Biology Graduate Students Awarded GCAS GSSCE Grants

Three graduate students in the biology department were recently awarded GCAS Graduate Student Scholarship and Creative Endeavor Grants for their work in their respective fields

Manish Sarkar “Context-dependent coexistence of social parasites: fungus-growing ant communities as a case study”

Elizabeth Rush “A Novel Preclinical Mouse Model for Neonatal Marfan Syndrome Exhibits Cardiovascular and Multisystem Abnormalities.”

Jessica LaBella “Genome Structure and Organization of a Novel Permafrost Bacterium”

Their proposals were awarded for their significant impact in their chosen field of study. Students must meet the following requirements to be eligible for the GSSCE Grants:

  1. Students must be a graduate student enrolled in a graduate program in the CWRU College of Arts & Sciences.
  2. Students must be enrolled for a full-time study for the full academic year.
  3. Proposals must be for research/scholarship/creative work pertaining to the student’s graduate planned program of study or future professional goals.

Congratulations Bethy, Jess, and Manish!