Prof. Becky Irwin, Dr. Leif Richardson and other researchers in the Irwin Lab, have found that some compounds in floral nector reduce parasite loads in bees 60%-80%. While the reduction in parasite load did not increase survival rates, these compounds could confer a benefit to bee colonies by reducing the spread of parasites. These findings were highlighted in the February 26, 2015 issue of...
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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 the
Hyper-Conserved Protein of Prochlorococcus and marine Synechococcus",
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A recent article on Motherboard describes work done by Prof. Olga Zhaxybayeva shows that the deep oil reserves are loaded with microbes that have been busy swapping genetic material for eons. For a link to the full article, please click here.
The full scientific findings are published in the following publication:
Nesbo CL, S...
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Companions in Discovery is a short film about the research being done in Professor Amy Gladfelter's lab using simple fungi ("key companions") to understand human biology. The American Society for Cell Biology selected her lab to create a feature video for this year's Society meeting.
To view the video, please click here.
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The national academic honor society, Phi Beta Kappa, inducted four Biology majors from the class of 2015 at its annual meeting on November 11th. Biology majors Catherine Feuille ’15, Abigail Leibowitz ’15, Julia Salinaro ’15 and Talia Shoshany ’15 were among the twenty-two members of the Class of 2015 who were inducted this year. Sharjeel Syed '16 (biology major) was one of the Phi Beta Kappa Sophomore prize recipients. For a link to the full article in Dartmouth Now, please click...
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Professor Mary Lou Guerinot talks with Dartmouth Now about improving the nutritional quality of plants through her work with a small plant in the mustard family, Arabidopsis thaliana. For a link to the article, please click here....
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Professor Nate Dominy and his collaborators used art and other resources such as census data to construct and ecological history of Egypt. Their findings have been published in a paper "Collapse of an ecological network in Ancient Egypt" in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
His work was featured in Dartmouth Now. Please click...
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Professor Olga Zhaxybayeva has been selected to be one of the 2014 Simons Investigators in Mathematical Modeling of Living Systems. This support enables the long-term research of "outstanding theoretical scientists." For more information about the Simons Foundation, please visit their website.
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Professor Kathy Cottingham gave a Plenary Address at the 2014 Ecological Society of America Meeting in Sacramento, California. The title of her talk was "Wearing an ecologist’s hat and facing a world of change."
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Prof. Amy Gladfelter and Prof. Rebecca Irwin are recipients of Dartmouth's 2014 Graduate Student Mentoring Award!
Prof. Kathryn Cottingham was a recipient of the mentoring award last year!