‘Genetics Society of America’

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O’Connor’s dissertation named top 2022 Drosophila dissertation worldwide

Mar. 24, 2023—By Lorena Infante Lara The Genetics Society of America has presented James O’Connor, a Ph.D. graduate from the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, the 2023 Larry Sandler Award. This international award recognizes the best Ph.D. dissertation on Drosophila—a fly genus that includes the fruit fly, a widely used model organism in biomedical research—from the...