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Supportive Moms and Sisters Boost Female Baboon’s Rank
July 30, 2014
A study of dominance in female baboons suggests that the route to a higher rank is to maintain close ties with mom, and to have lots of...
Committee Selected to Lead Search for New Arts & Sciences Dean
January 08, 2015
Sociology Professor Angela O'Rand will lead a committee tasked with conducting a national search for a new dean of Trinity...
Crowdfunding for Azolla Fern Research Hits Target
July 02, 2014
A Chinese biotech firm has pushed biology professor Kathleen Pryer and her team over the top in their quest to fund the sequencing of the...
Julian Kimura: Evolutionary Paths of the Sea Urchin and the Sand Dollar
June 30, 2014
Junior Julian Kimura came to Duke with an interest in developmental biology and he found a home on his first day at the university in the...
Mitchell Lee: Student Studies New Processes for Gene Expression
June 27, 2014
Before biologists can understand the role of specific genes, they have to be able to determine whether those genes are "on or off." Howard...
Going Public With Research Funding
June 19, 2014
Oh, the people you will meet when raising money for science. Biology professor Kathleen Pryer knows this now, after first writing an op-ed...
Scientists Uncover Navigation System Used by Cancer, Nerve Cells
August 25, 2014
Duke University researchers have found a ”roving detection system” on the surface of cells that may point to new ways of treating diseases...
Johnsen's Book wins PROSE Award
April 01, 2015
Biology professor Sönke Johnsen's second book, "Visual Ecology," has been awarded a PROSE Award by the Association of American Publishers...
Lead Author Learned to Love Research at Duke
August 14, 2014
When Bob Cieri first arrived at Duke, he envisioned becoming an ecologist who worked in the field, not someone who’d flourish in a lab. All...
Traveling Across America on a Tandem Bike
August 12, 2014
Nearly three months of pedaling took Duke biology professor Kathleen Smith and her husband over the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia,...
Cassidy Pomeroy-Carter: Studying Creatures Great and Small
September 05, 2014
From whales to lemurs, senior Cassidy Pomeroy-Carter is using animal research experiences at Duke to prepare her for a future in...