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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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Congratulations to Jessica Hearn – Oglebay Exceptional Merit Award Winner!

A big congratulations to Jessica Hearn, a graduate student in the Wolff lab, for her Oglebay Exceptional Merit Award! Jessica's proposal "Neuromodulator Expression in Generalist and Specialist Hemiptera" was recognized for its compelling argument that generalist and specialist insects in the Hemiptera might differ in their neuromodulator expression. Congratulations Jess,...

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