COLLEGE STATION Texas A&M University student Jesse Pyle has won an American Society for Microbiologys Undergraduate Research Fellowship. <\/p>\n
Pyle, a senior bioenvironmental sciences major from Houston, will receive a $4,000 stipend, a two-year membership in the society and travel expenses to the 113th general meeting in Denver in 2013. <\/p>\n
Dr. Karen-Beth Scholthof, a professor of plant pathology at Texas A&M, will mentor Pyle in his research on Brachypodium distachyon, a type of grass also called purple false brome, for its potential as a model plant in lab studies on viruses. <\/p>\n
Texas A&M University student Jesse Pyle, a senior from Houston, has won an American Society for Microbiologys Undergraduate Research Fellowship. (Texas A&M University photo). <\/p>\n
The fellowship targets highly competitive students who wish to pursue graduate careers in microbiology, according to the society. <\/p>\n
Fellows conduct full-time summer research at their institution with a society mentor and then submit abstracts for a chance to present the research results at the general meeting. This year, 122 applications were received and 56 were awarded, according to the society. <\/p>\n
The American Society for Microbiology, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is the <\/p>\n
oldest and largest single biological membership organization, with more than 40,000 members worldwide. -30- <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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