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  • Bertiolis honored by peanut research colleages

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    David and Soraya Bertioli, who are leading Peanut Innovation Lab projects that build on their groundbreaking work to map the peanut genome, were honored Thursday night at the closing of the 51st Annual American Peanut Research and Education Society conference. The two scientists took home the American Peanut Council Research Award, while David Bertioli also…

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  • Ozias-Akins honored for distinguished research

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    Peggy Ozias-Akins, the lead scientist on the Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab’s translational genomics project, has been recognized by the University of Georgia as a Distinguished Research Professor for 2017. Only five scientists from across all disciplines received the honor. Ozias-Akins, a professor of horticulture, has applied advanced biotechnology and molecular biology tools, in some…

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