Tatiana Arias

Project title: Ecological and Genetic aspects of Architecture Evolution in the Diversification of Neotropical Piper

Award: Graduate Student Training Grant

Host P.I.: Dr. Fernando Valladares, Instituto de Recursos Naturales, Centro de Ciencias Medioambientales (Madrid, Spain)

 

Brandon Campitelli

Project title: Ecological and Genetic of developmental and genetic leaf shape polymorphisms in Ipomea hederacea

Award: Graduate Student Training Grant

Host P.I.: Dr. Mark Rausher, Duke University

 

Isidro Ojeda Alayon

Project title: Epidermal pattern distribution as a morpholigical marker of petal identity in Leguminosae

Award: Graduate Student Training Grant

Host P.I.: Dr. Javier Francisco-Ortega, Florida International University

 

Laura Burque

Project title: Expression of KN1-like genes in the highly lobed, simple leaves of the non-model species, Myriophyllum aquaticum

Award: Graduate Student Training Grant

Host P.I.: Dr. Neelima Sinha, University of California, Davis

 

Jorge Lora

Project title: Localistation of INNER NO OUTER (INO) gene expression in Annona squamosa

Award: Graduate Student Training Grant

Host P.I.: Dr. Charles Gasser, University of California, Davis

 

Tom Viaene

Project title: Key Regulators of 'Basal Asterid' Floral Characters

Award: Graduate Student Training Grant

Host P.I.: Dr. Vivian Irish, Yale University

 

Tamrya d'Artenay

Project title: Ecological and Genetic aspects of Architecture Evolution in the Diversification of Neotropical Piper

Award: Graduate Student Training Grant

Host P.I.: Dr. Mitsuyasu Hasebe, The Institute for Basic Biology, Japan

 

Angelika Stammler

Project title: The class 1 family of KNOX-like homeobox genes in the closely rlated basal eudicots Eschscholzia californica (California poppy) and Chelidonium majus (Celandine) in shoot development

Award:Graduate Student Training Grant

Host P.I.: Dr. Stefan Gleissberg, Ohio University

 

Elena Butler

Project title: Investigating the role of vernalization in flowering-time response in Aquilegia formosa

Award: Undergraduate Training Grant, $3,000

Host P.I.: Dr. Elena Kramer, Harvard University