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2024
- Marie-Claire Harrison, Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology Gordon Research Conference, Talk Selected from the Abstracts
- Marie-Claire Harrison, Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology Gordon Research Seminar Discussion Leader
- Kyle David, 2024 American Society of Naturalists Early Career Investigator Award
- Marie-Claire Harrison, Graduate Student Research Excellence Award in Biological Sciences
- Olivia Riedling, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award
- Thomas Sauters, Poster Prize, 32nd Fungal Genetics Conference
- Marie-Claire Harrison, 32nd Fungal Genetics Conference, Talk Selected from the Abstracts
- Annie Hatmaker, 32nd Fungal Genetics Conference, Talk Selected from the Abstracts
- Karin Steffen, 20th International Aspergillus Meeting, Talk Selected from the Abstracts
- Corey Wiseman, Littlejohn Vanderbilt Undergraduate Summer Research Program Scholar
- Karin Steffen, Postdoctoral Scholarship, Swedish Pharmaceutical Society
2023
- Thodoris Danis, Gerondelis Foundation grant
- Annie Hatmaker, Presentation Award, CanFunNet 2023
- Marie-Claire Harrison, Brighter Ventures Student Award
- Kyle David, NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology
- Christina Chavez, Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship Program
- Karin Steffen, Postdoctoral Scholarship, Swedish Pharmaceutical Society
- Charu Balamurugan, Beckman Scholar
2022
- Charu Balamurugan, Excellence in Research Poster Award, Vanderbilt University’s Fall Undergraduate Research Fair
- Annie Hatmaker, Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award
- Jacob Steenwyk, Graduate Student Excellence Award, Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution
- Marie-Claire Harrison, Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology Gordon Research Seminar Invited Speaker
- Abigail LaBella, Chair, Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology Gordon Research Seminar
- Jacob Steenwyk, Yeast Genetics Meeting 2022, Talk Selected from the Abstracts
- Jacob Steenwyk, 2022 HHMI Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program Finalist
- Abigail LaBella, 2022 Vanderbilt Postdoc of the Year Award, Honorable Mention
- Christina Chavez, Graduate Leadership Anchor Award for Mentorship, Vanderbilt Graduate Student Council
- Annie Hatmaker, Summer Research Award, College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University
- Charu Balamurugan, Data Science Institute Summer Research Program Fellowship
- Jacob Steenwyk, 2022 Edward Ferguson Jr. Graduate Award, Graduate School, Vanderbilt University
- Christina Chavez, Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship Program
- Carla Gonçalves, Poster Prize, 31st Fungal Genetics Conference
- Jacob Steenwyk, Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award
- Jacob Steenwyk, Finalist, James F. Crow Early Career Researcher Award, Genetics Society of America
- Marie-Claire Harrison, 31st Fungal Genetics Conference, Talk Selected from the Abstracts
- Jacob Steenwyk, 31st Fungal Genetics Conference, Talk Selected from the Abstracts
- Matt Mead, Outstanding Poster Award, 10th Advances Against Aspergillosis and Mucormycosis Conference
2021
- Jacob Steenwyk, 2021 Stanford-Berkeley-UCSF Next Generation Faculty Symposium, Honorable Mention
- Jacob Steenwyk, Presentation Competition Award, CanFunNet 2021
- Annie Hatmaker, Hickory Stick Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant in Biological Sciences
- Jacob Steenwyk, Graduate Student Research Excellence Award in Biological Sciences
- Miya Hugaboom, Data Science Institute Summer Research Program Fellowship
- Olivia Zheng, Data Science Institute Summer Research Program Fellowship
- Jacob Steenwyk, 2021 Smriti Bardhan Scholarship, Graduate School, Vanderbilt University
- Marie-Claire Harrison, Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Jacob Steenwyk, Invited Speaker, MicroSeminar
- Jacob Steenwyk, Student Talk, Alliance for Diversity in Science and Engineering Young Researchers Conference
2020
- Jacob Steenwyk, 2020 MSU Sci Comm Art Exhibition Winner
- Jacob Steenwyk, 2020 SACNAS – The National Diversity in STEM Conference Presentation Awardee
- Jacob Steenwyk, 2020 SACNAS Registration Scholarship
- Jacob Steenwyk, Best Talk Honorable Mention, CanFunNet 2020
- Jacob Steenwyk, Early Career Scientist Leadership Program, Genetics Society of America
- Jacob Steenwyk, VI4 Graduate Student of the Year
- Olivia Zheng, Data Science Institute – Summer Research Program Fellowship
- Matthew Mead, 9th Advances Against Aspergillosis and Mucormycosis Conference, Scholarship
2019
- Jacob Steenwyk, Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Xing-Xing Shen, Evolution 2019 Conference Invited Speaker
- Jacob Steenwyk, Ann Bernard Martin Award for Excellence in Graduate Research
- Jacob Steenwyk, Molecular Mechanisms in Evolution Gordon Research Conference Short Talk
- Jacob Steenwyk, Molecular Mechanisms in Evolution Gordon Research Seminar Invited Speaker (declined)
- Annie Hatmaker, “Write to Change the World” workshop, the OpEd Project at Vanderbilt
- Xing-Xing Shen, 2019 Vanderbilt Postdoc of the Year Award, Honorable Mention
- Jacob Steenwyk, Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (declined)
- Jacob Steenwyk, Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (declined)
- Abigail LaBella, 30th Fungal Genetics Conference, Talk Selected from the Abstracts
- Jacob Steenwyk, 30th Fungal Genetics Conference, Talk Selected from the Abstracts
- Megan Phillips, Goldberg Family Immersion Fund, Vanderbilt Undergraduate Summer Research Program Scholar
- Matthew Mead, Featured Alumni Speaker, 14th Annual Stupka Symposium
- Jacob Steenwyk, 2019 ArtLab – Curb Center Fellow
2018
- Jacob Steenwyk, GENETICS Peer Review Training Program / Early-Career Reviewer
- Jacob Steenwyk, Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology Gordon Research Conference Poster Prize
- Abigail LaBella, Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology Gordon Research Seminar Invited Speaker
- Jacob Steenwyk, Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology Gordon Research Seminar Poster Prize
- Jacob Steenwyk, Biological Sciences Annual Retreat Best Poster Award
- Zackery Ely, Award for Outstanding Research in Biological Sciences
- Zackery Ely, Phi Beta Kappa Joel Tellinghuisen Award for Undergraduate Research
- Jacob Steenwyk, MEGAMicrobe Co-Chair
- Abigail LaBella, 12th Annual Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Association Symposium, Best Poster Award
- Zackery Ely, Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- Zackery Ely, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter of Tennessee, Membership
- Juan Ortiz, Young Investigator Travel Award, Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution
- Abigail LaBella, Early Career Scientist Leadership Program, Genetics Society of America
2017
- Zackery Ely, Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair Poster Award
- Juan Ortiz, Gisela Mosig Best Presenter Award
- Rebecca Burke-Aguero, Fullbright Finalist
- Jennifer Wisecaver, Vanderbilt University Postdoc of the Year Award
- Maddison Johnson, Littlejohn Vanderbilt Undergraduate Summer Research Program Scholar
- Alexander Borowsky, ACCRE Vanderbilt Undergraduate Summer Research Program Scholar
- Zackery Ely, Beckman Scholar
- Abigail Lind, Novozymes Student Poster Prize, 14th International Aspergillus Meeting
- Haley Eidem, March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center Ohio Collaborative Transdisciplinary Scholar
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