Jan 4, 2010
Henry Nguyen, endowed professor of plant sciences at the University of Missouri, has been awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his distinguished research contributions to plant genetics and genomics, and for national and international recognition of his research leadership in abiotic stress research especially drought tolerance.Oct 20, 2009
Drs. Robert Sharp, Henry Nguyen, and Mel Oliver presented invited talks at InterDrought III, the Third International Conference on Integrated Approaches to Improve Crop Production under Drought-Prone Conditions, held in Shanghai, China, from October 11-16, 2009.
Oct 20, 2009
Gary Stacey was appointed chair of the Department of Energy's Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee (BERAC)
Aug 5, 2009
New drought simulators will allow plant scientists at MU to conduct a broad range of drought-related translational research.
Jul 21, 2009
The 2009 Stanton Hudson Memorial Award from the Missouri Native Plant Society was awarded to Erica Wheeler, an IPG doctoral student in the Division of Biological Sciences.
Jun 29, 2009
IPG member Dmitry Korkin recently received a five-year, $613,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to apply his computational research to the study of molecular mimicry in an important plant pathogen, the soybean cyst nematode.
Apr 10, 2009
Three IPG faculty receive awards from American Society of Plant Biologists. Gretchen Hagen and Tom Guilfoyle were awarded the ASPB's Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award. Melvin Oliver was awarded the Fellow of the ASPB Award.
Feb 17, 2009
James A. Birchler, an IPG professor in biological sciences, has been awarded one of the University of Missouri's most prestigious appointments, a Curators' Professorship.
Feb 16, 2009
More than 20 million tons of plastic are placed in U.S. landfills each year. Results from a new study conducted by IPG researcher Brian Mooney and Douglas Randall suggest that some of the largely petroleum-based plastic may soon be replaced by a nonpolluting, renewable plastic made from plants.
Jan 15, 2009
Two MU computer science teams, led by IPG members Jianlin Cheng and Dong Xu, ranked among best in world in protein structure prediction at the CASP8 competition.
For Graduate Students
IPG Graduate Research Fellowships are available to work with IPG Faculty. Students wishing to apply should print out and complete the application materials below and submit their applications and supporting materials to the Interdisciplinary Plant Group, 371 Life Sciences Center, Columbia, MO 65211. The deadline for applications is January 15.
Prospective students may apply to enter graduate study and obtain a research assistanceship with any of our participating departments and divisions: Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Plant Sciences, Genetics Area Program, Computer Science, or the Life Sciences Doctoral Fellowship Program.
A small number of Postdoctoral Fellowships are supported by the IPG and the Life Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. However, the majority of Postdoctoral Researchers are funded from research grants awarded to individual faculty members. Those interested in Postdoctoral research at MU should contact individual IPG faculty members.
For questions, please call (800) 647-2414 or e-mail plantgroup@missouri.edu.
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