Kathleen Zapf (MS/Hoagland Lab) received the College of Agriculture Bayer AG and Bayer Crop Science Plant Breeding Travel Award for $500. This award is made possible by the efforts of Dr. Emilio Oyarzabal of the Bayer Research and Development Plant Breeding Team. She will be attending and presenting her research in St. Louis at the 2023 ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual ‘Open Science Inspires’ Meeting, October 29-November 1. Her poster will include her research on heavy metal uptake in carrot varieties grown on urban Indiana farms.