
{"id":384,"date":"2017-11-15T16:55:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T16:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/?page_id=384"},"modified":"2026-03-05T23:45:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T23:45:59","slug":"lab-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/lab-news\/","title":{"rendered":"LAB NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">12\/08\/2025 The Song Lab celebrated the fall semester with gratitude, laughter, and new energy for the future!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am grateful for our team spirit, dedication, and hard work! We planted many seeds (ideas, experiments, collaborations) and I look forward to seeing them grow and flourish in the year ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:62.16106%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item filter__clarendon\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L1a-2-1024x742.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L1a-2-1024x742.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L1a-2-1024x742.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 1200w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L1a-2-1024x742.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500&#038;ssl=1 1500w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L1a-2-1024x742.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800&#038;ssl=1 1800w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L1a-2-1024x742.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=2000&#038;ssl=1 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1854\" data-id=\"1834\" data-link=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/lab-news\/l1a-3\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L1a-2-1024x742.jpg\" data-width=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L1a-2-1024x742.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:37.83894%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item filter__clarendon\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L3-3-1024x640.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L3-3-1024x640.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L3-3-1024x640.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 1200w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L3-3-1024x640.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500&#038;ssl=1 1500w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L3-3-1024x640.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800&#038;ssl=1 1800w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L3-3-1024x640.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=2000&#038;ssl=1 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1600\" data-id=\"1833\" data-link=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/lab-news\/l3-4\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L3-3-1024x640.jpg\" data-width=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L3-3-1024x640.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" \/><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item filter__clarendon\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L2-2-1024x570.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L2-2-1024x570.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L2-2-1024x570.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 1200w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L2-2-1024x570.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500&#038;ssl=1 1500w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L2-2-1024x570.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800&#038;ssl=1 1800w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L2-2-1024x570.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=2000&#038;ssl=1 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1425\" data-id=\"1832\" data-link=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/lab-news\/l2-3\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L2-2-1024x570.jpg\" data-width=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/L2-2-1024x570.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">12\/08\/2025 The Song Lab is excited to recruit a new postdoctoral scholar!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:21% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/Song_Lab_Logo_Dec2025.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1857 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/Song_Lab_Logo_Dec2025.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/Song_Lab_Logo_Dec2025.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/Song_Lab_Logo_Dec2025.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/12\/Song_Lab_Logo_Dec2025.jpg?resize=768%2C768 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are seeking a creative, driven researcher to join our team and work at the intersection of evolutionary biology, quantitative genomics, and climate resilience. If this sounds like you, please visit the link for the full position description: <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/positions\/\">https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/positions\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sub>[<em>the image was created by ChatGPT<\/em>]<\/sub><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10\/20\/2025 The Bean Team at the 11th Annual Research Symposium!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re so proud of our graduate students for representing the Bean Team with two posters and one oral presentation at the 11th Annual Department of Biological Sciences Research Symposium! Well done, Team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/IMG_0949-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1796\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/IMG_0949-770x1024.jpg?resize=770%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/IMG_0949-scaled.jpg?resize=770%2C1024 770w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/IMG_0949-scaled.jpg?resize=226%2C300 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/IMG_0949-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1022 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/IMG_0949-scaled.jpg?resize=1155%2C1536 1155w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/IMG_0949-scaled.jpg?resize=1539%2C2048 1539w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/IMG_0949-scaled.jpg?w=1924 1924w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/IMG_0979-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"934\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1794\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/IMG_0979-scaled.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/IMG_0965-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1795\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/IMG_0965-714x1024.jpg?resize=714%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/IMG_0965-scaled.jpg?resize=714%2C1024 714w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/IMG_0965-scaled.jpg?resize=209%2C300 209w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/IMG_0965-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1101 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/IMG_0965-scaled.jpg?resize=1072%2C1536 1072w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/IMG_0965-scaled.jpg?resize=1429%2C2048 1429w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/IMG_0965-scaled.jpg?w=1786 1786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9\/15\/2025 Welcome New Lab Member<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"806\" height=\"861\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/09\/Marin_Pic.jpg?resize=806%2C861&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1751 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/09\/Marin_Pic.jpg?w=806 806w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/09\/Marin_Pic.jpg?resize=281%2C300 281w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/09\/Marin_Pic.jpg?resize=768%2C820 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are excited to welcome Dr. Martin Le as a new postdoctoral researcher in our lab! He brings expertise in plant molecular biology, which will be invaluable to our ongoing work on plant and pest interactions. We look forward to his contributions, collaborations, and fresh perspectives as we continue advancing our research. Welcome to the bean team, Martin!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8\/11\/2025 Welcome New Lab Members!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/09\/Garret_Pic-2.jpg?resize=570%2C562&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1753 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/09\/Garret_Pic-2.jpg?w=570 570w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/09\/Garret_Pic-2.jpg?resize=300%2C296 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re delighted to welcome&nbsp;Garrett Kimbrell back to our lab this fall after his excellent work with us over the summer! Garret has already proven himself to be a responsible, and passionate researcher, as well as a fantastic team player. His enthusiasm and dedication have made a meaningful impact on our projects, and we\u2019re excited to see his continued contributions as part of our bean team. Welcome back, Garret!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:22% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/09\/unnamed-1-1-768x1024.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1761 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/09\/unnamed-1-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/09\/unnamed-1-1.jpeg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/09\/unnamed-1-1.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/09\/unnamed-1-1.jpeg?w=1350 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are excited to welcome Tanusree Chepuri, a Biology Honors student majoring in Biology with a minor in Data Science, to our bean team for the next two semesters! Tanusree will be working on her honors project focused on understanding plant performance under both biotic and abiotic stresses, an important research topic for advancing our knowledge of plant resilience. We are excited to have her on board. Welcome, Tanusree!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:24% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1019\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/09\/B_Pic3-1024x1019.jpg?resize=1024%2C1019&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1757 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/09\/B_Pic3.jpg?resize=1024%2C1019 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/09\/B_Pic3.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/09\/B_Pic3.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/09\/B_Pic3.jpg?resize=768%2C765 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/09\/B_Pic3.jpg?w=1320 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are pleased to welcome&nbsp;Bavindri Saravanabavan, a Biology undergraduate student, to our bean team this fall! Bavindri was a student in my Systems Biology class this spring and was inspired by our research on plant nematode resistance. Her enthusiasm and curiosity about complex biological systems make her a wonderful addition to our group. We look forward to her contributions and growth as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome, Bavindri!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8\/1\/2025 Bean Team End-of-Summer Celebration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/08\/IMG_9888-1024x768.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1736 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/08\/IMG_9888-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/08\/IMG_9888-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/08\/IMG_9888-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/08\/IMG_9888-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/08\/IMG_9888-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our Bean Team gathered together last Friday to celebrate our FANTASTIC summer filled with hard work, collaboration, and accomplishments! It has been a busy but rewarding summer. We are grateful for the  opportunity to work closely with Charlotte Teachers Institute, high school teachers, international visiting student, and undergraduate students. Thank you to each of the Bean Team members for your energy, positivity, commitment, and wonderful teamwork. I am proud and thankful to work with such a wonderful team! <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7\/25\/2025 Song Lab at Summer Research Symposium<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Song Lab collaborated with Dr. Scott Gartlan (Charlotte Teachers Institute) and hosted two high school teachers, Susan Pittinaro and Adam Wood, for the Summer Research Experience for Teachers (<em>SRET<\/em>) program. They successfully presented their research story. We enjoyed having them as part of our BEAN TEAM! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:66.80088%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/OUR_Undergrad-Research_25089_6572-3-1024x683.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/OUR_Undergrad-Research_25089_6572-3-1024x683.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/OUR_Undergrad-Research_25089_6572-3-1024x683.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 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1200w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/OUR_Undergrad-Research_25094_6597-2-1024x683.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500&#038;ssl=1 1500w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/OUR_Undergrad-Research_25094_6597-2-1024x683.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800&#038;ssl=1 1800w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/OUR_Undergrad-Research_25094_6597-2-1024x683.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=2000&#038;ssl=1 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1708\" data-id=\"1721\" data-link=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/lab-news\/our_undergrad-research_25094_6597-3\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/OUR_Undergrad-Research_25094_6597-2-1024x683.jpg\" data-width=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/OUR_Undergrad-Research_25094_6597-2-1024x683.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6\/27\/2025 Honored to Share Our Research at the PSNA Conference<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:42% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"516\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/Song_PSNA_Talk_21Oct2025.jpg?resize=516%2C384&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1798 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/Song_PSNA_Talk_21Oct2025.jpg?w=516 516w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/10\/Song_PSNA_Talk_21Oct2025.jpg?resize=300%2C223 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bao-Hua was invited to deliver a keynote talk at the 64th Annual Conference of the Phytochemical Society of North America. She presented Bean Team\u2019s research on wild legumes and plant resilience, and highlighted how we integrate omics, systems biology, and molecular genetics to uncover plant chemical defense. Grateful for the conference organizers, as well as inspiring interactions and discussions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4\/28\/2025 Song Lab Party and Picture Day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/2-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"892\" data-id=\"1689\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/2-1024x892.jpg?resize=1024%2C892&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/2-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C892 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/2-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C261 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/2-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C669 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/2-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1337 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/2-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1783 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/Lab_Pic_2-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"649\" data-id=\"1690\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/Lab_Pic_2-1024x649.jpg?resize=1024%2C649&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/Lab_Pic_2-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C649 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/Lab_Pic_2-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C190 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/Lab_Pic_2-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C487 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/Lab_Pic_2-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C973 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/Lab_Pic_2-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1298 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/Song_Lab_Pic3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"638\" data-id=\"1688\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/Song_Lab_Pic3-1024x638.jpg?resize=1024%2C638&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/Song_Lab_Pic3.jpg?resize=1024%2C638 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/Song_Lab_Pic3.jpg?resize=300%2C187 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/Song_Lab_Pic3.jpg?resize=768%2C478 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/Song_Lab_Pic3.jpg?resize=1536%2C957 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/Song_Lab_Pic3.jpg?w=1747 1747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4\/25\/2025 Melissa was recognized as a finalist for the Outstanding Graduate Instructor of Record Award. Congratulations Melissa!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/M1-scaled.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"964\" data-id=\"1691\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/M1.jpg?resize=1024%2C964\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/M1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C964 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/04\/M1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C282 300w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/IMG_8054-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C485 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/IMG_8054-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C142 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/IMG_8054-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C364 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/IMG_8054-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C728 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2025\/07\/IMG_8054-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C970 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:16% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/10\/Song_Pic1-1024x706.jpg?resize=1024%2C706&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1482 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/10\/Song_Pic1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C706 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/10\/Song_Pic1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C207 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/10\/Song_Pic1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C529 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/10\/Song_Pic1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1059 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/10\/Song_Pic1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1412 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10\/2023 Song Lab Story&#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/science.charlotte.edu\/2023\/10\/11\/dancing-in-the-wild\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/science.charlotte.edu\/2023\/10\/11\/dancing-in-the-wild\/\">Dancing in the Wild<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/10\/mark1-1.png?resize=512%2C429&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1479 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/10\/mark1-1.png?w=512 512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/10\/mark1-1.png?resize=300%2C251 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/2023 Welcome new lab member, Honor student Mark Mistretta, join the Bean team!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"425\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/10\/Haeden-1.jpg?resize=425%2C433&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1481 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/10\/Haeden-1.jpg?w=425 425w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/10\/Haeden-1.jpg?resize=294%2C300 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/2023 Welcome new undergraduate student Haeden Poslinski join the Bean team!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1012\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/10\/Phung_1-1-1024x1012.jpg?resize=1024%2C1012&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1480 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/10\/Phung_1-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C1012 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/10\/Phung_1-1.jpg?resize=300%2C297 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/10\/Phung_1-1.jpg?resize=768%2C759 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2023\/10\/Phung_1-1.jpg?w=1053 1053w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/2023 Welcome new undergraduate student Phung Nguyen join the Bean team!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/2023 Welcome new lab member, Honor student Mark Mistretta, join the bean team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7\/2023 Song lab sand bean project was funded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center to study phytochemicals in plant environmental adaptation! Hooray!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7\/2023 Song lab soybean cyst nematode project was funded by NSF! We are super excited!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5\/2023 Song lab data science proposal was funded by School of Data Science to study sand bean genomic diversity and climate adaptation! We are super excited!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2\/15\/2023 Our bean team graduate student&nbsp;Ping&nbsp;Yates&nbsp;won the&nbsp;First&nbsp;Prize&nbsp;in the Survey-&nbsp;Management Section at the National Soybean Nematode Conference Graduate-Young Professional Poster Competition. Way to go Ping!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/31\/2023 Our bean team graduate student Abbey Stranahan was recognized as an exemplary student exceeding the criteria for membership in The National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS). Congratulations Abbey!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/8\/2023 Welcome Maria Mcclain, Cindy Hernandez,  Dania Kanawati, David Geiger, and Yousuf Barafi continue working in the lab this spring semester!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/8\/2023 Welcome Isha Parikh, Marietta Flores, and Olivia Thonissen join the bean team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2022<\/strong><br>We are very excited that our paper published in the Journal of Systematics and Evolution was selected as one of the Outstanding Papers of the year. What an honor! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/2022 Song lab was funded by NIH to study wild soybean phytochemical diversity. We are very excited!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/15\/2022 Welcome three new undergraduate students: Dania Kanawati, David Geiger, and Yousuf Barafi join the bean team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/15\/2022 Welcome Maria and Cindy continue working in the lab this fall semester!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/05\/Chase_Farmer.jpg?resize=457%2C441\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1131 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/05\/Chase_Farmer.jpg?w=457 457w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2022\/05\/Chase_Farmer.jpg?resize=300%2C289 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/10\/2022 Welcome our new graduate student Chase Farmer Join the bean team! Chase has been working in the Song Lab for two semesters as an undergraduate student researcher. We are excited that he will join us this fall as a graduate student! Welcome Chase!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5\/15\/2022 Song Lab Strawberry Day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5\/4\/2022 Song Lab Picture Day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5\/16\/2022 Our Bean Team graduate student Melissa&nbsp;Hatley was selected for the 2022-2023 Graduate School Teaching Fellowship (GSTF). Congratulations Melissa!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5\/15\/2022 Welcome undergraduate student Marylyn Callahan joins us as the scholar of NIH Bridges to Baccalaureate Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;4\/11\/2022 Our Bean Team graduate student Farida Yasmin received Thomas L. Reynolds Graduate Research Award for&nbsp;the 2022-23 academic year. Congratulations Farida!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4\/8\/2022 Congratulations&nbsp;to our new graduate student Ping&nbsp;Yates on winning&nbsp;first&nbsp;place&nbsp;in the poster presentation at the graduate symposium!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/8\/2022   Welcome our new graduate students, Ping Yates and Abbey Stranahan!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/8\/2022 Welcome our undergraduate students, Chase, Cindy, Ford, K&#8217;brie, Maria, and Megan, joining the lab to gain research experience!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11\/12\/2021 Our bean team member Farida won the second place for the 3MT thesis competition! Congratulations Farida!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10\/26\/2021  Abbey joined the lab as a research assistant. Welcome Abbey!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10\/26\/2021  Our bean team member Farida was selected as a finalist for the 3MT competition! Way to go Farida!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2021\/09\/Megan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1100 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">8\/15\/2021 Megan joined the lab as an undergraduate research student. Welcome Megan!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"974\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2021\/09\/Ping.jpg?resize=974%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1094 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2021\/09\/Ping.jpg?resize=974%2C1024 974w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2021\/09\/Ping.jpg?resize=285%2C300 285w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2021\/09\/Ping.jpg?resize=768%2C807 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2021\/09\/Ping.jpg?resize=1461%2C1536 1461w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2021\/09\/Ping.jpg?resize=1948%2C2048 1948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2021\/09\/Ping.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">6\/1\/2021 Ping Joined the lab as a research assistant. Welcome Ping!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"805\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2021\/09\/Jamari-1-805x1024.jpeg?resize=805%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1097 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2021\/09\/Jamari-1.jpeg?resize=805%2C1024 805w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2021\/09\/Jamari-1.jpeg?resize=236%2C300 236w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2021\/09\/Jamari-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C977 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2021\/09\/Jamari-1.jpeg?w=867 867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">6\/1\/2021 Jamari joined the lab as a &nbsp;North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NC-LSAMP)&nbsp;Undergraduate Research Student. Welcome Jamari!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3\/30\/2021 Our bean team graduate student Farida&#8217;s&nbsp;renewal application to the 2021-2022 Faculty for the Future Fellowship was approved. Congratulations Farida! We are very excited for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">1\/30\/2021 Our bean team graduate student Farida Yasmin received the very prestigious and competitive DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics from the Genetics Society of America (GSA).&nbsp;&nbsp;Congratulations Farida and very proud of you! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/genestogenomes.org\/congratulations-to-the-fall-2020-delill-nasser-awardees\/\">https:\/\/genestogenomes.org\/congratulations-to-the-fall-2020-delill-nasser-awardees\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:17% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2021\/01\/Maria-1.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1032 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">1\/16\/2021 Welcome undergraduate student Maria Mcclain join the lab! Maria is NSF-funded SPARC4 Scholar.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:17% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/01\/Amber.jpg?resize=1024%2C761\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-905 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/01\/Amber.jpg?resize=1024%2C761 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/01\/Amber.jpg?resize=300%2C223 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/01\/Amber.jpg?resize=768%2C571 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/01\/Amber.jpg?resize=1536%2C1142 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/01\/Amber.jpg?resize=2048%2C1522 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">1\/16\/2021 Welcome undergraduate student Amber Stiller continue working for a third semester in the lab! Amber is NSF-funded SPARC4 Scholar.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:16% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/10\/Tyrese_Williams_lab_memeber.jpg?resize=1024%2C801\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1007 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/10\/Tyrese_Williams_lab_memeber.jpg?resize=1024%2C801 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/10\/Tyrese_Williams_lab_memeber.jpg?resize=300%2C235 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/10\/Tyrese_Williams_lab_memeber.jpg?resize=768%2C601 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/10\/Tyrese_Williams_lab_memeber.jpg?w=1424 1424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">1\/16\/2021 Welcome undergraduate student Tyrese Williams continue working in the lab for a second semester!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:16% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"923\" height=\"939\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/10\/Kbrie_Scotland_Lab_member.jpg?resize=923%2C939\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1006 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/10\/Kbrie_Scotland_Lab_member.jpg?w=923 923w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/10\/Kbrie_Scotland_Lab_member.jpg?resize=295%2C300 295w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/10\/Kbrie_Scotland_Lab_member.jpg?resize=768%2C781 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">1\/16\/2021 Welcome undergraduate student K&#8217;brie Scotland continue working in the lab for a second semester!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:16% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/01\/Amber.jpg?resize=1024%2C761\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-905 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/01\/Amber.jpg?resize=1024%2C761 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/01\/Amber.jpg?resize=300%2C223 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/01\/Amber.jpg?resize=768%2C571 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/01\/Amber.jpg?resize=1536%2C1142 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/01\/Amber.jpg?resize=2048%2C1522 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">11\/7\/2020: Our bean team undergraduate student Amber joined the State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium (SNCURCS) and presented her poster. Great job Amber!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:18% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"207\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/04\/Melisa_pic-2.png?resize=207%2C288\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-960 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">4\/16\/2020, Melissa received a scholarship to attend the Audubon NC Summit. Congratulations Mellisa!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:32% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2021\/01\/Donation_3April2020.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1051 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2021\/01\/Donation_3April2020.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2021\/01\/Donation_3April2020.jpg?resize=300%2C169 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2021\/01\/Donation_3April2020.jpg?resize=768%2C432 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">4\/3\/2020, our bean team packed some gloves and masks to donate to the local hospitals. We are so glad that we can help during this critical and special time! Thanks Farida for putting all things together! <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4\/6\/2020, Our bean team graduate student Neha Mittal successfully passed her doctoral defense. Congratulations Dr. Neha Mittal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12\/10\/2019: A story about our graduate student Farida Yasmin. Great job Farida and thanks Lynn for the nice story! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/exchange.charlotte.edu\/biology-doctoral-student-grows-impact-through-research\/\">https:\/\/www.ncbiotech.org\/news\/biology-doctoral-student-grows-impact-through-research<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11\/25\/2019: Song Lab hosted Dr.John Kiss from UNCG to give a department seminar. We all enjoyed the talk!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10\/25\/2019: CONGRATULATIONS Jan becomes Dr. Jan Kofsky!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10\/1\/2019: Postdoctoral Associate Dr. Jianfeng Chen joined the lab! Welcome Jianfeng! We all enjoyed the &#8220;Tea-riffic&#8221; TEA party! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"207\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/04\/Melisa_pic-2.png?resize=207%2C288\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-960 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">8\/15\/2019: New graduate student Melissa Hatley joined us. Welcome Melissa!:)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/15\/2019: New graduate student Melissa Hatley joined us. Welcome Melissa!:)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6\/11\/2019: Our graduate student Neha Mittal not only won travel award to the meeting of International Society of Chemical Ecology but also won top honors in the Poster Competition sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry. Congratulations Neha!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5\/11\/2019: Our review&#8221;&nbsp;<span class=\"title-text\">Neglected treasures in the wild \u2014 legume wild relatives in food security and human health&#8221; is out!&nbsp;<\/span>4\/25\/2019: Graduate student Farida Yasmin&nbsp;is awarded a scholarship of $1500 through the National Science Foundation to join the summer study offered by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Way to go Farida!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4\/28\/2019: The whole lab enjoyed the UNC Charlotte Science and Technology Expo Festival. Great teamwork ladies! Thanks Jan for the wonderful and creative idea!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4\/26\/2019: Song Lab hosted Dr. Jenny Xiang from NCSU to gave a department seminar.&nbsp; We enjoyed the interactions with Dr. Xiang!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4\/25\/2019: Graduate student Farida Yasmin&nbsp;is awarded a scholarship of $1500 through the National Science Foundation to join the summer study offered by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Way to go Farida!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3\/22\/2019: Bao-Hua visited High Point University and gave a talk in the Department of biology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3\/20\/2019: Graduate student Neha Mittal received the &#8220;Travel Awards from the International Society of Chemical Ecology&#8221; to join the ISCE meeting in early June. Hooray! We look forward to another lab travel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:19% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"341\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/04\/Neha2-1.jpg?resize=341%2C372\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-992 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/04\/Neha2-1.jpg?w=341 341w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2020\/04\/Neha2-1.jpg?resize=275%2C300 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">3\/18\/2019: Graduate student Neha Mittal awarded the FIRST place in the graduate oral competition at the 2019 annual meeting of the Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists (SS-ASPB) that was held in Clemson, SC. Great job Neha!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3\/16\/2019: We gave three oral presentations at&nbsp; SS-ASPB meeting! We appreciate the SS-ASPB chair and leaders for organizing the wonderful meeting!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190317_161705.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190317_161705.jpg?resize=4032%2C3024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190317_161705.jpg?w=4032 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190317_161705.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190317_161705.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190317_161705.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190317_161705.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190317_161705.jpg?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190317_153047.jpg?resize=4032%2C3024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190317_153047.jpg?w=4032 4032w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190317_153047.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190317_153047.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190317_153047.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190317_153047.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190317_153047.jpg?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/25\/2019: Bao-Hua gave a talk at the Bioinformatics department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/6\/2019: Welcome Melissa Hatley and Haley Wheeler continue working in the lab as undergraduate research students!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/6\/2019: Welcome Amit Thota join the lab for undergraduate research!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12\/17\/2018: Song lab party! We had a wonderful time and shared the YUMMY international food !!! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/01\/IMG_1427.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2835\" height=\"2026\" data-id=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/01\/IMG_1427.jpg?resize=2835%2C2026\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/01\/IMG_1427.jpg?w=2835 2835w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/01\/IMG_1427.jpg?resize=300%2C214 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/01\/IMG_1427.jpg?resize=768%2C549 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/01\/IMG_1427.jpg?resize=1024%2C732 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2019\/01\/IMG_1427.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/IMG_1425.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" data-id=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/IMG_1425.jpg?resize=3264%2C2448\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/IMG_1425.jpg?w=3264 3264w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/IMG_1425.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/IMG_1425.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/IMG_1425.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/IMG_1425.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/IMG_1425.jpg?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/IMG_1427.jpg?resize=1024%2C768\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-673\" style=\"width:397px;height:298px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/IMG_1427.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/IMG_1427.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/IMG_1427.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/IMG_1427.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/IMG_1427.jpg?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12\/06\/2018: Ho Ho Ho&#8230; Great Christmas gift &#8212; Song lab received the &#8220;Most Creative Door&#8221; at the department Christmas decoration competition! Great job team! Thanks Jan for leading this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/Song_Chrsitmas-Door_3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1875\" height=\"2500\" data-id=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/Song_Chrsitmas-Door_3.jpg?resize=1875%2C2500\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/Song_Chrsitmas-Door_3.jpg?w=1875 1875w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/Song_Chrsitmas-Door_3.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/Song_Chrsitmas-Door_3.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/Song_Christmas_door_1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1875\" height=\"2500\" data-id=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/Song_Christmas_door_1.jpg?resize=1875%2C2500\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/Song_Christmas_door_1.jpg?w=1875 1875w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/Song_Christmas_door_1.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/12\/Song_Christmas_door_1.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10\/29\/2018: Song lab picture day! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/29\/2018: A feature story about our graduate studentFarida:&nbsp; https:\/\/biology.uncc.edu\/news\/2018-10-29\/doctoral-student-studies-soybean-address-poverty-hunger-issues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/26-8\/30\/2018 Song lab members joined the Soy2018 meeting and the soybean field tour!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/15\/2018: Graduate students Farida Yasmin and Jane Walsh joined us. Welcome ladies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/15\/2018: Honor student Sherry joined us. Welcome Sherry!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/15\/2018: Undergraduate student Melissa&nbsp;Hatley will continue working with us. Welcome Melissa!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/15\/2018:&nbsp;Undergraduate student&nbsp;Jerry Houpe joined us. Welcome Jerry!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7\/25\/2018: Christy successfully passed her thesis defense!&nbsp;Congratulations!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7\/12\/2018: Lab members Dr. Hengyou Zhang, Neha Mittal, and Janice Kofsky received the <em>NSF Travel Award<\/em> for the 17th Biennial Molecular and Cellular Biology of Soybean Conference (Soy 2018). Yeah!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6\/14\/2018:&nbsp;Farida Yasmin, our new graduate student, received the Prestigious <em>Schlumberger Foundation Fellowship with $50,000<\/em> to support her graduate study on soybean cyst nematode resistance. Congratulations Farida!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/Farida.jpg\"><\/a><\/figure><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6\/13\/2018: Jan&#8217;s review manuscript on wild soybean was accepted by Frontiers in Plant Science! Great teamwork!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5\/1\/2018: Both Jan and Neha received&nbsp;<span class=\"gmail-m_7468046472946108667gmail-m_7799360038319243540gmail-m_-2445995429666554310gmail-m_-8951482978986393055gmail-il\"><span class=\"gmail-m_7468046472946108667gmail-il\">funding<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;from the GPSG&nbsp;for the&nbsp;<span class=\"gmail-m_7468046472946108667gmail-m_7799360038319243540gmail-m_-2445995429666554310gmail-m_-8951482978986393055gmail-il\"><span class=\"gmail-m_7468046472946108667gmail-il\">travel<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;to the soybean&nbsp;conference in August! Congratulations Ladies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4\/29\/2018: The whole lab enjoyed the UNC Charlotte Science and Technology Expo. We gave away hundreds of plants. Great teamwork!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/lab-pic.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1114\" height=\"891\" data-id=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/lab-pic.png?resize=1114%2C891\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/lab-pic.png?w=1114 1114w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/lab-pic.png?resize=300%2C240 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/lab-pic.png?resize=768%2C614 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/lab-pic.png?resize=1024%2C819 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/explore-2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2445\" height=\"2260\" data-id=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/explore-2.jpg?resize=2445%2C2260\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/explore-2.jpg?w=2445 2445w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/explore-2.jpg?resize=300%2C277 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/explore-2.jpg?resize=768%2C710 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/explore-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C947 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/explore-2.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/explore3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" data-id=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/explore3.jpg?resize=2448%2C3264\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/explore3.jpg?w=2448 2448w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/explore3.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/explore3.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/explore3.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3\/30\/2018: Graduate students Neha Mittal and Jan Kofsky both were chosen for the Graduate School Summer Fellowship Program. Congratulations ladies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3\/5\/2018: Bao-Hua is invited to give a talk at Soy2018. Look forward to it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/Neha1.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-435 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/Neha1.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/Neha1.jpeg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/Neha1.jpeg?resize=768%2C512 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pages.charlotte.edu\/alysa-song\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/119\/2018\/05\/Neha1.jpeg?w=2048 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Our bean team member Farida was selected as a finalist for the 3MT competition! Way to go Neha!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3\/2\/2018: Congratulations to Jan for receiving the 2017-2018 <em>Provost&#8217;s Doctoral Teaching Fellowship<\/em>! Great job Jan!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/16\/2018: Sherry joined the lab&nbsp;as an undergraduate research student. Welcome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/6\/2018: Ami, Jennifer,&nbsp;and Mellisa joined the lab as&nbsp;undergraduate research students. Welcome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12\/11\/2017: Song lab FRG proposal was funded!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12\/10\/2017: Song lab one of the NCSPA proposals was funded!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11\/13\/2017: Graduate student Neha Mittal received the best graduate student presentation at the&nbsp;2017&nbsp;SigmaXi Student Research Conference. Congratulations Neha!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11\/6\/2017: Graduate student Neha Mittal was selected as one of 10 finalists for the 3-Minute Thesis competition. Great Job Neha!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9\/20\/2017:&nbsp; Graduate students Jan Kofsky and Christy&nbsp;Zuelsdorf joined SEPEEG conference and presented their projects. Great job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/16\/2017:&nbsp; Graduate student Neha Mittal received the NSF WSRC10&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Travel<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Award to join the world soybean conference. Congratulations Neha!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/15\/2017: Welcome high school student intern Andrew joined the lab!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/15\/2017: Ami joined the lab as an undergraduate research student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome Ami!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/15\/2017: Kelly joined the lab as an undergraduate research student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome Kelly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5\/4\/2017:&nbsp; Honor student Tori received \u201cHonorable mention\u201d and \u201cbest poster presentation\u201d in the Department Symposium. Congratulations Tori! &#8212;Congratulations&nbsp;Tor! Great job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5\/3\/2017: Bao-Hua is invited to present lab findings on wild soybean cyst nematode resistance at the 2017 world soybean conference. 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