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Dr. Kelley Harris has received a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface fellowship

Liesl Strand, a recent UW undergraduate student doing research in the Berg lab, earned a “Best Poster” prize in the PhD division at the International Society for Developmental Biology in Singapore

Introducing the 2017 Incoming Class

Introducing the Genome Sciences 2017 incoming class:
David Bacsik, UW MSTP
Danielle Boley, University of Notre Dame
Florence Chardon, UC Berkeley
Emma De Neef, University of South Carolina
William DeWitt, University of Vermont
Philip Dishuck, Washington & Lee University
Kate Dusenbury, UW MSTP
Michael Goldberg, Brown University
Jose Pineda, UW MSTP
Deanna Plubell, Walla Walla University
Nick Popp, UW MSTP
David Read, University of Michigan

Former GS grad Keolu Fox named one of 2017 National Geographic Emerging Explorers

UW ranked 5th in the world for genetics by the Center for World University Rankings

UW ranked 5th in the world for genetics by the Center for World University Rankings.

Dr. Damien Wilburn selected as the 2017 Postdoc Mentoring Award Winner

NSF Fellowship Awards

Jolie Carlisle, Martin Mathay, Anna Minkina, Jared Mohr, Bianca Ruiz, and Cindy Yeh have been awarded NSF fellowships. Gesine Cauer, Emma Hoppe, Alberto Rivera, and Ian Smith received honorable mention.

Berg Lab undergraduate researcher Liesl Strand is one of 60 undergraduates nationwide selected to Congress at a two-day symposium

Berg Lab undergraduate researcher Liesl Strand is one of 60 undergraduates nationwide selected to present her research to Congress at a two-day symposium “Posters on the Hill”. Liesl also received a GSA Victoria Finnerty Travel Award to present her work at the National Drosophila Conference in San Diego and will be featured in this year’s Husky 100.

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