The event served as a gathering point, drawing over 70 participants from various departments across the Fayetteville campus and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.
The National Institutes of Health awarded Xuan Zhuang, assistant professor of biological sciences, one of its R15 grants, which will provide three years of independent research to understand trait variation and evolution.
Xuan Zhuang, assistant professor of biology, will give a seminar at 3:30 p.m. today in CHEM 144 about her research into the Drosophila model and development of a new genetic mapping system.