The AgriLife Research Awards were presented last week on Thursday, January 9, 2020. We had two faculty and one staff member representing the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics!

The first of the awards were presented to the Faculty Fellows, whom AgriLife Research established in 1998 to acknowledge and reward exceptional research faculty within the agency. Upon second recognition, a Faculty Fellow is designated a Senior Faculty Fellow. Faculty Fellow and Senior Faculty Fellow designations are permanent and become a part of the individual’s title. The winner of this new title was Dr. Xiuren Zhang! Read more

Dr. Ping He and Dr. Libo Shan were awarded a grant entitled “Processing-body dynamics and mRNA regulation in plants” from  National Science Foundation in collaboration with Ohio State University and Mississippi State University

Dr. Libo Shan and Dr. Ping He were awarded a grant entitled “Enhancing resistance in upland cotton by dissecting the disease mechanism of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum race 4″ from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture in collaboration with Drs.  Terry A. Wheeler, Jane Dever, Steve Hague, and Mauricio Ullo

The Pew Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides support for young scientists from Latin America to receive postdoctoral training in the United States. The program gives these individuals an opportunity to further their scientific knowledge by promoting exchange and collaboration between investigators in the United States and Latin America resulting in advances in research in Latin America. Read more

COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M AgriLife faculty and staff received the Vice Chancellor’s Awards in Excellence honors during a ceremony Jan. 7 on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station. The awards, established in 1980, recognize the commitment and outstanding contributions displayed across Texas A&M AgriLife and allow for the opportunity to celebrate those contributions and achievements of faculty, students and staff members.

Research – Dr. Ping He, professor, department of biochemistry and biophysics, College Station. Read more