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Researchers studied adaptations in sexual determination of 50 generations of female/hermaphrodite nematodes (right) and male nematodes (left), and their findings show the worms evolved rapidly to compensate for the effects of harmful mutations. Photos by Chris Chandler. There are many old wives’ tales about what determines a baby’s sex, yet it is the tight controls [...]
Disruptions in the power grid following the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan has caused routine power outages and made scientific research difficult for plant scientists who rely upon uninterrupted refrigeration, growth incubators, sequencers and other complex equipment. The community of plant scientists at Michigan State engaged their network of collaborators in Japan, and extended [...]
Alumnus Meghan Duffy (Ph.D. ’06) and former postdoc Spencer Hall have been awarded the 2010 George Mercer Award from the Ecological Society of America. The award recognizes their research published in American Naturalist in 2008. The paper defines the processes by which two species of parasites affect their host, Daphnia, in different ways. Read more>>
With a $2M NSF grant, Diane Ebert-May is leading a series of workshops to train 200 postdoctoral researchers to teach scientifically. These workshops also support the mentoring component required in NSF grant proposals. See the news release for more information or visit the FIRST website for details on enrolling.
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