Amasino and Keller receive Kellett Mid-Career Awards

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Amasino and Keller receive Kellett Mid-Career Awards

http://www.cals.wisc.edu/ecals/index.php/2007/02/28/richard-amasino-

and-nancy-keller-receive-kellett-mid-career-awards/

CALS faculty members Amasino, biochemistry, and

Keller, plant pathology, have received Kellett Mid-Career Awards in

recognition of their research accomplishments. The Kellett awards

recognize the work of faculty five to 20 years beyond their first

promotion to a tenured position. The awards, each of which includes

$60,000 in unrestricted research support, are conferred annually by

a faculty committee in the Graduate School.

Amasino's research centers on studies of the processes that

control flowering in plants. A member of the National Academy of

Sciences and a Medical Institute Teaching Professor,

Amasino has helped reveal how plants sense seasonal cues to flower

at the correct time.

Keller is an authority on a class of fungi that produce highly

toxic and carcinogenic mycotoxins. Her work in the area of mycotoxin

gene expression and production has resulted in new methods for drug

discovery and insight into toxin gene evolution. She is also

involved in a project to develop varieties of peanut plants

resistant to aflatoxin for African farmers.

Supported by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), the

awards are named for R. Kellett, a former president of the

WARF board of trustees and retired president of - Corp.