The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is pleased to announce that  Mohammad Inam Jameel has been selected to receive the 2023 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award (EPPLA).

Dr. Tessa Andrews of the UGA Genetics Department is on a research team from the University of Georgia that will join 103 institutions from across the country to form a collaborative learning community that seeks to foster inclusive undergraduate science education.

Matthew Treaster was one of five UGA Ph.D. students have been recently named 2022 ARCS Scholars. He will receive $7,500 a year. Treaster, a third-year Ph.D.

Using the CRISPR gene-editing tool, C.J. Tsai of the UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and Franklin College of Arts and Sciences has developed a method that shortens the time it takes a poplar tree to flower, from about seven to 10 years to just a few months.

A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Georgia and two partner institutions have been awarded a $15.8 million grant over five years from the U.S. Department of Energy to reengineer poplar trees (Populus sp.