OEB News

Donald PfisterDonald Pfister received the Weston Award for Teaching Excellence at the Mycological Society of America's 2008 Annual Meeting. More
E. O. Wilison"Taking a cue from ants on evolution of humans," the work of Edward O. Wilson is featured in a New York Times story.
Walden PondBrian Langerhans, Liang Liu, Charlie Willis and Santiago Ramirez receive recognition at Evolution 2008 meetings. OEB Department has strong showing. More
Walden PondGrad students Brad Ruhfel and Charles Willis, working with Charles Davis, used Thoreau's Walden Pond plant records to document climate change. Science story
Yun ZhangYun Zhang awarded prestigious Merck Award for her research aimed at understanding learning and the pathology of neurological defects Harvard Gazette story

OEB Faculty Spotlight

Hopi Hoekstra studies the genetics of adaptation and speciation in wild populations.

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OEB Strategic Partners

The Broad Institute is a research collaboration of MIT and Harvard, created to bring the power of genomics to medicine. Dan Hartl, Anne Pringle, Maryellen Ruvolo, Pardis Sabeti and John Wakeley are associate members of the institute.

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OEB Research in Focus:


Current Research Areas


Groundbreaking research in the life sciences is now more interdisciplinary than ever and it is often the case that OEB faculty work in more than one of these areas.

Undergraduate Study


The OEB concentration provides opportunities for students to study biological diversity in the field, whether close to home or abroad.

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Graduate Program


OEB Graduate students participate in collaborative forefront research in their chosen area of study.

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