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| Friday Lab Group 1 |
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| Friday Lab Group 2 |
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| And a beautiful agarose gel! Well done. |
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| End of semester drinks |
Jun 8, 2018
Dr. McGregor teaches at University of Padua
May 2, 2018
Gummy Stem Blight Research Project featured
Our collaborative research project on the early detection of Gummy stem blight in greenhouses and fields were featured in CAES Newswire. This is a collaborative project with Drs. Bhabesh Dutta and Marin Brewer in UGA Plant Pathology and is funded by the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
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| Jorge Reyes (Ph.D. student) testing a spore trap |
Mar 23, 2018
Lab members, new and old
We added several new lab members in 2018. Welcome to Jesse Kuze (research technician), Jorge Reyes (Ph.D student) and Ayse Topco (research assistant). We all gathered together to say goodbye to Daniel Powell, our long time undergraduate research assistant who graduated.
Jan 16, 2018
Position available: Research Tech III - Vegetable Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics
We currently have an opening for a Research Technician available in our group. Details of the position and application instruction can be found here.
Jan 2, 2018
Leigh Ann Fall - Graduation
Congratulation to Leigh Ann Fall, who graduated in December 2017. We wish you all the best with your future endeavors.
Oct 30, 2017
Congratulations Winnie
Winnie Gimode won 2nd place for her poster presentation at the annual Plant Center Retreat. Here is Winnie in action:
Aug 31, 2017
Jul 14, 2017
Congratulations Amaja
Amaja Andrews won 1st prize at the CAES Young Scholars Oral competition. for her presentation entitled "Identifying a SNP marker for marker assisted selection
of Fusarium Wilt Race 1 resistance in watermelon". Congratulations to Amaja and her mentor, Leigh Ann Fall.
Jul 5, 2017
Ph.D Assistanship Available - Spring 2018
A Ph.D. assistantship is available in our lab starting Spring 2018. The research will focus on early pathogen detection using molecular tools and high throughput phenotyping technologies (UAVs). Candidates with a background in molecular biology and engineering are encouraged to apply. Interested parties should contact Dr. Cecilia McGregor (cmcgre1@uga.edu).
Update: This position has been filled.
Update: This position has been filled.
Jun 12, 2017
Welcome Josh and Amaja
Welcome Amaja Andrews and Josh Thedford. They will be spending the next six weeks doing research in the lab as part of the UGA CAES Young Scholar Internship Program. Leigh Ann and Reeve will be showing Amaja and Josh the ropes for the next six weeks.
Jun 8, 2017
May 25, 2017
Congratulations Winnie and Leigh Ann!
Winnie Gimode was awarded 1st prize (Ph.D) and Leigh Ann was awarded 2nd prize (M.S.) at the annual IPBGG Retreat poster competition. In addition Winnie was also awarded the Todd Campbell Travel Award ($1,000) to attend the NAPB Annual Meeting at UC Davis in August.
Congratulations Winnie and Leigh Ann. Keep up the good work.
Congratulations Winnie and Leigh Ann. Keep up the good work.
May 8, 2017
Mar 9, 2017
Suzanne Stone Exit Seminar Announcement
Suzanne Stone will be delivering her Ph.D. Exit seminar on Wednesday, March 15th at 3:30 pm in Room 1502 Miller Plant Sciences. The title of her seminar is "Using plant breeding,cultivar evaluation, and cultivation strategies to address challenges in sustainable watermelon production."
Feb 23, 2017
Jean presents poster at Georgia Organics Conference
Jean Yost (Undergraduate Researcher) presents her poster entitled "A Comparison of 13 Pepper Cultivars under an Organic Farming System" at the 2017 Georgia Organics Conference in Atlanta.
Dec 21, 2016
1st Annual Watermelon Research @ UGA Symposium
UGA watermelon researchers and graduate students met on the Athens campus to discuss their
research, grower needs, future research priorities, collaborations, and funding ideas.
Sep 3, 2016
Aug 26, 2016
Aug 16, 2016
The End of Summer Harvest
The end of our 2016 watermelon field season. We survived!
From left to right: Leigh Ann Fall, Winnie Gimode, Daniel Powell, Reeve Legendre and Yihua Chen.
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