Biological Sciences workshop offers hands-on opportunity to learn new method of DNA sequencing

Brian Counterman offered students, post-docs and faculty a chance to sequence DNA with a new technique during an interactive workshop.

In the ATAC-seq Workshop, hosted by the Counterman Lab, each participant used different organisms to extract the DNA for the process.

Aishah Lee to become first undergraduate student to hold position as president of NOBCChE

“I am truly excited to see where I can help the club and increase its presence,” Aishah Lee, a senior biochemistry major who is also the first undergraduate student to become president of the Auburn Chapter of NOBCChE or the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers.

New Auburn University internal awards programs name winners for 2021

The Research Support Program, or RSP, and the Creative Work and Social Impact Scholarship Funding Program, or CWSI, were established by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development. Both programs provide a competitive internal funding source to support faculty and to provide an opportunity for them to experience a small-scale pilot and refine their projects before competing for larger awards.

Congratulations to the COSAM faculty part of this year's awards:

• “Amylin role in Alzheimer’s disease” - Co-Investigator: Ahmed Hamid 
• “Probing Novel Quantum Phases in van der Waals Magnet Fe5GeTe2” - Co-Investigator: Wencan Jin 

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