Kevin L. Cox Jr., a post-doctoral associate in the Blake Meyers Lab at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, was awarded a $1.4 million fellowship from the the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. (Photo courtesy of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center)

Kevin L. Cox Jr., a post-doctoral associate in the Blake Meyers Lab at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, was awarded a $1.4 million fellowship from the the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. (Photo courtesy of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center)