The Specht Lab group comprises a powerful cohort of fearless researchers — including grads, undergrads, and postdocs — all working together to understand the patterns and processes of plant evolution and diversification. Chelsea Specht ...
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Congratulations to Dra. Adriana Hernández and Dr. Jesús Martínez-Gómez on their PhDs in Plant Biology from Cornell University. Its impossible to express how proud we are of you, for all you’ve contributed to Cornell ...
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On April 29th, Jesús Martínez-Gómez became the second graduate student in two weeks to successfully defend his dissertation and earn is PhD in Plant Biology. Congratulations, Dr. Martínez-Gómez!!!! Jesús’ dissertation is entitled: A morphological ...
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On Monday April 18th at approximately 5pm Eastern, following a brilliant presentation and defense of her dissertation, Dr. Adriana Hernandez was awarded her PhD in Plant Biology. ...
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The Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) held their annual meeting from October 25-29 in a virtual format for the second year in a row. Despite not being ...
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Heather Phillips and Adriana Hernandez are both recipients of a 2021 Schmittau-Novak award from the School of Integrative Plant Science. They are two of nine students across SIPS selected to receive this prestigious research ...
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In a record landslide, 3 researchers from the Specht Lab were awarded undergraduate research awards from the Botanical Society of America. Nola Rettenmeier, Arya Saksena, and Nick Rocha were each awarded $500.00 to support ...
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Nola Rettenmaier received $2,000 from the Dextra Undergraduate Research Endowment Fund to support her research on the genetic basis of floral fusion, carried out in collaboration with Graduate Student mentor Heather Phillips. Nola is ...
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Aaliyah Holiday was awarded the Einhorn Discovery Grant for undergraduate research through the College of Arts and Sciences! This award will go contribute to funding computational resources to analyze our “Monocot Empire” datasets. She ...
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2021-03-04 Botany Seminar – Martinez-Gomez
