Joyce Chery, former graduate student in the Specht Lab, graduated with a PhD in Integrative Biology from UC Berkeley this past weekend (May 24, 2019). Joyce received her undergraduate from Cornell!! working with now-retired ...
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Adriana Hernandez, 2nd year graduate student in Plant Biology and member of the Specht Lab, was awarded a 2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. This will fund her stipend as she carries out her research ...
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Chelsea Specht, Susan McCouch and Erika Styger received an Academic Venture Fund grant from the Atkinson Center to investigate the genomics of African rice that is currently cultivated by the Saramaka people in Suriname. ...
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We are really moving this summer. From left to right, and back again… here’s an account of where we are and whats going on. Adriana: Most Mobile Element May – June: Collecting Calochortus in ...
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Armed with liquid nitrogen, dry ice, camera, notebook, and various hypotheses about variation in floral form and function, Adriana hit the coastal ranges of California in search of Calochortus. Thanks to generous funding by ...
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HUGE CONGRATULATIONS!! are in order to Jesús Martinez Gomez who passed his qualifying exams today and is now a PhD Candidate. This is a particularly impressive accomplishment in that his exams advance him to ...
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Congratulations to Joyce Chery, 4th year Graduate Student at UC Berkeley, who was awarded a 2018-2019 Dissertation Year Fellowship. The University of California Dissertation-Year Fellowship is given each year to select, outstanding doctoral students who demonstrate ...
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One of the best things about grad school is the opportunity to expand your expertise, learn new skills, and meet other students and faculty working in your area of interest. Adriana will be doing ...
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This morning at around 2AM I received an email from Jesús Martinez-Gomez…. forwarding me the notice that he is the recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP)!! Its one of those ...
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“The Presidential Life Science Fellowship (PLSF) promotes broad and integrative inquiry by providing a novel platform for first year graduate students to launch an integrated system for research and education that brings together the fields ...
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