Archive for September, 2009

We pay you!

Posted by vicky On September - 28 - 2009

With uncertain economic times, sometimes it is a good idea to consider the idea of going to graduate school. In addition to increasing your knowledge in an area, we pay you to go to graduate school. This is a fact that many undergraduate students never hear. In the sciences, you should never have to ...

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Vocabulary for Admissions

Posted by vicky On September - 18 - 2009

It occurred to me that I haven’t posted recently about the vocabulary universities use while discussing admissions to a graduate program. Here are a few: Admissions process – this is the process to get you admitted to a university. The process is different at every university and often between departments. This process usually ...

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Felix Solomon (Dr. Ed Cahoon’s lab)

Posted by vicky On September - 11 - 2009

Felix with his transgenic biofortified cassava in the East Campus ...

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Welcome!

Posted by vicky On September - 11 - 2009

Welcome to the new Plant Sciences Program website. We hope you find it informative and useful in your quest to attend graduate school. We will keep it updated with news about faculty and students in the program as well as other information that will be helpful to you. If you have any questions, please ...

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Josh Widhalm’s New Paper

Posted by Plant Sciences Program On September - 9 - 2009

Plant Science Program Graduate Student Josh Wildhalm’s new paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Wildhalm J.R., van Oostende C., Furt F., Basset G.J.C., 2009. A dedicated thioesterase of the Hotdog-fold family is required for the biosynthesis of the naphthoquinone ring of vitamin K1. PNAS 106:14, 5599-5603. PDF Full ...

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