Palmer will study interactions within the community of microbes living around the roots of corn plants and how these interactions impact the nitrogen available to the plant.
postdocs
Daniel Parrell, a Biochemistry Postdoctoral Fellow, Wins GLBRC Outreach and Service Award
Daniel Parrell, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biochemistry’s Wright Lab, was awarded the 2023 Outreach and Service Award.
Freeman Lan Receives Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2022 Career Award
Postdoctoral researcher Freeman Lan has received a 2022 Career Award at the Scientific Interfaces distributed by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
Jae Yang receives 2022 Boyer Award
The Department of Biochemistry is pleased to announce Jae Yang as the winner of the 2022 Boyer Award for Postdoctoral Excellence in Biochemistry. The award recognizes and rewards excellence in research accomplishments in the Department of Biochemistry. A cryo-electron microscopist and virologist by training, Jae has developed and used innovative workflows and tools for cryo-electron …
WARF Accelerator Award given to advance lab-on-a-chip, single-cell analysis method
Scientists around the world may soon use a method developed by postdoctoral researcher Leland Hyman to study cell-to-cell variability in diverse cell populations. Hyman’s method, which he developed during his time as a graduate student, provides scientists with gene expression information from tens of thousands of single cells. “Single-cell methods are becoming increasingly important across …
David White of Hoskins Lab receives NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship
Congratulations to David S. White, postdoc in the Hoskins Lab, who was recently awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32) from the NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). David’s award begins in December 2021 in the amount of $197,994 across three years. In his project entitled “Quantitative and Predictive Analysis of 5’ …
Former postdoc collects accolades as professor at Penn State
For Pennsylvania State University professor Squire Booker, scientific inspiration comes from elucidating the “new chemical language” behind novel biochemical reactions. It’s inspiration he picked up during this time as a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Biochemistry working with now-Emeritus Professor Perry Frey in the 1990s.
Metabolism scientist wins prestigious AAAS fellowship
For Danielle Lohman, her passion for science policy began when she heard a Ph.D. chemist speak at a career conference about the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellowship at the State Department in Washington, D.C.
Former postdoc’s experience takes her to multi-faceted career
Amy Prunuske’s career is a healthy and happy mix of research, teaching, and community outreach — and she credits her time as a postdoctoral scholar in the biochemistry department with helping shape that diverse career.
Women in Science Workshop
For one week in August the Weibel lab has been joined by two young scientists. Led by Katie Brenner, winner of 2014 Women in Science Fellowship, Ms. Autumn Greco from New York, NY and Ms. Jamese Mangum from Washington DC have joined the group for a week of intensive research. Throughout the week the students …