Congratulations to Zachary Morris (Stephanie Pierce Lab), he has successfully defended his PhD and is now officially Dr. Morris!

Congratulations to Meghan Blumstein (N. Michele Holbrook Lab), she has successfully defended her PhD and is now officially Dr. Blumstein!

A major transition in animal evolution is the origin of bilateral symmetry, which coincided with the evolution of organized nervous systems. Animals with bilateral symmetry are known to prominently feature a complex brain with many different neural cell types located near the front of the animal's head. To understand the appearance of the brain and its diverse neurons studies of the nervous system in animals that diverged early from their ancestor lineage are needed.

In a study...

Read more about Neural Architecture and Regeneration in Three-Banded Panther Worm

Pollination is often a mutual relationship between flowering plants and insects. Understaning how these plants entice diverse insects to pollinate has major implications across evolutionary, ecological, organismal and conservation biology. One mechanism that can provide a window into ancient insect pollination, before the rise of flowering plants, are Cycads. Cycads are primary seed-producing plants and represent one of the oldest lineages of seed plants. These plants rely on insect pollination, yet do not display the colorful visuals that signals to pollinators, which is...

Read more about An ancient push-pull pollination mechanism in cycads

Andrew Berry, Lecturer on Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and highly admired Integrated Biology Undergraduate Advisor sat down with Current Biology for a Q&A.  Read more about An Interview with Andrew Berry

Congratulations to PhD candidate Dakota McCoy (Haig Lab) awarded the Chapman Fellowship for research in vertebrate locomotion for her project, "Cooperation and Conflict in House Mouse Huddles."

Congratulations to Adele Woodmansee (Davis Lab) winner of the 2020 Taliesin Prize for Distinction in the Art of Learning. Taliesin students are explorers: they made bold and insightful course selections; they persevered when they faced roadblocks and curricular challenges; they discovered new fields of inquiry and explored them to their fullest, crafting for themselves a unique undergraduate transcript that... Read more about IB Concentrator Adele Woodmansee Wins 2020 Taliesin Prize

Congratulations to Chinmay Sonawane (Haig Lab) awarded the Captain Jonathan Fay Prize by the Radcliffee Institute. The prize is awarded to the graduating senior who has produced the most outstanding imaginative work or piece of original research in any field. Chinmay won for his project, "A Defence of the Queens of Africa: The Public Health and Economic Benefits of Spotted Hyenas (Crocuta crocuta)."

Congratulations to IB Concentrator Shivani Aggarwal invited to join Phi Beta Kappa in the Junior 24 group.

Congratulations to PhD candidate Kari Taylor-Burt (Biewener Lab) recipient of the Dean Shinagel Exceptional Teaching Assistant Award from Harvard Extension School.

Congratulations to OEB graduate students, postdocs and associates awarded the Spring 2019 Derek Bok Certificates of Distinction and Excellence in Teaching!

Certificates of Distinction for TFs, TAs and CAs: Vanessa Knutson (OEB 11), Shoyo Sato (OEB 51), Abagail Burrus and Catherine Chamberlain (OEB 52), Avantika Mainieri (OEB 53), Nathaniel Edelman (OEB 55), Kadeem Gilbert (OEB 57) Jacob Suissa (OEB 103), Jennifer Austiff (OEB 115), Laura Clerx (OEB 240R), Blake Dickson and Zachary Morris (OEB 207), Eadaoin Harney and...

Read more about Spring 2019 Derek Bok Certificates of Distinction and Excellence in Teaching

Congratulations to PhD candidate Julian Kimura ( Lab) recipient of the 2019 QBio Student Fellowship, supported by the NSF-Simons Center for the Mathematical & Statistical Analysis of Biology at Harvard University.

Congratulations to PhD candidate Austin Garner (Hopkins Lab) recipient of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Graduate Student Council Summer Research Award for his project, "Revealing the evolutionary history of speciation by reinforcement through genetic variation in Phlox flower color."

Congratulations to PhD candidate Austin Garner (Hopkins Lab) recipient of the American Society of Naturalists Student Research Award for his project, "Revealing the evolutionary history of speciation by reinforcement through genetic variation in Phlox flower color."

Congratulations to Liming Cai (Davis Lab), she successfully defended and is now officially Dr. Cai!