Researchers in Professor Becky Irwin's lab have found that some compounds in floral nector reduce parasite loads in bees sixty to eighty percent. These findings were highlighted in the February 26, 2015 issue of Nature.
[more]Kudos to Prof. Olga Zhaxybayeva and Milo Johnson '13 on their recent publication! Caroline E. Whidden, Katrina G. DeZeeuw, Jackie K. Zorz, Andrew P. Joy,David A. Barnett, Milo S. Johnson, Olga Zhaxybayeva, and Amanda M.Cockshutt: "Quantitative and Functional Characterization of theHyper-Conserved Protein of Prochlorococcus and marine Synechococcus",PLoS ONE, 2014, 9: e109327.
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Prof. Zhaxybayeva shows that the deep biosphere is teeming with microbes that have been exchanging genetic material for eons.
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Professor Amy Gladfelter's lab was selected by the American Society for Cell Biology to create a video about the work being done in her lab to understand human biology using simple fungi - their "key companions."
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Four biology majors from the Class of 2015 were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa on November 11th.
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