The description of three new tropical families of arachnids and a phylogeny of the suborder Laniatores by graduate student Prashant Sharma (Giribet Lab) featured on the cover of Invertebrate Systematics.
Hopi Hoekstra awarded the 2011 Fannie Cox Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching. A faculty committee comprised of members from across the sciences at Harvard recommends recipients based on their ability to inspire students, instill in them a passion for science, and effectively communicate complex ideas. Full Story.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Rowan Barrett's, (Hoekstra Lab) research on mouse coat color and how organisms use pigmentation to adapt to their environment, is featured in the New York Times.
L. Mahadevan and colleagues used developmental experiments, physical models, mathematical theory and computational models to determine what drives the characteristic looping form of the chick gut. Findings published in Nature.
With deep sorrow we learned of the death of our colleague and friend, Navjot Sodhi. He was the 2008-09 Hrdy Fellow in Conservation Biology in OEB. We offer our sincere condolences to his family and friends. Tributes to Navjot Sodhi.
L. Mahadevan studied the abstract artwork of Jackson Pollock and found Pollock's paintings are not accidental patterns, but show deliberateness as the artist explored the coiling aspects of fluid dynamics. The findings are published in Physics Today....
Second International Congress on Invertebrate MorphologyHosted by MCZ, OEB, and HMNH from June 20-23, 2011. This conference connects researchers interested in the morphology and evolution of...