Hopi Hoekstra and lab members, Heidi Fisher (former postdoc), Emily Jacobs-Palmer (former graduate student) and Jean-Marc Lassance's (research associate) new study in Nature Communcations, compares two closely related species, the deer mouse (peromyscus maniculatus) and the oldfield mouse (P. polionotus), and finds the promiscuous deer mouse has a gene that makes their sperm faster and...
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.
Naomi Pierce is one of five grant recipients of the second cycle of grants awarded from the Harvard Global Insititute (HGI). HGI grants are designed to support research initiatives that develop innovative solutions to global problems by...
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...
