Postdoc, James Crall joined former PhD student, Callin Switzer ('17, Hopkins Lab) and OEB professors, Benjamin de Bivort and Naomi Pierce to investigate the effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on the bumblebee's nest behavior. Previous studies showed the pesticides reduced colony size, but how the reduction occurred was not known. In their study published in Science...

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Congratulations to Scott Edwards and colleagues awarded the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Dimensions of Biodiversity program fund for their project, "US-BIOTA-Sao Paulo: Traits as predictors of adaptive diversification along the Brazilian Dry Diagonal." Edward's project is one of 10 new projects NSF is investing over $18 million to... Read more about Scott Edwards and Colleagues Awarded NSF's Dimensions of Biodiversity Funding

Congratulations to Prof. Peter Girguis, who will receive the 2018 Lowell Thomas Award at the October 27th Awards dinner at the Museum of Science. Read more about Peter Girguis Receives 2018 Lowell Thomas Award

Congratulations to Javier Ortega-Hernández, granted the distinction of Investigador Nacional Nivel 1 (National Researcher Level I) by the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (National System of Researcher). The award from the Government of Mexico is for excellence in scientific production. Read more about Javier Ortega-Hernández Granted National Researcher Level I

A new study led by postdoctoral researcher, Katrina Jones (S. Pierce Lab) and Stephanie Pierce suggests the makeup of a spine is one more characteristic that defines a mammal. The research, published in the September 21 issue of Science, shows mammal backbones are different than the vertebra of most four-legged animals in that it is made up of different sections - neck, thorax, and lower back - that take on different shapes and...

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Congratulations to OEB graduate students, postdocs and associates awarded the spring 2018 Derek Bok Certificate of Distinction in Teaching!

Graduate Students: Izzy Baker (MCB 64), Meghan Blumstein (OEB 50), Liming Cai (OEB 103), Blake Dickson (OEB 217R), Nathan Edelman (OEB 230), Morgan Furze (OEB 52), Phillip Grayson (OEB 50), Nicholas Herrmann (OEB 57), Miriam Johnston (OEB 157), Vanessa Knutson (OEB 51), Mara Laslo (OEB 167), Avantika Mainieri (OEB 57), Anju Manandhar (ESPP 90Y), Ya Min (OEB 52), Sofia Prado-Irwin (OEB 167), Jonathan Schmitt (OEB 190...

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L. Mahadevan and PhD students, Jacob Peters ('18) and Mary Salcedo (Mahadevan Lab) teamed with Prof. Orit Peleg, Colorado University-Boulder, to research the collective mechanical adaptation in honeybee swarms. The study, published in Nature Physics, shows the swarm of bees act as a superorganism that responds to physical stress by changing shape. Using both physical experiments and computer modeling, the team showed that the inverted cone...

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