2015

Congratulations to OEB graduate students, postdocs and associates awarded the Fall 2014 Derek Bok Certificates of Distinction and Excellence in Teaching! Certificates of Distinction for TFs, TAs and CAs : Mary Salcedo (LIFESCI 2), Kari Taylor-Burt...

Congratulations to Elena Kramer, named Harvard College Professor! Full Story.

Ben de Bivort's latest paper in Evolution combines computational modeling and lab experiments on Drosophila to find that variability in temperature and light preference likely reflects a bet-hedging strategy to counter seasonal fluctuations.

L. Mahadevan's latest study discovers how to control drying-induced deposition. Full story.

Congratulations to OEB graduate student, Tauana Cunha ( Giribet Lab) for receiving the Graduate Student Research Award (GSRA) from the Society of Systematic Biologists for her project, "Resolving the deep relationships of gastropods with transcriptomics."

Paul Moorcroft's latest paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences introduces a new model that may provide the best look so far at how tropical forests respond to changes in climate. Full Story.

Q&A with Bence Ölveczky featured in Current Biology Magazine. Full Story.

Using automated video and genetic analysis performed in his lab, Benjamin de Bivort explains in a TEDx Talk why individuals behave differently. Watch Here

Bence Ölveczky's latest study published today in Nature shows for the first time that acute manipulations of specific brain regions can have strikingly different effects than permanent lesions of the same areas. Full Story .

The Harvard Museum of Natural History's new Marine Life gallery features the research work of OEB Profs. Peter Girguis , James McCarthy, Gonzalo Giribet and Colleen Cavanugh . MCZ Director and OEB Prof., James Hanken says the new gallery, which took three...