Congratulations to Maria Salas and Lus Maas
Maria Salas and Lus Maas received First Place and Third Place selections in the C-1 Grad Student Poster Competition at the recent Annual Meetings in New Orleans. There were 38 student posters entered in the 2-day competition. Each poster was judged based on title, clarity, graphics, organization and content, and subject knowledge. There were many excellent high quality posters. Your outstanding posters reflected very positively on your research, advisor, and university.
First Place ($500 Award)
QTL analysis color and carotenoid content in yellow endosperm sorghums: A putative food source of provitamin A and other beneficial nutrients. Maria G. Salas, Martha Hamblin, Li Li, William Rooney, Mitchell R. Tuinstra, and Stephen Kresovich. Cornell University.
Third Place ($150 Award)
Genetic dissection of rice flowering time QTL and epistatic interaction of candidate gene loci. Luis Maas and Susan McCouch. Cornell University.