2023
10/2023 Song Lab Story—Dancing in the Wild
8/2023 Welcome new lab member, Honor student Mark Mistretta, join the Bean team!
8/2023 Welcome new undergraduate student Haeden Poslinski join the Bean team!
8/2023 Welcome new undergraduate student Phung Nguyen join the Bean team!
8/2023 Welcome new lab member, Honor student Mark Mistretta, join the bean team!
7/2023 Song lab sand bean project was funded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center to study phytochemicals in plant environmental adaptation! Hooray!
7/2023 Song lab soybean cyst nematode project was funded by NSF! We are super excited!
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!
2/15/2023 Our bean team graduate student Ping Yates won the First Prize in the Survey- Management Section at the National Soybean Nematode Conference Graduate-Young Professional Poster Competition. Way to go Ping!
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!
1/8/2023 Welcome Maria Mcclain, Cindy Hernandez, Dania Kanawati, David Geiger, and Yousuf Barafi continue working in the lab this spring semester!
1/8/2023 Welcome Isha Parikh, Marietta Flores, and Olivia Thonissen join the bean team!
2022
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!
8/2022 Song lab was funded by NIH to study wild soybean phytochemical diversity. We are very excited!
8/15/2022 Welcome three new undergraduate students: Dania Kanawati, David Geiger, and Yousuf Barafi join the bean team!
8/15/2022 Welcome Maria and Cindy continue working in the lab this fall semester!
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!
5/15/2022 Song Lab Strawberry Day!
5/4/2022 Song Lab Picture Day!
5/16/2022 Our Bean Team graduate student Melissa Hatley was selected for the 2022-2023 Graduate School Teaching Fellowship (GSTF). Congratulations Melissa!
5/15/2022 Welcome undergraduate student Marylyn Callahan joins us as the scholar of NIH Bridges to Baccalaureate Program.
4/11/2022 Our Bean Team graduate student Farida Yasmin received Thomas L. Reynolds Graduate Research Award for the 2022-23 academic year. Congratulations Farida!
4/8/2022 Congratulations to our new graduate student Ping Yates on winning first place in the poster presentation at the graduate symposium!
1/8/2022 Welcome our new graduate students, Ping Yates and Abbey Stranahan!
1/8/2022 Welcome our undergraduate students, Chase, Cindy, Ford, K’brie, Maria, and Megan, joining the lab to gain research experience!
2021
11/12/2021 Our bean team member Farida won the second place for the 3MT thesis competition! Congratulations Farida!
10/26/2021 Abbey joined the lab as a research assistant. Welcome Abbey!
10/26/2021 Our bean team member Farida was selected as a finalist for the 3MT competition! Way to go Farida!
8/15/2021 Megan joined the lab as an undergraduate research student. Welcome Megan!
6/1/2021 Ping Joined the lab as a research assistant. Welcome Ping!
6/1/2021 Jamari joined the lab as a North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NC-LSAMP) Undergraduate Research Student. Welcome Jamari!
3/30/2021 Our bean team graduate student Farida’s renewal application to the 2021-2022 Faculty for the Future Fellowship was approved. Congratulations Farida! We are very excited for you!
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). Congratulations Farida and very proud of you!
https://genestogenomes.org/congratulations-to-the-fall-2020-delill-nasser-awardees/
1/16/2021 Welcome undergraduate student Maria Mcclain join the lab! Maria is NSF-funded SPARC4 Scholar.
1/16/2021 Welcome undergraduate student Amber Stiller continue working for a third semester in the lab! Amber is NSF-funded SPARC4 Scholar.
1/16/2021 Welcome undergraduate student Tyrese Williams continue working in the lab for a second semester!
1/16/2021 Welcome undergraduate student K’brie Scotland continue working in the lab for a second semester!
2020
The bean team is transferring plants and soil to the greenhouse. Thanks for the hard work ladies!!! Great job!
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!
4/16/2020, Melissa received a scholarship to attend the Audubon NC Summit. Congratulations Mellisa!
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!
4/2/2020, Our graduate student Farida Yasmin just received a third-year “Faculty for the Future” fellowship starting 8/1/2020. Congratulations Farida!
1/22/2020 Student Day!
2019
12/10/2019: A story about our graduate student Farida Yasmin. Great job Farida and thanks Lynn for the nice story!
https://www.ncbiotech.org/news/biology-doctoral-student-grows-impact-through-research
11/25/2019: Song Lab hosted Dr.John Kiss from UNCG to give a department seminar. We all enjoyed the talk!
10/25/2019: CONGRATULATIONS Jan becomes Dr. Jan Kofsky!
10/1/2019: Postdoctoral Associate Dr. Jianfeng Chen joined the lab! Welcome Jianfeng! We all enjoyed the “Tea-riffic” TEA party! 🙂
8/15/2019: New graduate student Melissa Hatley joined us. Welcome Melissa!:)
8/15/2019: New graduate student Melissa Hatley joined us. Welcome Melissa!:)
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!
5/11/2019: Our review” Neglected treasures in the wild — legume wild relatives in food security and human health” is out! 4/25/2019: Graduate student Farida Yasmin 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!
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!
4/26/2019: Song Lab hosted Dr. Jenny Xiang from NCSU to gave a department seminar. We enjoyed the interactions with Dr. Xiang!
4/25/2019: Graduate student Farida Yasmin 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!
3/22/2019: Bao-Hua visited High Point University and gave a talk in the Department of biology.
3/20/2019: Graduate student Neha Mittal received the “Travel Awards from the International Society of Chemical Ecology” to join the ISCE meeting in early June. Hooray! We look forward to another lab travel!
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!
3/16/2019: We gave three oral presentations at SS-ASPB meeting! We appreciate the SS-ASPB chair and leaders for organizing the wonderful meeting!
1/25/2019: Bao-Hua gave a talk at the Bioinformatics department.
1/6/2019: Welcome Melissa Hatley and Haley Wheeler continue working in the lab as undergraduate research students!
1/6/2019: Welcome Amit Thota join the lab for undergraduate research!
12/17/2018: Song lab party! We had a wonderful time and shared the YUMMY international food !!! 🙂
12/06/2018: Ho Ho Ho… Great Christmas gift — Song lab received the “Most Creative Door” at the department Christmas decoration competition! Great job team! Thanks Jan for leading this.
10/29/2018: Song lab picture day! 🙂
8/29/2018: A feature story about our graduate studentFarida: https://biology.uncc.edu/news/2018-10-29/doctoral-student-studies-soybean-address-poverty-hunger-issues
8/26-8/30/2018 Song lab members joined the Soy2018 meeting and the soybean field tour!
8/15/2018: Graduate students Farida Yasmin and Jane Walsh joined us. Welcome ladies!
8/15/2018: Honor student Sherry joined us. Welcome Sherry!
8/15/2018: Undergraduate student Melissa Hatley will continue working with us. Welcome Melissa!
8/15/2018: Undergraduate student Jerry Houpe joined us. Welcome Jerry!
7/25/2018: Christy successfully passed her thesis defense! Congratulations!
7/12/2018: Lab members Dr. Hengyou Zhang, Neha Mittal, and Janice Kofsky received the NSF Travel Award for the 17th Biennial Molecular and Cellular Biology of Soybean Conference (Soy 2018). Yeah!
6/14/2018: Farida Yasmin, our new graduate student, received the Prestigious Schlumberger Foundation Fellowship with $50,000 to support her graduate study on soybean cyst nematode resistance. Congratulations Farida!
6/13/2018: Jan’s review manuscript on wild soybean was accepted by Frontiers in Plant Science! Great teamwork!
5/1/2018: Both Jan and Neha received funding from the GPSG for the travel to the soybean conference in August! Congratulations Ladies!
4/29/2018: The whole lab enjoyed the UNC Charlotte Science and Technology Expo. We gave away hundreds of plants. Great teamwork!
3/30/2018: Graduate students Neha Mittal and Jan Kofsky both were chosen for the Graduate School Summer Fellowship Program. Congratulations ladies!
3/5/2018: Bao-Hua is invited to give a talk at Soy2018. Look forward to it!
Our bean team member Farida was selected as a finalist for the 3MT competition! Way to go Neha!
3/2/2018: Congratulations to Jan for receiving the 2017-2018 Provost’s Doctoral Teaching Fellowship! Great job Jan!
1/16/2018: Sherry joined the lab as an undergraduate research student. Welcome!
1/6/2018: Ami, Jennifer, and Mellisa joined the lab as undergraduate research students. Welcome!
12/11/2017: Song lab FRG proposal was funded!
12/10/2017: Song lab one of the NCSPA proposals was funded!
11/13/2017: Graduate student Neha Mittal received the best graduate student presentation at the 2017 SigmaXi Student Research Conference. Congratulations Neha!
11/6/2017: Graduate student Neha Mittal was selected as one of 10 finalists for the 3-Minute Thesis competition. Great Job Neha!
9/20/2017: Graduate students Jan Kofsky and Christy Zuelsdorf joined SEPEEG conference and presented their projects. Great job!
8/16/2017: Graduate student Neha Mittal received the NSF WSRC10 Travel Award to join the world soybean conference. Congratulations Neha!
8/15/2017: Welcome high school student intern Andrew joined the lab!
8/15/2017: Ami joined the lab as an undergraduate research student.
Welcome Ami!
8/15/2017: Kelly joined the lab as an undergraduate research student.
Welcome Kelly!
5/4/2017: Honor student Tori received “Honorable mention” and “best poster presentation” in the Department Symposium. Congratulations Tori! —Congratulations Tor! Great job!
5/3/2017: Bao-Hua is invited to present lab findings on wild soybean cyst nematode resistance at the 2017 world soybean conference. Look forward to it!
4/23/2017: Science Explore Festival–Creative posters and great lab teamwork!
4/21/2017: Honor student Victoria Bonnell received the Honors College Award at the Undergraduate Research Conference. Great job Tori! Way to go!
1/9/2017: Bao-Hua joined the PAG conference at SD and gave a talk on soybean cyst nematode resistance.
1/3/2017: Christy joined the lab as a master student. Welcome Christy!
12/2/2016: The lab received Christmas Door Decoration Champion—Thanks for the creative idea! Great teamwork!
9/28/2016: Neha received “Honorable mention” award at the SEPEEG meeting. Great job Neha!
9/16/2016: The NIH proposal is funded!
8/15/2016: Tori joined the lab as an honor student! Welcome Tori!
8/15/2016: Haley joined the lab as an undergraduate research student. Welcome Haley!
