Congratulations to Biology Grad Student Sean Brown!

The Biology Department would like to congratulate Sean Brown who passed his prelim yesterday for a proposal titled "What would an alien amino acid alphabet look like and why?" The committee comprising Drs. Lobo and Erill from our department, Dr. Lisa Kelly from Chemistry and Dr. Mark Ditlzer from NASA Ames provided thoughtful and insightful review of his proposal and were unanimous in supporting Sean's advance to candidacy.