Derek Tollette (Mortazavi lab) got first place prize for the student poster presentation at the Benthic Ecology Society Meeting that happened from March 27-30, 2018 in Texas (http://www.bemsociety.org/bem-2018.html)

Taylor Ledford (Mortazavi lab) got the third place prize for the student poster presentation at the Graduate Student Symposium that happened from March 2-4, 2018 at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL).  The symposium is held every year and is hosted by one of the three consortia in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL), and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL).