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Congratulations Graduate Symposium 2025 Presentation Award Winners!

Congratulations to the winners of this year's best graduate student presentations. Osmary Medina-Baez: Assessing vulnerability of butterflies to climate change in Ohio using their physiological tolerances. Best Talk Taiwo Mercy Faloni: Beyond the Ice: Viral Community Dynamics Across Permafrost Thaw Gradients. Best Lightning Talk Suneeti Madhavan: FASNated by fat: WNT signaling activation causes early decline of de-novo...

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Biology Graduate Student Alicia Matthews Wins Abstract Achievement Award at American Society of Hematology Conference

Alicia Matthews, a 3rd year PhD student from Dr. Fortenberry’s lab, was selected to present her research at the 66th American Society of Hematology (ASH) exposition. Her research entailed a novel aptamer-based sickle-cell disease therapeutic that targets polymer formation in sickled red blood cells titled “The Intracellular Effects of...

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