient of an Iowa State University COVID-19 Exceptional Effort Award for Graduate Student Research Impact.

Geetu Tuteja, genetics, development and cell biology (GDCB) associate professor, is one of 12 Iowa State University women honored in the 2021 Women Impacting ISU calendar.

The pandemic may have turned the world upside down last year, but several Iowa State University (ISU) genetics, development and cell biology (GDCB) students and two students affiliated with GDCB overcame obstacles and advanced their careers with a