In nature, the timing of recurring annual lifecycle events affects many aspects of the ecosystem and ecology. In trees the timing of a leaf’sdeveloping bud dictates the length of the growing season and carbon cycling, it mediates competition among plants and controls interactions with pests and pathogens.
The timing of spring buds developing in woody plants – trees, shrubs – is mainly controlled by environmental cues...
The oceans contain 97% of Earth's water, and host the most disparate ecosystems on the planet. OEB 119 provides an introduction to deep ocean habitats, macrofauna and microorganisms. And this semester, Professor Peter Girguis is taking students to the ocean online! Prof. Girguis has led multiple cruises as Chief Scientist with Schmidt Ocean aboard the R/V Falkor.
Enjoy a video about OEB 119 created by the Derek Bok Center:
The new Smith Family Foundation Odyssey Award was created in 2017 to fuel creativity and innovation in junior investigators in the basic sciences. The Award supports the...
For the past five years, Prof Javier Ortega-Hernández and Prof. Yu Liu, Yunnan University, China have collaborated to learn more about arthropod evolution by using micro-CT scanning to create 3D models of fossils and view details that would be impossible to see otherwise. Their work was recently covered by the Harvard Gazette...
Mallard ducks are capable of performing a wide range of behaviors including nearly vertical takeoffs from both land and water. The hindlimb plays a key role during takeoffs for both; however, the amount of force needed differs in fluid and solid environments. In a new paper in the Journal of Experimental Biology, recent graduate Kari Taylor-Burt (PhD '20) and Prof. Andrew Biewener hypothesize that hindlimb joint motion and muscle shortening are faster...
How do you do botany fieldwork for a course during COVID when classes are online? Prof. Charles Davis developed an online botany course, Plant Biodiversity in the Digital Age, taught at the University of Michigan. Instead of conducting research at the University's ...
Congratulations to PhD student Katherine Angier (N. Pierce Lab) appointed Ashford Fellow in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The Theodore H. Ashford Graduate Fellowships in the Sciences are given annually to a select group of the most talented prospective students in the sciences. Read more about Katherine Angier Appointed Ashford Fellow
Congratulations to PhD candidate Anju Manandhar (Holbrook Lab) recipient of the 2020-21 Simmons Award from Harvard Center for Biological Imaging for her project, "Structural and Mechanical Characterization of Stomatal Movement".
Congratulations to PhD candidate Min Ya (Kramer Lab) recipient of the 2020-21 Simmons Award from Harvard Center for Biological Imaging for her project, "Live confocal imaging in Aquilegia floral meristem."