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ST. LOUIS, MO, March 11, 2021 - Two Danforth Center Principal Investigators were recently recognized with early career awards for outstanding achievement and leadership.
Andrea Eveland, Ph.D., associate member, received the Marcus Rhoades Early Career Award at the 63rd Maize Genetics Conference (MGC) for her research that mixes genomics, developmental biology, and advanced bioinformatics. The MGC Marcus Rhoades Early Career award recognizes an individual who has made significant research contributions through genetic studies of maize or related species, and has been in a permanent position for eight or fewer years.
Eveland has been an active member of the MGC community for 18 years, the last six of which have been at the Danforth Center. Her research is focused on genetic control of plant architecture and regulation of abiotic stress response. Eveland leads a $3.4M National Science Foundation-funded project that leverages developmental biology, genomics, and quantitative
Jim Carrimngton in Tromso, Norway
- Credit: Jim Carrimngton
A North Somerset teenager is working with llamas, emus and mouflon in Norway, as part of a gap year travelling worldwide before going to study geology at Portsmouth.
Jim Carrington, aged 18, spends some of his time volunteering at Tromso mini zoo - a sustainable farm in the mountains which has no road access, just 350km north of the Arctic Circle.
On arrival, Jim had to quarantine for 10 days in a hut with his food left on the doorstep, but now works among many species of animal including llamas, emus and mouflon.