![Mark Hay diving](https://d7.biosciences.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/cimg0140-interior-new_0.jpg?itok=8E4mbgWE)
A marine ecologist known for his work on community ecology and chemical ecology has been selected to receive the 2012 Robert L. and Bettie P. Cody Award in Ocean Sciences from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
![Impaired embryoid body differentiation](https://d7.biosciences.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/embryoid-body-impaired-differentiation_hires_0.jpg?itok=59rWn_IO)
New research findings show that embryonic stem cells unable to fully compact the DNA inside them cannot differentiate into specific cell types.
![Dr. Michael Cortez](https://d7.biosciences.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/mhc_0.jpg?itok=WHR4YGpq)
Dr. Michael Cortez, a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Joshua Weitz's Lab in the School of Biology, has received a Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (MSPRF) from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
![Rachel Penczykowski](https://d7.biosciences.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/rachel_with_water_0.jpg?itok=GWFDNBR4)
Rachel Penczykowski, a Biology PhD student in Meghan Duffy’s lab, has been chosen as a winner of a PEO Scholar Award. This $15,000 award is given by the International Chapter of the PEO Sisterhood, which is a philanthropic group that promotes educati