Sui Tong Chan Fung Travel Award

January - March 2020 Awardees

             Name           Dates     Conference    Location       Title of Presentation
G. DaltonSmedley1/2/20201/8/2020Society for Integrative and Comparative BiologyAustin, Texas, USAMolluscan Transcriptomes Suggest a More Complex Visual Cycle Homologous to Vertebrates
YanZhou1/10/20201/15/2020International Plant & Animal Genome XXVIII (PAG 2020)San Diego, CA, USAIdentification of Genetic Determinants of Maize Tassel Structure Using RGB Images
MarkMcHugh2/2/20202/7/2020Anthelmintic Discovery to resistance IVSanta Monica, CAExpression of putative levamisole sensitive nAChR in Ascaris suum intestine
Sharu PaulSharma3/11/20203/16/202062nd Annual Maize Genetics MeetingSheraton Kona of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USAGene Activation via Transposon Induced Inversions
JaspreetRishi3/15/20203/19/2020Society of  Toxicology 59th Annual MeetingAnaheim, CaliforniaImpact of heat stress on ovarian chemical biotransformation enzyme abundance
HuyuLiu3/12/20203/15/2020the 62nd Annual Maize Genetics MeetingSheraton Kona of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA.Genetic Analysis of Nitrate Accumulation in Maize Stalks

October - December 2019 Awardees

First NameLast NameStart DateEnd DateConferenceLocationTitle of Presentation
EmmanuelNsamba12/6/201912/11/2019ASCBWashington DCFrom Cytoskeletal Function To Genome Stability: Resolving The Mystery Of Tubulin Isotypes In Budding Yeast ( Saccharomyces Cerevisiae )
AllisonBirnbaum11/1/201911/5/2019Midwest Drosophila ConferenceBloomington IN/Minneapolis MNTranscription factor FOXO in maintaining homeostasis at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction
KaiChang11/2/201911/3/20192019 Midwest Drosophila ConferenceIndiana UniversityThe role of TGF-Beta/activin and mTORC2 signaling in cardiac homeostasis