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Welcome, Yan!

November 10, 2021
The Kramer Lab is happy to welcome new postdoc, Yan Gong, who comes to us from Stanford University where he studied cell polarity and stomata development in Arabidopsis thaliana in the Bergmann Lab.  Yan is interested in investigating the cellular and molecular dynamics of petal spur formation in Aquilegia and is actively developing long-term live imaging approaches and downstream image analysis pipelines to enhance our understanding of Aquilegia petal spur structure and development.  Welcome, Yan!

Andrea Appleton wins ASPT 2021 Undergraduate Research Prize

October 22, 2021
Congratulations to Kramer Lab grad student, Andrea Appleton, who was awarded the 2021 Undergraduate Research Prize by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists.  The prize is awarded to students exhibiting outstanding, independent research in plant systematics, completed within the last two years.  Andrea earned this prestigious award for her study of the development and evolution of staminodes in Paronychia (Caryophyllaceae). Way to go, Andrea!!

Molly Edwards received the Katherine Esau Award at the Botany 2021 conference!

July 26, 2021
Congratulations to Molly Edwards who earned the Katherine Esau Award at the Botany 2021 conference which was held virtually from July 18th to July 23rd.  The title of Molly's talk was "A developmental and transcriptional framework for pollinator-driven evolutionary transitions in petal spur morphology in Aquilegia (columbine)."  This award is given to the graduate student who... Read more about Molly Edwards received the Katherine Esau Award at the Botany 2021 conference!

Kramer lab members participate in the Botany 2021 virtual conference held July 18th - July 23rd

July 8, 2021
Elena Kramer, Stephanie Conway, Ya Min, Molly Edwards and Abby Burrus will be presenting their research at the upcoming Botanical Society of America (BSA) 2021 conference being held virtually from July 18th to July 23rd.  For more information on the conference, please click HERE. Read more about Kramer lab members participate in the Botany 2021 virtual conference held July 18th - July 23rd