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1300 species, 2400 genes, 21 museums, and 40 years

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Tropical regions contain many of the world's species and scientists consider them hotspots due to their immense biological diversity. However, due to limited sampling our knowledge of tropical diversity remains incomplete, making it difficult for...

Researchers discover surprising connection between prehistoric dinosaurs and mammals in their teeth

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When most people think of ferocious, blade-like teeth on prehistoric creatures they picture Smilodon, better known as the saber-toothed tiger. But in the world of dinosaurs, theropods are well known for having blade-like teeth with serrated cutting edges...

The Incredible, Variable Bacteria Living in Your Mouth

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Bacteria often show very strong biogeography – some bacteria are abundant in specific locations while absent from others – leading to major questions when applying microbiology to therapeutics or probiotics: how did the bacteria get into the wrong place...

CAPTUREing Whole-Body 3D movements

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In the last decade, Neuroscientists have made major advances in their quest to study the brain. They can assemble complete wiring diagrams and catalogue the brain's many cell types. They've developed electrode arrays for recording electrical activity in...

Molly Edwards Awarded Vlogbrothers Sponsorship for Science IRL

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Congratulations to PhD candidate Molly Edwards (Kramer Lab) awarded a Vlogbrothers Sponsorship for her YouTube series, Science IRL! The sponsorship will fund a new Science IRL series Molly is producing with Team Halo, a UN initiative whose mission is to...

Nikhil Chari Awarded Harvard Forest LTER

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Congratulations to PhD candidate Nikhil Chari (Taylor Lab) recipient of the Harvard Forest Long Term Ecological Research Program Award for his project “ Assessing the impacts of root exudation on soil mineral-associated organic matter dynamics"

Liming Cai Receives Dorothy M. Skinner Award

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Congratulations to PhD candidate Liming Cai (Davis Lab) recipient of the Dorothy M. Skinner Award from the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology for her presentation, “Deeply altered genome architecture in the iconic endoparasitic flowering plant...

Min Ya Receives Simmons Award

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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."

Min Ya Selected to Serve on Botanical Society of America Committee

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Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Min Ya (Kramer Lab) selected to serve on the Strategic Planning Committee: Professional Development for the Botanical Society of America.

Leg Muscles Shift Their Function According to Need During Cycling

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Andrew Biewener, Charles P. Lyman Professor of Biology and Director of the Concord Field Station, collaborated with colleagues at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, to examine varying muscle functions in humans during different motor activities. The...

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Predicting Shifts in Nature's Lifecycles

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In nature, the timing of recurring annual lifecycle events affects many aspects of the ecosystem and ecology. In trees the timing of a leaf’s developing bud dictates the length of the growing season and carbon cycling, it mediates co mpetition among...