Kath Kleier announced the following winners of the 2016 Marr Grants:
Jennifer Ackerfield – Colorado State University, working with Mark Simmons:
A Prickly Puzzle: Phylogeny and Evolution of the Genus Cirsium in North America, $1000
Alyssa Albertson – Colorado State University, working with Kenneth Kassenbrock:
A Survey of Fungal Endophytes in Bristlecone Pine: Do Endophyte Communities Vary in Trees Susceptible Versus Those With Some Resistance to White Pine Blister Rust?, $1000
McCormick – Margaret Mitter McCormick – University of Colorado, working with Jeffry Mitton:
A Vertical Mile of Stonecrop: Physiological Implications of Genetic Variation, $750