Congratulations to the recipients of the inaugural CBS Best Academic Paper award! Graduate students were nominated by their supervisors, and a winner was selected from each department in the college. All nominees were lead authors on a publication in a peer-reviewed journal in 2018. The award features a $500 prize and a certificate, which was awarded by Glen Van Der Kraak, Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies, at this year's CBS BBQ. This year's winners are:
Human Health and Nutritional Sciences: Logan Townsend
Loss of glucagon signaling alters white adipose tissue browning
Published in The FASEB Journal
Integrative Biology: Wendy Van Drunen
Immediate vs. evolutionary consequences of polyploidy on clonal reproduction in an autopolyploid plant
Published in Annals of Botany
Molecular and Cellular Biology: Dave Synchantha
PatB1 is an O-acetyltransferase that decorates secondary cell wall polysaccharides
Published in Nature Chemical Biology