The Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology announces its Spring 2022 Seminar Series. Flyers with more information about the speakers, titles and abstracts will be distributed weekly.

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. “Remote Spatial Coordination within Cytoskeleton Regulates Timing of Cell Division” is the title of his 3MT presentation.

David Morrison, a highly successful researcher and policy analyst, who is currently a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State, will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology (GDCB) at a ceremony on Thursday, October 21, 2021, in Ames. The award recognizes outstanding alumni from the Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State.

David Morrison, a highly successful researcher and policy analyst, who is currently a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State, will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology (GDCB) at a ceremony on Thursday, October 21, 2021, in Ames. The award recognizes outstanding alumni from the Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State.

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.

Mark Bouska
Mark Bouska, a molecular, cellular and developmental biology major, received a TEX nomination from his major professor, GDCB Assistant Professor Hua Bai.