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Biologist Jonathan Losos on ‘How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa’
WU Office of Provost: Pulse Survey 2023-LB News Undergraduate students present their work at research symposium
Genomics expands the mammalverse
Depositing centromere repeats induces heritable intragenic heterochromatin establishment and spreading in Arabidopsis
Integrating neuroplasticity and evolution
Scientists engineer the first light-powered yeast
Our future hangs in the balance: climate change and biodiversity loss
‘Mussel Grubbing’ video screened at World Water Film Festival
Biofuels as petroleum alternatives: Closing the carbon cycle with bacteria
Decoding the chaos of cognition
Hummingbirds use torpor in varying ways to survive cold temps
Secret lives of salamanders
Small flowers focus of big climate research at Missouri Botanical Garden
Bioplastics and back: Bacterial construction and degradation methods
How GPS tracking is helping expand our understanding of Forest Park
WashU great ape, biodiversity research informs decision to expand Congolese park
Office of Undergraduate Research relaunches with more opportunities for students
Plant-specific histone deacetylases associate with ARGONAUTE4 to promote heterochromatin stabilization and plant heat tolerance
When bugs swipe left
Microbes on a chip: How microfluidics can help us better understand and engineer electroactive microbes
Beyond the average cell: Molecular biologists want to know what’s really happening inside individual living cells, not just how the mythical 'average' cell lives
The mystery of the mimic plant
Planting for the future: Arboretum curator Stan Braude shares his goal for the campus landscape as well as for those who enjoy it.
Synthetic biology and microbial electrosynthesis
Forest Park Living Lab: St. Louis scientists collaborate on new study of wildlife in one of America’s greatest urban parks
Displays of Fall Leaves Won’t Change Much with Climate Change, But Leaves May Become Less Brilliant
Birdwatching Has Big Mental-Health Benefits. Here’s How to Start
Slow Birding
Keeping creativity at the heart of science
Kranz laboratory biologists report structure of heme transporter
Mallott's path to microbiome research
Why Fall Color Will Fade
Really watching those birds: ‘slow birding,’ with joan strassmann
Humans Are Hardwired to Cheat. Here’s How We Stop Ourselves.
Diversity Feeds Discovery: Spotlight on Arpita Bose
A disordered domain plays a key role in cell division
Life & Work with Joan Strassmann
Biologist Wang to explore formation and regulation of key organizing complex in animal cells
Spotlight on the Biology Imaging Facility and Director Dianne Duncan
Student-led biotech consulting group brings science beyond the bench
Using electric fish, biologist Carlson to study neuroplasticity and behavioral evolution
Hidden microbiome fortifies animals, plants too
The icing on the cake: Biologist applies epigenetics to challenges in medicine, agriculture
No, autumn leaves are not changing color later because of climate change
Rice Growers Continue to Battle Weedy Enemy
Vagelos Fellowship established to support undergraduate research in biology at WUSTL
Weedy rice has become herbicide resistant through rapid evolution
Sound may be key to separating molecules, cells
Modified nucleotides used in COVID-19 vaccines work as designed
Improving microbial electrosynthesis with novel cathode modifications
Evolution Only Thinks About One Thing, and It’s Crabs
Science research roundup: July and August 2022
Squirrels and the city
A Navajo scientist couldn't translate his work to his family. Now, because of a UW-Madison project he co-founded, he can.
Seedy, not sweet: Ancient melon genome from Libya yields surprising insights into watermelon relative
Retraction with honor
Özpolat talks about regeneration research and science-inspired pottery
The birds and the bees — and the temperature gauge
Does this gopher ‘farm’ the roots it eats?: Root-cropping behavior may represent a kind of husbandry
A bacterium that is not a microbe
Zhong Lab's review article featured in Current Opinion in Plant Biology
Zhong Lab's paper featured in Nature Communications
Best offense is a great defense for some carnivorous plants
Study: Climate change improves violet blooms, but there’s a hitch
Endangered species need help: No biology expertise required
Study points to Armenian origins of ancient crop with aviation biofuel potential
Spatial aspects of biodiversity important for healthy forests
World’s biggest bacterium found in Caribbean mangrove swamp
Climate Change and Common Violets
A piece of the puzzle into climate research: freshwater wetlands microbes
The space between us Missouri Ozarks study narrows in on spatial aspects of biodiversity, homogenization threat to forest ecosystems
Flight, Feathers, and Freedom: What birds mean to us and why we should treat them better.
Nonlethal parasites reduce how much their wild hosts eat, leading to ecosystem effects
Could soil microbes be a solution to the climate crisis?
More than a lab coat: how Project Biodiversify strives to humanize biology
Canid conservation program launched
Climate Change Is Shrinking Animals, Especially Bird-Brained Birds
Brains and brawn helped crows and ravens take over the world
Biotech and beyond
From rare soil microbe, a new antibiotic candidate
Biology instructors bring the Undergraduate Research Symposium to the classroom
Into the wild
Big-Brained Birds Aren't Shrinking As Much With Climate Change
Smith talks about engaging in research and presenting at the Undergraduate Research Symposium
Environmental researchers celebrate Earth Month all year
Architecture, biology and ‘Cellular Transformations’
Molecular ‘blueprint’ illuminates how plants perceive light
Daylight saving time year-round would make our lives worse, Wash U expert says
Renner edits special issue on separate sexes in plants
New model predicts how geographic features influence evolutionary outcomes
The Senate Just Voted for You to Get Less Sleep, Expert Says
The NYC Squirrel Census is back with new results — and a toll-free number
Smaller-brained birds shrink in response to climate change, Wash U study finds
Why Do Lizards Do Pushups? 7 Strange Facts You Didn't Know About the Reptiles
A predator could have sent hundreds of blackbirds crashing to their death in Mexico
Decarbonization with microbial electrosynthesis
Sneaky male guppies affect food web dynamics
How birds are adapting to climate crisis-CNN
Brainy birds may fare better under climate change
Herzog to test how cortical neurons, hormones regulate daily patterns of behavior
Seed production, recruitment affect how trees are migrating due to climate change
Student of sleep: A profile of Lizzie Tilden
From Microbes to the Climate Crisis: An Interview with Microbiology Professor Arpita Bose
Microbial electrosynthesis for sustainable bioproduction
A pathway emerges Biologists describe structure and function of a heme transport and assembly machine
Science research roundup: November and December 2021
Using microbes to make carbon neutral fuel
Wild turkeys among us
The arsenal of molecular biology to combat the climate crisis
How St. Louis scientists are hunting for the next generation of tick-borne viruses
No, St. Louis is not arriving later at peak fall foliage. A biologist explains why
Why is the North American fall so red, compared with Europe?
Microbial electrosynthesis for sustainable bioproduction
Using microbes to make carbon-neutral fuel
WashU Expert: Time to retire daylight saving time
Islands are cauldrons of evolution: Study explores adaptation in island, mainland anoles
First artificial scaffolds for studying plant cell growth
Why do affluent St. Louis areas host more wildlife? Blame the 'luxury effect'
Islands are cauldrons of evolution: Study explores adaptation in island, mainland anoles
The new-new kids on the block: hybrid lizards
‘Fight or flight’ – unless internal clocks are disrupted, study in mice shows
These Bacteria Steal from Iron and Could Be Secretly Helping to Curb Climate Change
Hot topic: Fire and biodiversity in the Missouri Ozarks
Behold the humble water flea, locked in a battle of mythological proportions
Dr Arpita Bose – Harnessing Microbes to Produce Sustainable Plastics and Biofuels
Missouri Wetlands Could Hold Smallest Weapon For Fighting Climate Change
This Wasp Nest of Mine, I’m Gonna Let It Shine
Wash U Biologist Explains How Lizards Evolved For Specialized Life In Trees
More Fun Than Fun: Plants Also Have Their Social Lives and Family Disputes
For larger, older trees, it’s all downhill from here
White clover’s toxic tricks traced to its hybridization
This Fish Is The Master Of The Poignant Pause
In search of refuge Researchers look at whether Ozark oases at Tyson Research Center — climate change refugia — could help species persist in spite of rising temperatures.
Which Butterflies Might Go Extinct From Climate Change? Ask This Brazilian Scientist!
A brief history of the cabbage butterfly’s evolving tastes
Discovery of CO2-absorbing bacteria in Missouri bolsters wetlands’ importance in combating climate change
What’s Holding Streptomyces Back from Producing Gene-Encoding Drugs?
Sticky toes unlock life in the trees
An ecologist and an engineer come together to create Robotany: a portable, low-cost platform for precise automated aerial imaging of field plots
Depth of perception: In plant cells, a conserved mechanism for perceiving mechanical force resides in unexpected location
When stubborn bugs refuse to make drugs
A bubble of air lets some lizards breathe underwater
Human activity imperils one of the Earth's great survivalists: dragonflies
The argument for switching off lights at night
Climate crisis causing male dragonflies to lose wing ‘bling’, study finds
Dragonflies are losing their wing color because of climate change, study shows
From pigeon stalker to squirrel chaser: Elizabeth Carlen studies urban wildlife in St. Louis
At Tyson, a track record of bringing diverse voices into the field
Male dragonflies lose their ‘bling’ in hotter climates: Less pigmentation keeps them cool, but could make it difficult to find a mate
Living Earth Collaborative announces 2021 seed grant recipients
New time lapse videos from Jeanette Goldfarb Plant Growth facility
The metamorphosis of a bug girl into a slime mold expert
These Bacteria Could Help Fight Climate Change, A 'Serendipitous' Finding
Electricity-eating bacteria could help oceans absorb more carbon, study finds
Arpita Bose: Finding collaborative solutions in surprising places
Fish Use Dramatic Pauses Too, Wash U Professor Finds
Shrinking to survive: Bacteria adapt to a lifestyle in flux
If I never knew you: Australian reptiles highlight urgent need for taxonomic research in the fight against biodiversity loss
Spotlight Series: Jonathan Myers & the Tyson Research Center FDP of the Ozark Highlands
Tiny Electricity Eating Marine Microbes with a Big Job - Carbon Sequestration In Marine Wetlands
Where Did Watermelon Come From?
A ‘jolt’ for ocean carbon sequestration: Electricity-eating bacteria in marine sediments may play role in combating climate change
More than half of Caribbean lizards and snakes disappeared after Europeans arrived
Can Electric Fish Talk Like Obama?
Electric fish — and humans — pause before communicating key points
A seedy slice of history: Watermelons actually came from northeast Africa
Made in the shade or fun in the sun: New insights into how phytochromes help plants sense and react to light, temperature
Can scientists help insects survive their fatal attraction to light at night?
Heme is not just for Impossible Burgers
Brood X cicadas emerge in a rapidly changing world
Climate Change Is Resetting The Clock For Missouri Wildflowers. Will It Affect Their Survival?
Meacham, Bose receive university’s first DEPSCoR grant since 1996
Biology undergrad Zi'Onay Walker receives ABmR sponsorship
Bio 500 Research Spotlight: Kristen Reikersdorfer on the Hengen Lab
Plant sex chromosomes defy evolutionary models
Beehives Are Held Together by Their Mutual Gut Microbes
Mountain high: Andean forests have high potential to store carbon under climate change
Scene Rooted in St. Louis: The Ethnobotanical Work of Professor Memory Elvin-Lewis
A love of microbiology leads Postdoc Sarah Anderson to the Levin Lab
The body’s daily clock may influence cancer treatment success
Chemo for glioblastoma may work better in morning than evening
A tale of two forests could reveal path forward for saving endangered lemurs
Coastal lupine faces specific extinction threat from climate change
Yes, spring flowers are blooming earlier. It might confuse bees
Sarah Beagle joins Levin lab to ask how microbes adapt to environmental changes
Bio 500 Research Spotlight: Michelle Pollowitz on the Penczykowski Lab
Diversity in nature and academia
Rooted in St. Louis: The WU greenhouse, where plants never die
Bio 500 Spotlight on the Kranz Lab by Eka Jose and Ethan Lowder
Bio 500 Spotlight on the Herzog Lab by Ellie Sapiro
Eleanor Pardini talks about childhood, environmental research and public service
Building a better green workhorse
Bio 500 Spotlight on the Gordon/López-Sepulcre Lab by Shayna Rosenbloom
Biologist Dixit awarded $2M to study dynamics of intracellular scaffolds
Michael Landis: Evolutionary radiations along the Hawaiian conveyor belt
Orange is the new ‘block’: Structure reveals key features that help block excess light absorption during photosynthesis
Seeking to avoid ‘full lockdown,’ cells monitor ribosome collisions
American Society for Cell Biology member profile: Ursula Goodenough
Rare Iridescent Snake Discovered in Vietnam
Discovery against all odds: Rita Levi-Montalcini
From mountain biking to mice brains
In fire-prone West, plants need their pollinators — and vice versa
The future of STEM education: engaging our undergraduates in doing science
Wash U Professor Erik Herzog Explains Why Daylight Saving Time Is Bad For Us
Andrés López-Sepulcre on guppies and eco-evolutionary theory
From strawberry poison dart frogs to Trinidadian guppies
Rising higher than ever – where the electricity eating microbes and hunters are now
What cold lizards in Miami can tell us about climate change resilience
Micro-climates may help save plant species as global temperatures rise
‘Honey bee, it’s me’ Study: Gut bacteria is key to bee ID
Sicker livestock may increase climate woes Vicious cycle: More parasites means higher emissions of potent greenhouse gas
Hengen awarded $1.8M to study sleep’s contribution to brain function
Undergraduate research is for everyone
Living Earth Collaborative announces 2020 seed grant recipients
Plants without cellular recycling systems get creative in the dark
Ancient Python Lays Eggs, Apparently Without Male Help
Early infection makes plants more vulnerable to later infection
Arpita Bose: Creating plastics from electricity with “Biobatteries”
Going below the surface at Tyson Research Center
Once infected, twice infected
An Avian Dilemma — How Birds Are Hijacking Others' Nests To Raise Their Young
Meet the hedge fund managers of avian world: Faced with uncertainty, brood parasites literally lay eggs in more baskets
Resilience: a summer 2020 case study
Zeroing out their own zap: Time-shifted inhibition helps electric fish ignore their own signals
Meet Lizard Man, a reptile-loving biologist tackling some of the biggest questions in evolution
Jeanette Goldfarb Plant Growth Facility Updates
Olin Library Updates
The events of the COVID-19 pandemic according to a 4th-year grad student
Whether cultivating roses or studying cassava, Black botanists are in the spotlight this week
Alan Templeton interviewed on St. Louis on the Air
Bruce Carlson promoted to professor of biology
Revolution Medicines Reports New Application of Tri-Complex Modality for “Undruggable” Protein Targets and Announces License to Ginkgo Bioworks to Explore Potential Use Against Novel Coronavirus
An ion channel senses cell swelling and helps cells to choose a response
WashU Expert: ‘Extinction crisis even worse than realized’
How to build better highways in plants
New Profs in the Age of COVID19 - @swannegordon
The mystery of the great naked mole-rat migration
Wolf spiders may turn to cannibalism in a warming Arctic
Lizards develop new ‘love language’ Animal chemical signals shift after only four generations
With on-campus lab work halted, researchers forge ahead
Biology undergrad Ethan Weiner talks about Bio 500 research in the Haswell Lab
$1.2M grant to study evolution of Central American lizards
How ‘undertaker’ bees recognize dead comrades
Weedy rice is unintended legacy of Green Revolution
Hot time in the city: Urban lizards evolve heat tolerance
Rice, know thy enemy: NSF grants $2.6M to study weedy invader
Patrizia d’Ettorre joins the WashU biology department as Clark Way Harrison Visiting Professor
Birds of a feather better not together: 'Homogenization’ threatens ecosystems at larger geographic scales
Genomics Reveals How Humans Can Inadvertently Drive Plant Mimicry
New grant awards in the Biology Department
Arts & Sciences students, alumni among finalists for Skandalaris award
Naked mole rats migrate above ground with no help from the moon
A bird’s-eye view of global health
Course Spotlight: Student Experience with Bio 472 Behavioral Ecology
Faculty Spotlight: Michael Landis, Assistant Professor of Biology
St. Louis Wildlife Project Captures The Day-To-Day Of Region’s Wild Animals
New Biology Faculty Member Michael Landis
Haswell Lab continues legacy of Quatrano Lab’s moss research at Wash U
The Clock Inside-Erik Herzog on NPR's Science Friday
Grain traits traced to ‘dark matter’ of rice genome
And then there was light Arts & Sciences researchers provide new insights on the photoconversion mechanism of phytochromes
Four ways to curb light pollution, save bugs Insects have experienced global declines. Flipping the switch can help.
Faculty Spotlight: Swanne Gordon, Assistant Professor of Biology
Straight from the source: Arts & Sciences researchers discover novel process microbes use to harvest electrons
Getting to know Tyson's plant disease research team
This year, let’s make standard time permanent
Dr. Elizabeth Haswell: Researching How Plant Cells Sense and Respond to Internal Forces-#524 of People Behind the Science Podcast
This Strange Rule Is What Makes the Human Brain So Powerful
Why Spraying Saltwater On Roads Could Save Missouri Money And Reduce Runoff
New England winters are on the decline due to climate change, study says
These Microbes ‘Eat’ Electrons for Energy
NSF funds research on nitrogen fixation
Brain tunes itself to criticality, maximizing information processing
Brave new world Simple changes in intensity of weather events "could be lethal," researcher says
How Cities Reshape the Evolutionary Path of Urban Wildlife
Hiding in plain sight: Early rice farmers unwittingly selected for weedy imposters, Arts & Sciences biologists find
Can we kill superbugs before they kill us?
Science Research Roundup August 2019
U.S. Mosquitoes Are Laying 'Time Capsule' Eggs That Can Outlast Colder Winters
Mosquitoes push northern limits with time-capsule eggs to survive winters
Big brains or big guts: Choose one Alternate ecological strategies help birds survive unpredictable conditions
Missouri researchers study golf course grass to address agricultural challenges
In Defense Of Naked Mole Rats And What We Can Learn From Them
WashU Expert: Proposed changes will stamp out ‘countless species’
Caught on camera Wildlife of greater St. Louis area comes into focus in new biodiversity project
Sticky proteins help plants know when — and where — to grow New research uncovers a mechanism that keeps hormone auxin in its place
Rethinking seizures associated with cardiac disease: Fly study suggests neuronal gene malfunction, not oxygen deprivation, is behind long QT seizures
Interning local: Universal experience, valuable skills Undergraduates find meaningful summer work in our own backyard
Strange Evolution: the Weird Future of Life on Earth
‘Antibacterial’ Chemical in Consumer Products Causes More Harm by Making Bacteria Stronger
Putting the brakes on lateral root development: Arts & Sciences research could help plants better cope with distinct soil conditions and environments
Neural Networks and Variance, the Implications for Disease-Futuretech Podcast featuring Keith Hengen
Mustering a milder mustard Scientists reveal protein responsible for a bitter taste. But will it help us to eat our greens?
James Stroud of Losos Lab: Tropical Ecology Field Research
Dear Scientists: Please Make a Version of Stevia That Isn’t Gross
Bison overlooked in domestication of grain crops
Mosquitoes are out in force across St. Louis, but some species pose bigger risks than others
Gearing up for the Midwestern Collegiate Climate Summit
Structuring sweetness: What makes Stevia so sweet? The molecular madness that makes an herb 200 times sweeter than sugar
Petra Anne Levin: Current Biology
Two students will join the Bose Lab this summer through US Army funding
A tale of two skeeters Tyson Research Center biologists discover something positive about an invasive mosquito species
Michael Bloomberg announces Midwestern Collegiate Climate Summit
Mather wins Harrison D. Stalker Award
Hsu wins Spector Prize
Chin wins Quatrano Prize
Expanding solar power at Tyson Research Center: Three McKelvey School of Engineering students design sustainable power system for Tyson
Can Wearing ‘Well Fashion’ Really Improve Your Health?
Pregnancy shifts the daily schedule forward: New study finds both schedule, activity level changes in normal full-term pregnancies
The kids are alright: Family quarrels in seeds reveal the ways parents and offspring sometimes evolve in conflicting directions
Specialist enzymes make E. coli antibiotic resistant at low pH
Warming pushes lobsters and other species to seek cooler homes
Tidying up: A new way to direct trash to autophagy Researchers find new way to clean up cells; discovery could aid attack on human disease
Creating sustainable bioplastics from electricity-eating microbes
Rusted root: Weedy rice repeatedly evolves ‘cheater’ root traits
Study shows how electricity-eating microbes use electrons to fix carbon dioxide
Bose Lab publishes new paper in Nature Communications
Sinking really low – the story of a microbe, electricity and carbon dioxide
Washington People: Erik Herzog
Blodgett awarded CAREER grant to study biosynthetic silence
Germ-Killing Chemical Shields Bacteria From Antibiotics
WashU Expert: The eternal sunshine of perennial ‘wintertime’: Abandoning daylight saving time makes public health sense
Bose receives US Army grant
Blodgett receives CAREER grant from NSF
Chemical added to consumer products impairs response to antibiotic treatment: Triclosan added to toothpaste, mouthwash to kill bacteria inadvertently makes such cells stronger
Earning a bee’s wings: In hives, graduating to forager a requirement for social membership
Arctic Wolf Spider’s Changing Diet May Help Keep Arctic Cool & Lessen Some Impacts of Global Warming
Tamed Conflict: How evolutionary biologists attempt to make sense of the existence of organisms from first principles
WashU Expert: Mosquitoes and ticks do better in extreme cold than we do
Bio 500 Research Spotlight: Samuel Kim on the Kummer Lab
Purple reigns
Biology Professor Highlights Active Learning in Science Education
Plant’s recycling system important in sickness and in health
Should Evolution Treat Our Microbes as Part of Us?
Bio 500 Research Spotlight: Kevin Yin on the Rentschler Lab
Getting to know the humans of Tyson
New maps hint at how electric fish got their big brains
Replaying the tape of life: Is it possible?
Bio 500 Research Spotlight: Benjamin French on the Elgin Lab
Erik Herzog on Daylight Savings Time
Bio 500 Research Spotlight: Hannah White on the Perlmutter Lab
Richard D. Vierstra receives NIH grant
Dr. Himadri Pakrasi receives U.S. Department of Energy grant
Monkey DNA may solve mysteries, help conservation
Faculty Spotlight: Joseph Jez, Biology Chair
Interview with undergrad Daniel Berkovich about the American Society of Plant Biologists SURF
Sunsetting of PARC
In sync: How cells make connections could impact circadian rhythm
A path to diversity in neuroscience
Bacteria in a changing environment
Jez Lab receives NSF grant to collaborate with Maeda Lab at UW-Madison
Leggy lizards don’t survive the storm
Warming alters predator-prey interactions in the Arctic
Researchers engineer bacteria that create fertilizer out of thin air
Jet Lag: trips across time zones may get a bit easier
VIP neurons hold master key to jet lag response
A New Species in Forest Park
Bugged out by climate change
Sustaining life on Earth
WashU Spaces: Keith Hengen
Yehuda Ben-Shahar awarded $770,000 by the National Science Foundation
Making Drugs From Bugs
Is Daylight Saving Time necessary? And, why ‘springing ahead’ is harder than ‘falling back’
Keeping plant-cell motors on track
(Daylight Saving) Time is not on your side
Arms races and cooperation among amoebae in the wild
The Secret Lives of Plants
Large-scale removal of beachgrass leads to new life for endangered coastal lupine
Could tiny green creatures provide clues for how to create a more sustainable future?
Becoming a biotech explorer
2 St. Louis plant scientists dig deep into the struggles of research
Arpita Bose receives a $40,000 collaboration initiation grant
Plotting the path of plant pathogens
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