Congratulations to Naomi Pierce recipient of the 35th International Prize for Biology! This year's Prize was awarded in the field of the Biology of Insects. Read more about Naomi Pierce Awarded the International Prize for Biology

L. Mahadevan's latest study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers insight into treatments for diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other diseases in which protein aggregation (misfolded proteins clump together) is implicated. While the role of protein aggregation is not fully understood, many current treatments target the aggregation process. However, finding the right treatment protocols for these drugs is challenging....

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Why do clever New Caledonian crows use tools? PhD student Cody McCoy's latest study in Current Biology suggest that it might be partially for the same reasons we play chess and solve crosswords: it's fun! To improve the emotional states of captive animals, we should give them complex, species-specific enrichment....

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Congratulations to Hopi Hoekstra recipient of the 2019 C. Hart Merriam Award from the American Society of Mammalogists! The award, established in 1974 to honor outstanding research contributions to mammalogy, is the highest research award presented by the American Society of Mammalogists.

 

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Dolphin skin has long inspired research on drag reduction mechanisms due to the presence of skin ridges that could reduce fluid resistance. Prof. George Lauder and PhD student, Dylan Wainwright (Lauder Lab) collected in vivo three-dimensional surface data on the skin from five species of odontocetes (cetaceans that includes dolphins, porpoises, and all other whales possessing teeth) to quantitatively examine skin texture, including the presence and size of ridges.

Lauder, Wainwright and team molded the skin of live...

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Congratulations to Javier Ortega-Hernández and Rudy-Lerosey Aubril (Research Associate, Ortega-Hernández lab) awarded the William F. Milton Fund for their project, "Revealing the nearshore cradle of animal evolution: a new exceptionally preserved soft-bodied fossil biota from the early Cambrian of British Columbia." 

The award will support the study of a new...

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Congratulations to Pardis Sabeti awarded the 2019 Merck Future Insight Prize in recognition of her identifying innovative genetic technologies for detection and therapy of infectious diseases!  Read more about Pardis Sabeti Awarded the 2019 Merck Future Insight Prize