Past events

PSGSRS winners 2026

Oral:

Isaiah Kaufman; Tuning protein production in plants: Insights from tRNA availability and codon usage bias in diverse species
Connor Purvis; Development and Application of KASP Assays to Differentiate between Sorghum bicolor, halepense, and their Hybrids
Rose Elbert; Ultraviolet B radiation at the seedling stage reduces stem elongation, but negatively influences potted basil biomass accumulation

Poster (Basic):

Joseph Ifeanyi Ulasi; Introgression and Pyramiding of Novel Resistance Genes for Diploid Potato Breeding
Akane Takenaka; Efficacy of Robotic Mechanical Weed Control in Michigan Cabbage 
Jedidiah Peek; Identification of punative cis-regulatory elements in Sorghum bicolor

Poster (Applied):

Jacob Felsman; Time as a Tool: Does Planting Date Impact Weed Management in Dry Beans?
Paige Baisley; Replanting Alfalfa: Evaluating Management Strategies to Mitigate Autotoxicity
Michael Dodde; Managing Glyphosate-Resistant Waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus) in Truvera Sugarbeet

PSGSRS winners 2025

Oral (Basic):

Isaiah Kaufman; How to maximize protein production in plants? Novel guidance for codon optimization from multi-omics analysis in diverse species
Maxwell Harman; Uncapping Carbon Capture – Elucidating and Engineering the Upper Limits of Photosynthesis
Luke Strickland; Jan and mini-Jan, a model system for potato functional genomics

Oral (Applied):

Joseph Ifeanyi Ulasi; Introgression And Pyramiding Of Novel Resistance Genes For Diploid Potato Breeding
Chayce Griffith; Combating Bitter Pit in ‘Honeycrisp’ with Auxin and ABA Sprays
Kaddi Gewirtz; Fall Versus Spring Herbicide Applications in Early and Late Planted Winter Wheat

Poster:

Maria Camila Buitrago-Acosta; Genome assembly of Hablitzia tamnoides and comparison of resistance genes with relatives
Duncan Boren; Interrogating fibrillin-thylakoid binding mechanics through molecular simulation
Kyle Elizalde; Investigating Short Statured Corn Management Strategies for Weed Control in Michigan
Carly Hendershot; Evaluation of Cercospora leaf spot and post-harvest handling on sugarbeet storage
Jiyong Shin; Plant morphology and a phytochrome B model reveal that the effects of far-red light on
shade-avoidance-like responses persist under high light intensity
Jacob Felsman; Termination Strategies of Grass Cover Crops in Dry Bean Production Systems
Benjamin D. Feld; Using remote sensing metrics to uncover candidate genes associated with winter acclimation in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) for bioenergy production.
Bridget Knight; Total Photon Flux Density and Far-red Light Interact to Control Growth of Culinary Herbs
Rees Rillema; Gas exchange measurements of carboxysome mutants reveal conditional phenotypes and insights into cyanobacteria carbon concentrating mechanism