Don Pfister and Jean Beagle Ristaino's latest article in BioScience, "What a Painfully Interesting Subject": Charles Darwin's Studies of Potato Late Blight, looks closely at the pathogen, Phytophthora infestans.  The pathogen, responsible for the 1845 Ireland famine, is still wreaking havoc on potatoes and tomatoes in the...

The Harvard Museum of Natural History's Third Annual Fungus Fair, hosted by Don Pfister and OEB 54 students, on Saturday, October 15, attracted more than 200 visitors and featured booths manned by students in the class throughout the museum. Read about the day's events here.

Speaking at Dreamforce 2016, Pardis Sabeti reveals how big data can be used to help prevent viral outbreaks. You can watch the video of her talk here.

Harvard's 3rd Fungus Fair takes place Saturday, October 15, 2016, 2:00pm to 4:00pm in the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Join Don Pfister and his OEB 54 (Biology of the Fungi) students as they present selected topics covering various aspects of fungal biology to the public. There will be a mushroom display of fungi from the Harvard Forest and a series of tables with demonstrations ranging from...

Terrance Malick's documentary, "Voyage of Time" is a visual history of the universe and life on earth that took 20 years to make with the help of Andrew Knoll, who served as the Chief Science Advisor.  A 45 minute IMAX film will release on October 7th and a longer 90 mintue film will release in theatres nationwide. You can find out more about the documentary and Prof. Knoll's role in an interview with...

WIred Magazine UK talks with Pardis Sabeti about her work on genetic data mining and her advocacy for sharing data online, which could lead to a possible cure for Zika.

Congratulations to Hopi Hoekstra elected one of the new members to the GSA Board of Directors for 2017 and 2018.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Gerard Talavera (Naomi Pierce Lab) has published his discovery of mass migration and breeding of the painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) between Europe and central Africa in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

David Des Marais (OEB Research Associate and Senior Fellow of the Arnold Arboretum) has been awarded a grant from the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute to investigate the genetic basis of annual and perennial strategies in plants. David will lead a team of scientists from University of Wisconsin, the University of Vermont, Michigan State University, and the University of Zaragosa (Spain). The team will work with several species in the grass genus Brachpodium growing in the Arnold Arboretum's Weld Hill Research building....

Colloquy, the GSAS alumni magazine, featured an in-depth interview with Graduate student, Callin Switzer (Hopkins Lab) whose PhD work centers around "buzz pollination" -- an unusual method used by bumblebees and other select bee species to liberate pollen from a flower's male anther and in doing so creates a "buzz...

In an interview with Neuron, Bence Ölveczky discusses future directions for studying how the brain learns and generates motor skills.

Gonzalo Giribet and graduate student, Vanessa Knutson are investigating a mysterious purple organism recently found in the Pacific Ocean near California's Channel Islands by E/V Nautilus researchers. The Nautilus team sent samples to Professor Giribet at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, where he is working with Vanessa Knutson to identify the organism. The story is featured on...

Congratulations to Emily Hager (Hoekstra Lab) for receiving an American Society of Mammalogists Grants-in-Aid! The Albert R. and Alma Shadle Fellowship is awarded to a graduate student in recognition of current accomplishments and future potential in Mammalogy. Emily is a graduate student in the lab of Hopi Hoekstra, Curator of Mammalogy in the Museum of...

Postdoc, Valentina Di Santo (Lauder Lab), George Lauder and L. Mahadevan are part of a team of researchers, led by Kevin Kit Parker (SEAS), that created a tiny robot stingray made from gold and rat hearts. The development of the robot ray is the featured cover story in Science Magazine. You can read more about the amazing robot...

Wednesday, April 20th 12-2PM

Sherman Fairchild Courtyard

Please join the FAS Green Program at our next Lab FreeCycle in honor of Earth Day! Need something for your lab or looking to donate usable equipment? Come stop by and take a look! Donations are welcome starting at 9am or email anthony_michetti@harvard.edu.

• Small Benchtop Equipment
• Office Supplies
• Electronics
• Glassware