Studying Small Bacterial Cities - Biofilms

Professor Carey Nadell and the members of his laboratory study the collaborative microbial communites called biofilms. Read more about Studying Small Bacterial Cities - Biofilms

Bats and Bugs Do Battle in the Tropics

Professor Hannah ter Hofstede, Neukom Fellow Dr. Laurel Symes and biologist Dr. Sharon Martinson are interested in understanding the stratagies and trade-offs employed by insects that allow them to attract mates while trying to avoid notice by bat predators. Read more about Bats and Bugs Do Battle in the Tropics

Temperature fluctuations? What is on and what is off.

Prof. Olga Zhaxybayeva's recent publication examines what happens when Kosmotoga oearia,  the record holder of the growth temperature range, experiences a change in temperature. Read more about Temperature fluctuations? What is on and what is off.

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Prof. Richard Holmes wins the New England Society Book Award

Prof. Richard Holmes has been awarded the New England Society Book Award for his book Hubbard Brook: The Story of a Forest Ecosystem (Yale University Press, 2016). Read more about Prof. Richard Holmes wins the New England Society Book Award

Oxidative Damage Leads to Errors in Meiotic Chromosome Segregation

Prof. Sharon Bickel's lab has demonstrated that oxidative damage causes a premature loss of sister chromatid cohesion and an increase in chromosome segregation errors in Drosophila oocytes during meiosis. Read more about Oxidative Damage Leads to Errors in Meiotic Chromosome Segregation

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Youjun Wu named Copenhaver Fellow

Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program Ph.D candidate, Youjun Wu has been selected to be a John H. Copenhaver, Jr. and William H. Thomas, MD 1952 Fellow. Read more about Youjun Wu named Copenhaver Fellow

Science Cafe Panelist

Professor Eric Schaller was a Science Cafe-Concord panelist on the topic of “The Past, Present, and Future of Science Fiction.” Read more about Science Cafe Panelist

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