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Plant Biologist Siobhan Brady Named HHMI Investigator

Andy Fell — July 23, 2024 - 12:11pm

Siobhan Brady, a professor in the Department of Plant Biology and Genome Center at the University of California, Davis, has been selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator. The prestigious Investigator program, which Brady describes as “life changing,” will provide her with roughly $9 million in research support over a seven-year term, with the option to renew.

HHMI Awards $1 Million Grant for Educational Equity

Andy Fell — June 07, 2017 - 10:29pm

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded a grant of $1 million to the University of California, Davis, to use software, data and personal networking among faculty and staff professionals to create a more inclusive educational environment engaged in ongoing improvement.

Plant Scientist Named as Hughes Scholar

Andy Fell — September 22, 2016 - 4:32pm

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has named Siobhan Brady, a plant scientist at ��ϲʿ��ͼ, among the 2016 class of HHMI Faculty Scholars. The award will support Brady’s research on gene networks that regulate growth of plant roots for the next five years.