Ames, Iowa
September 13, 2006
Iowa State University's
Office of Biotechnology has awarded fellowships to 11
incoming graduate students with exceptional qualifications
who are preparing for careers in biotechnology research.
The 27 Iowa
State academic departments or interdisciplinary programs
involved in biotechnology research are eligible each year to
apply for the fellowships for their outstanding students.
The Office of Biotechnology has awarded 196 graduate
fellowships since 1994.
To receive one
of the Office of Biotechnology fellowships, student nominees
must excel in several areas, including grade point average,
graduate record exam scores, letters of recommendation,
science background, research experience and scholarly
publications. Students who are awarded a fellowship conduct
research on a biotechnology-related project while working
towards their M.S. or Ph.D. degrees. To help discover their
research interests, students may work with several different
research teams during the first year of the fellowship.
The following 11 incoming graduate students have been
awarded biotechnology fellowships.
Bioinformatics and computational biology
Shengzhe
Wu
Chemical and biological engineering
Bret Ulrey
Ecology and evolutionary biology
Shannon
Flaugh
Dawn
Reding
Genetics
James
Baskett
Yingsheng
Zhao
Microbiology
Carrie
Fenner
Molecular, cellular, and developmental biology
Lisa
Grantham
Divya
Sinha
Plant physiology
Min Huang
Hui Ren
The Office
of Biotechnology was established at Iowa State University in
1984 as part of the Office of the Vice President for
Research to offer innovative programs in biotechnology
research, education, outreach and technology transfer. A
Biotechnology Council of leading biotechnology faculty from
the Colleges of Agriculture, Engineering, Human Sciences,
Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Veterinary Medicine makes
funding and program recommendations. The Office of
Biotechnology has provided $12.9 million to 116 new faculty
to help them initiate their research programs. It has
awarded 196 fellowships for outstanding graduate students.
The office operates state-of-the-art instrumentation
facilities that serve on- and off-campus researchers. The
Biotechnology Outreach Education Center of the Office of
Biotechnology trains educators and students throughout the
year, provides free laboratory supplies for K-12 and
extension educators throughout Iowa, and develops innovative
new curricula. The office helps fund a full-time industrial
liaison who works with faculty and industry to facilitate
interactions that promote research, economic development,
and technology transfer.
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