The Plant Center serves to enhance the tradition of outstanding research in plant sciences at the University of Georgia.
06/15/2023
Congratulations, Cecilia McGregor! And well earned recognition of the late Marc van Iersel ❤️
Congratulations to the 2023 ASHS Career Awardees - Cecilia McGregor, Nirit Bernstein, Malcolm M. Manners, Eric T. Stafne, Patricia R. Knight, Marc W. van Iersel, Nathan Jahnke, Derek Barchenger, and Amanda McWhirt!
04/05/2021
Creating plant-dissection videos during COVID Mason McNair and Mark Zenoble transitioned a very hands-on class to online.
03/26/2021
SEC Announces Dr. Peggy Ozias-Akins Wins 2021 Faculty Achievement Award for University of Georgia
https://www.thesecu.com/news/sec-announces-dr-peggy-ozias-akins-wins-2021-faculty-achievement-award-for-university-of-georgia/
10/28/2020
Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: John J. Spiekerman https://bit.ly/3e8x194, first author of The halophyte seashore paspalum uses adaxial leaf papillae for sodium sequestration doi.org/10.1104/pp.20.00796
09/18/2020
Our own Ron Walcott named new VP for Grad Education and Dean of the Grad School - so proud!
Ron Walcott named vice provost for graduate education and dean of the Graduate School He will work with schools and colleges across campus to enhance the recruitment, support and success of graduate students.
08/16/2020
Michelle Momany elected Fellow of the Mycological Society of America!
Congratulations to University of Georgia faculty member Michelle Momany, who has been selected as a Fellow of the Mycological Society of America!
This recognition is granted to an outstanding member of the society for extended service and contributions to mycology in teaching and research.
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07/22/2020
Hot off the press from the Kvitko lab. Congrats to Shaun Stice, Chang Hyun Khang, and other coauthors!
UGA researchers discover genes that allow bacteria to resist onion’s natural defenses After years of building and analyzing sample collections, plant pathologists at the University of Georgia have identified the genes that allow a type of bacteria that causes onion center rot to resist onions’ natural defenses in a “chemical arms race.”
Welcome Jim and Wayne and thanks to Lisa for her service and leadership as the IPS director!
07/09/2020
Chandler Levinson of the Ozias-Akins lab named Borlaug Scholar! Way to go Chandler!
UGA doctoral candidate named Borlaug Scholar Chandler M. Levinson, a doctoral candidate studying plant breeding, genetics and genomics at the University of Georgia Tifton campus, has been named a 2020 Borlaug Graduate Scholar by the National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB).
07/09/2020
Congratulations to UGA Plant Center P*s John Burke and Lisa Donovan!
PlantCenterUGA on Twitter “ Lisa Donovan Loren Rieseberg and collaborators document "Massive haplotypes underlie ecotypic differentiation in sunflowers"! https://t.co/67z95ytgtL”