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PhD Candidate Ale Villegas and Advisor Dr. Vasant Muralidharan

PhD Candidate Ale Villegas and Advisor Vasant Muralidharan Receive Gilliam Graduate Fellowship Award

Malaria’s connection to Georgia goes back to the colonial period. The Southeastern United States provided prime conditions for a thriving mosquito population which ensured the spread of the disease.

Ronald Drew Etheridge, UGA assistant professor of cellular biology, was awarded a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue his gene-editing work on Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas’ disease. (Photo by Donna Huber)

Serendipity leads UGA researcher into uncharted territory and a new NIH grant

Ronald Drew Etheridge’s scientific career can be characterized by one word—serendipity.


Center for Teaching and Learning's 2021-22 Fellow awardees

Dr. Julie Stanton has been selected as one of the Center for Teaching and Learning's 2021-22 Writing Fellows.   The Writing Fellows program was established in 2007 by the Office of the Vice President of Instruction.


Cellular Biology Students Named to Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll

Mallory Hernandez, Tiffany Yue, and Nicholas Yanek, all undergraduate student athletes in the Cellular Biology department, have been named to the 2020 Fall Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Faheem Pottayil

Faheem Pottayil Awarded 2021 UGA's Presidential Award of Excellence

Cellular Biology major Faheem Pottayil has been selected as one of the 2021 recipients of UGA's Presidential Award of Excellence.  The Presidential Award of Excellence is awarded to undergraduate students in their final year of study who have demonstrated outstanding academic ach