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20 full-ride scholarships for the 2020-21 Academic Year at the College of Agriculture, TSU
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Congratulations to Bimala Acharya. Bimala, a graduate assistant in Dumenyo lab received the best graduate poster award at the just concluded Fall meeting of the American Society for Microbiology - Kentucky-Tennessee Brach. The meeting was held at Tennessee State University November 8-9, 2019. We are proud of her. — with Bimala Acharya in Nashville, Tennessee.

Applications are now being accepted for ASPB's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Award! SURF Awards fund promising undergraduate students so they can conduct research in plant biology during the early part of their college careers.

Successful applicants receive a $4,000 summer stipend, membership in ASPB, and $700 (paid to the mentor or institution) for materials and supplies. Each fellowship also provides a $575 stipend to support student travel to Plant Biology 2019, the ASPB annual meeting. Learn more and apply by March 15th, 2019: surf.aspb.org

Hacking photosynthesis could increase food production by 40%!

Scientists Have 'Hacked Photosynthesis' In Search Of More Productive Crops Scientists have re-engineered photosynthesis, a foundation of life on Earth, creating genetically modified plants that grow faster and bigger. They hope it leads to bigger harvests of food.

Thinking of transfer or change major? Think of Biotechnology!

The Danforth Plant Science Center’s REU summer Internship program is now accepting applications! The program spans eleven weeks each summer. The 2019 Summer program dates are May 20 - August 2, 2019 (applications are due February 1, 2019).

www.danforthcenter.org

Campers hard at work on learning about bacterial culture, DNA code, mutation, genes, ..

Bacterial transformation, plasmid, antibiotic gene, fluorescent gene, microscopy, onion, cheek cells,