May 10, 2021
Eleven individuals, and one team of 14 earned recognition for their exceptional contributions to research, teaching, and Extension. They were celebrated last week as the 2021 Faculty and Staff Award Winners in WSU’s College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences.
Administrative Professional Excellence Award
Heather MacDermott Havey, director of the WSU Children’s Center, is responsible for the daily operations of the Center, including fiscal sustainability, family engagement, and child outcomes.
AP Technical Staff Excellence Award
Jennifer Kiser, a lab manager in the Department of Animal Sciences, first arrived at WSU in 2013 to pursue a master’s degree and was offered the lab manager position. She continues the research she enjoys and works with students.
May 7, 2021
College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences
A new grant at Washington State University will allow undergraduate students from WSU, Eastern Washington University, Lewis-Clark State College, and Gonzaga University to get real-world agricultural research experience.
The USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates (REEU) grant will put students to work on field research and lab work centered on crops, including visits to farms to talk with agricultural stakeholders.
The program will culminate in a final project that students will present to their peers and advisors. Students from all four institutions will be eligible to apply for the project, which will be hosted at WSU.
Dr. Haniyeh Koochak, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, will be presenting the seminar entitled “Factors Involved in Ultrastructural Thylakoid Dynamics” on Thursday, May 6, 2021, at 9:00 – 9:55 a.m. Zoom: https://wsu.zoom.us/j/99495562567?pwd=ZlY5emRvdk5ZL3pCZEYvQ04ySFFjUT09 Meeting ID: 994 9556 2567; Passcode: 118330 (Note: We don’t record seminars unless asked beforehand and have time to ask the speaker.) Contact: Teresa Beckvold, teresa.beckvold@wsu.edu, 335-8382
April 30, 2021
Plant scientists in the U.S. and Germany are partnering to exchange ideas that could transform agriculture, through student exchange and a newly launched seminar series.
Plant scientists at Washington State University and in Germany will launch a new research collaboration through a series of virtual talks about advances that help feed and sustain our world, starting Tuesday, May 4.
The WSU-Germany partnership developed over the last several years to support the exchange of ideas and students and now includes a biweekly series of seminars delivered by pairs of WSU faculty and their counterparts at Germany’s CEPLAS, the Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences.
Chun-Yeung Ng, MPS Graduate Student, Institute of Biological Chemistry, presents “The interaction between rice Pho1 and PsaC: the potential impact on photosystem 1 by L80, a peptide unique to plant phosphorylase”. Wednesday, April 14, at 12:10 p.m. via Zoom. Please contact kelly.hewitt@wsu.edu to request the Zoom URL. This semester’s seminar schedule and past recordings can be found here: https://mps.wsu.edu/seminar-series-2/