Dr. Karl Lechtreck has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)—one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious organizations dedicated to promoting science and engineering. This outstanding recognition honors Karl’s pioneering work on ciliopathies, a group of disorders linked to conditions such as infertility, kidney disease, and obesity. His research has significantly advanced our understanding of…

Hi! My name is Savannah Garst, and I am a fourth-year Cellular Biology major, who is attending dental school starting in May at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.  I have previously done research in Dr. Schulz lab, studying germline stem cells in Drosophila gonads. During spring of my junior year, my research work began focusing on using PCR from genomic DNA to sequence mutant alleles of a gene called comeback,…

Aylla von Ermland, CBIO Ph.D. student, recently received a pre-doctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association to fund two years of her research. Growing up in Brazil, von Ermland learned about Chagas disease at an early age. Carlos Chagas was a Brazilian physician who is credited with discovering the disease in 1909. Chagas disease is an endemic parasitic infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. Chronic infection often leads to fatal…

Congratulations to CBIO PHD student, Megan Wright, on receiving the 2026 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award!  This award recognizes teaching assistants who demonstrate superior instructional skills while serving in the classroom or laboratory

Hello! My name is Aahana Shankaran, and I am a fourth-year Cellular Biology major and Sociology minor on the pre-med track.  I currently research in Dr. Kipreos’s lab, studying the relationship between germline calcium levels and cell proliferation using a C. elegans model. I also conduct research with Dr. Robinson in the Sociology department, investigating the relationship between Affect Control Theory and AI in predicting human behaviors…

Congratulations to Dr. Crystal Robinson promotion to Senior Lecturer!  Your commitment to teaching and supporting our students strengthens our community and exemplifies the excellence we strive for across CBIO.

Congratulations to Dr. Courtney McDaniel for receiving a Franklin College Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award and promotion to Senior Lecturer!  Your commitment to teaching and supporting our students strengthens our community and exemplifies the excellence we strive for across CBIO.

Congratulations to Rob Nichols for receiving the Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award! His dedication to teaching and student supports reflects the strength of the CBIO community and the excellence we strive for across CBIO.

Hello! My name is Rory Allen and I am a fourth-year undergraduate student majoring in Cellular Biology and Spanish with a minor in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences. Currently I am working in the Huigens lab in the College of Pharmacy studying biofilm inhibiting and eradicating agents by the lab. When I am not in the lab, I can be found at the Ramsey Student Center working in Aquatics as a Lifeguard/CPR instructor, lifeguard or Program…

Congratulations to UGA Cellular Biology and Psychology double major Tarkshika Sudan, whose work on cultural identity of second-generation Asian Americans has been published in The Classic, the Writing Intensive Program’s journal of undergraduate writing and research. You can read "In the Space Between: Navigating Second-Generation Asian American Identity" in the current issue, 14.1, online at http://theclassicjournal.org.