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Three Duke Biologists Among Most Highly-Cited Researchers
January 14, 2016
Congratulations to Philip Benfey, Xinnian Dong and Tai-Ping Sun for making it to the Thomson-Reuters List of Highly-Cited Researchers for...
Exciting New Research from Sherwood Lab!
January 13, 2016
David Sherwood and David Matus (former postdoc in the Sherwood Lab, now at SUNY-Stony Brook) have published exciting new findings abouta...
We Mourn the Passing of Professor Diana Nemergut
January 05, 2016
The Biology Department mourns the death of Professor Diana Nemergut on December 31, 2015. We offer our condolences to her husband, Alan...
Broverman's work featured by Huffington Post
December 08, 2015
Huffington Post contributor Sonia Thompson highlighted Sherryl Broverman's work with WISER (Women's Institute of Secondary Education and...
Is Mantis Shrimp Research a Waste of Money? How 'Wastebook' Misses the Big Picture
December 15, 2015
Camouflaged Cuttlefish Employ Electrical Stealth
December 15, 2015
When you’re as soft and delicious as a cuttlefish, evading predators is a full-time job. Not only do these squid-like creatures employ...
Duke Flags Lowered: Biomechanics Pioneer Steven Vogel Dies
December 14, 2015
Duke biologist Steven Vogel, whose eclectic research interests ranged from flying insects and fluttering leaves to swimming squid and...
With deep sadness
November 25, 2015
The Biology Department regrets to announce the passing of Emeritus Professor Steven Vogel on November 24, 2015. Teacher, researcher,...
Sherwood Lab reveals important feature of invading cells
November 03, 2015
Dave Sherwood's lab has a new paper in Developmental Cell (October 26, 2015), "Invasive Cell Fate Requires G1 Cell-Cycle Arrest and Histone...
Julie Reynolds Leads $3 million NSF Writing-to-Learn Project
October 02, 2015
Julie Reynolds is the lead investigator on a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation awarded to Duke, the University of...
‘Tree of Life’ for 2.3 Million Species Released
September 21, 2015
A first draft of the “tree of life” for the roughly 2.3 million named species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes -- from platypuses to...
Lutzoni Lab Wins $2.5 Million Grant from NSF
September 17, 2015
The Lutzoni lab and their collaborators have been awarded a $2.5 million GoLife grant from the National Science Foundation to fill the...
Lutzoni Receives NSF Grant for Fungal Genealogy
September 21, 2015
Biology professor Francois Lutzoni and Co-PI Jolanta Miadlikowska have been awarded $735,285 as part of a $2.5 million collaborative GoLife...
Lichens Make Sunscreen! says Former Lutzoni Postdoc
September 03, 2015
Ester Gaya, formerly a postdoc in the Lutzoni Lab and now a Research Leader at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has published some of the...
Cari Ficken Wins Best Student Presentation Award at ESA
August 26, 2015
Grad Student Cari Ficken (Wright Lab) received the New Phytologist Best Student Presentation Award at the Ecological Society of America's...
Laurie Stevison Wins John Maynard Smith Prize 2014
August 19, 2015
Laurie Stevison, alumna of the Noor Lab, was awarded the John Maynard Smith Prize 2014 at the recent meeting of the European Society for...
Ko-Hsuan Chen Receives MSA Graduate Fellowship
August 12, 2015
Graduate student Ko-Hsuan Chen (Lutzoni Lab) has received a Graduate Fellowship from the Mycological Society of America. Only two of these...
‘Caveman Instincts’ May Favor Baritone Politicians
August 10, 2015
When political candidates give a speech or debate an opponent, it’s not just what they say that matters -- it’s also how they say it. A new...
Starvation Effects Handed Down for Generations
August 06, 2015
Starvation early in life can alter an organism for generations to come, according to a new study in roundworms. The effects are what Duke...
Plant Light Sensors Came From Ancient Algae
July 28, 2015
The light-sensing molecules that tell plants whether to germinate, when to flower and which direction to grow were inherited millions of...