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Please mark your calendar for CEPCEB’s annual celebration of science.

21st Annual Noel T. Keen Distinguished Lecture and Awards Ceremony

Friday, December 8th

Noon – 1:30PM

Professor Michael Purugganan

New York University

Silver Professor, Professor of Biology

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Dr. Purugganan is a leader in the field of evolutionary and ecological genomics, and his work focuses on identifying the molecular basis for evolutionary adaptations that occur in nature. Prior to joining the NYU faculty in 2006, he was the William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Genetics at North Carolina State University, where he also won the Outstanding Faculty Research Award and the Sigma Xi Research Prize. He is the recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Young Investigator Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, is a Kavli Fellow, and in 2005 was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Purugganan is on the editorial boards of the journals Genome Biology and Evolution, Molecular Ecology, Trends in Plant Science , and the Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics.

This event will include the annual presentations of these awards:

Neil Campbell Undergraduate Award for Outstanding Research

CEPCEB Graduate Award for Outstanding Research

CEPCEB Postdoctoral Award for Outstanding Research

Previous Awardees

Elizabeth Hann, Marcus Harland-Dunaway, and Dang Le, all students of Plants3D, have received global recognition for their research paper entitled “A Hybrid Inorganic-Biological Artificial Photosynthesis System for Energy-Efficient Food Production.” The study was conducted under the guidance of the Jinkerson lab and was published in Science. EurekAlert and KVCR News have both covered the story.

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We are thrilled to share that Eva Ottum is among the 14 Highlanders awarded the 2023 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program supports a diverse selection of graduate students pursuing a full-time, research-based master’s and doctoral degree in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, at an accredited U.S. institution. 

Also, Lida Haliovic is one of the 3 Highlanders that received the NSF GRFP Honorable Mention. Congratulations to them and all the other recipients.

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Plants3D Fellow Highlight

We are proud to announce Plants3D Fellow Claire Whitaker’s success in winning the Gradslam Public Speaking Competition here at UC Riverside!

Claire received a $5,000 cash prize and traveled to Oakland, CA to compete with the champions from other UC schools for the UC-Wide Competition.

If you’re eating fruits, nuts, grains, or vegetables in a few years, you’ll likely owe a debt of gratitude to UC Riverside. The university has created a program to transition today’s undergraduates into professional scientists solving tomorrow’s farming challenges.

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Attention home gardeners: Our beloved citrus trees may yet be saved from the incurable huanglongbing, a.k.a. HLB or citrus greening disease, thanks to natural immunities found in a rare and flavorful relative known as the Australian finger lime.

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