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Faculty Award for Excellence in Research
Lila O. Vodkin is a soybean molecular biologist of national and international stature. She leads a research program to discover fundamental molecular knowledge of soybeans, especially relating to economically important traits such as protein quality and quantity and disease resistance. The excellence of Vodkin’s research and expertise in soybean genomics has led to two large grants that were funded during the last year. She is co-principal investigator on a project funded by the North Central Soybean Research Program and United Soybean Board entitled "A Public EST (expressed sequence tag) Project for Soybean" that involves several universities. She is the lead PI on the $4,460,000 National Science Foundation grant, "A Functional Genomics Program for Soybean," that involves five universities. These grants in this emerging area of plant genomics are a testament to Vodkin's leadership and reputation in the field. Joining the university in 1987, Vodkin has brought the plant molecular biology "revolution" to the undergraduate and graduate classroom. She works very closely with her students and has developed some outstanding individual researchers through her rigorous and organized approach. |
