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Read up on it here, featuring Virginia from our lab: https://ag.purdue.edu/news/2026/07/building-community-starts-in-the-lab.html

Congratulations to Sara Walis who was awarded a T32 Molecular Biophysics Fellowship from the NIH!

Elly Uggen was awarded the 2026 Martin Agricultural Research Scholarship, and Vera Pomart was awarded the 2026 Summer College of Agriculture Research Fellowship!

Dr. Lisa Mydy was featured in the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for her new role as Assistant Professor here: https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/people/122225/mydy-named-purdue-assistant-professor

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