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Roeder Lab Statement of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity

We acknowledge that racism and systemic prejudice are real problems that affect academics personally and have lasting impacts on the careers of scientists that hold certain minority identities.  We are working to understand and counteract our own contributions to these problems and become anti-racists.  

As members of the lab, we hold ourselves to the highest standards of respect for each other. Any discriminatory or prejudiced behavior based on race, gender identity, country of origin, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other identities lab members may choose to disclose or hold in confidence will not be tolerated. We pledge to use our varying levels of privilege and access to uplift and enable each others’ career goals. Lab members are further encouraged to work together or individually to partake in outreach and mentorship activities that work towards recruiting and retaining diverse future scientists (see below resources for more).

The best answers to some of the biggest questions in science and in life arise when diverse voices are brought together.  We commit to honoring this finding by forging a work culture that each day strives for greater diversity, inclusivity and equity. 

Resources on campus:

School of Integrative Plant Science Diversity and Inclusion

Cornell commitment to diversity and inclusion (“Any person, Any study”) 

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) diversity and inclusion

Cornell Graduate School Office of inclusion and student engagement

Land acknowledgement: Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ’ (the Cayuga Nation). The Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ’ are members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, an alliance of six sovereign Nations with a historic and contemporary presence on this land. The Confederacy precedes the establishment of Cornell University, New York state, and the United States of America. We acknowledge the painful history of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ’ dispossession, and honor the ongoing connection of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ’ people, past and present, to these lands and waters.

News:

• Congratulations to Dr. Si Chen for being awarded the Sam and Nancy Fleming Research Fellowship 2024.
• Indian Society of Developmental Biology interview of Adrienne.
• Congratulations Bella Burda for the Best Graduate Student Scientific Talk at the Weill Institute Retreat, August 2024.
• Congratulations to Shuyao Kong for defending his PhD (B exam) July 23, 2024.
• Congratulations to Lanxi Hu for receiving an ICAR2024 registration award.
• Congratulations to Shuyao Kong for the Best Presentation Award at the North East American Society of Plant Biology Meeting (NEASPB), April 2024.
• Congratulations to Lilijana Oliver for being awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship in April, 2024.
• Congratulations to Shuyao Kong for winning the Barbara McClintock Award for plant science on April 1, 2024.
• Congratulations to Michelle Heeney for passing her A exam on January 31, 2024.
• Congratulations to Adrienne Roeder and team for the NSF Convergence Accelerator grant for Bio-Inspired Design.
• Congratulations to Dr. Frances Clark for defending her PhD on October 17, 2023.
• Congratulations to Dr. Avilash Singh Yadav for being awarded the Sam and Nancy Fleming Research Fellowship on August 28, 2023.
• Congratulations to Byron Rusnak for passing his A exam December 6, 2022.
• Congratulations to Dr. Kate Harline for defending her PhD (B exam) November 15, 2022.
• Congratulations to Iselle Barrios for being awarded first prize for her talk at the BTI Cornell REU program George and Helen Kohut Symposium August 2022.
• Congratulations to Byron Rusnak for being awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship April 2022.
• Trends in Plant Science Interview with Adrienne Roeder 2021.
• Congratulations to Isabella Burda for passing her A exam September 2, 2021.
• Congratulations to Adrienne Roeder on being awarded the Plant Biology Graduate Student Association Annual Award for Excellence in Mentoring 2020-2021.
• Congratulations to Shuyao Kong for passing his A exam August 2, 2021.
• Congratulations to Adrienne Roeder for being awarded ASPB’s Charles Albert Shull Award   interview video
• Congratulations to Shuyao Kong and Bella Burda for receiving ICAR2021 registration awards.
• Congratulations to Dr. Joseph Cammarata for defending his PhD October 15th 2020 and passing his B exam December 16th, 2020.
• Congratulations to Adrienne Roeder for being elected to the North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC) September 16, 2020.
• Congratulations to Frances Clark for passing her A exam May 29, 2020.
• Congratulations to Dr. Mingyuan Zhu for defending his PhD April 20, 2020.
• Congratulations to Mingyuan Zhu for winning the Barbara McClintock Graduate Student Award (2019).
• Congratulations to Joe Cammarata for being awarded the Provost Diversity Fellowship.
• Congratulations to Vijaya Lakshmi Vadde for being awarded the Fleming Postdoctoral Fellowship.
• Congratulations to Kate Harline for being awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
• Congratulations to Kate Harline for winning an ASPB travel grant to attend the 2019 ASPB meeting.
• Congratulations to Adrienne on receiving a 2019 Schwartz Research Fund for Women in Life Sciences Award.
• Congratulations to Kate Harline for being chosen as a 2018-2019 ASPB Scholar.
• Congratulations to Mingyuan Zhu for receiving honorable mention for best talk at Plant Biomechanics 2018.
• Congratulations to Dr. Heather Meyer for winning the LPS publication award in the field of Genetics Genomics and Development for 2017.
• Congratulations to Dr. Dana Robinson for defending her PhD April 4, 2018.
• Congratulations to Lila Luna for her Master’s Degree July 13, 2017.
• Congratulations to Adrienne on getting Tenure and being promoted to Associate Professor July 1, 2017.
• Congratulations to Xinran “Maggie” Ma on her Honors Thesis! May 23, 2017.
• Congratulations to Dr. Heather Meyer for defending her PhD July 21, 2016!
• Congratulations to Catherine Chen who received High Honors for her Honors Thesis!
• Congratulations to Adrienne for the award of an NSF Career grant!
• Congratulations to Dana Robinson for passing her A exam September 9, 2015!
• Congratulations to Mingyuan Zhu for passing his A exam August 20, 2015!
• Congratulations to Dr. Xian Qu for defending his PhD May 19, 2015!
• Welcome to the lab Mingyuan Zhu and Dana Robinson, our two newest plant biology graduate students!
• Congratulations to Clint Ko, who graduated May 25, 2014 with Honors in Biology!  He will start graduate school at MIT next fall.
• According to Dr. Roeder, the next 100 years of plant biology are difficult to predict, as she expects unimaginable advancements to take place in the field. Read: The Cornell Daily Sun/A History of Science: One Hundred Years Of Plant Biology. Sept.4, 2013.
• Congratulations to Heather Meyer for passing her A exam July 12, 2013!
• Adrienne Roeder and collaborators Arezki Boudaoud, Richard Smith and Chin Biu Li were awarded a 3-year grant from the Human Frontiers in Science Program for the study “From stochastic cell behavior to reproducible shapes: the coordination behind morphogenesis.” Work on the study will begin September 1, 2013.
• Effective January 15, 2013, Adrienne Roeder was awarded a 3-year grant from NSF’s Division of Integrative Organismal Systems to study the “Feedback of cell cycle on cell type in Arabidopsis organogenesis.”
• Congratulations to Xian Qu for passing his A exam October 2, 2012!

Our research is funded by:

NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences