The Loraine lab had a strong showing at the 4th annual Catalyst Symposium, with Ivory, April, and I presenting posters on our current research.

The title of the symposium was “Progress in NCRC”. The theme was to highlight the highly diverse and interdisciplinary research being conducted across the North Carolina Research Campus. There were nine talks, eighteen posters, and over a hundred attendees. The talks and posters were very good, covering topics such as the role of obesity in promoting cancer and finding what genes control the taste of fruits and vegetables.

Ivory and April presented posters on their work in rice and Arabidopsis, respectively, while I presented the latest features in IGB. It was a lot of work to prepare for the symposium, but everyone had a great time and learned a lot.