Archive: News Story
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Biology professors land more than $10 million in grants
The Georgetown College Department of Biology has enjoyed a successful summer: 10 professors in the department have received research grants totaling more than $10 million from…
October 5, 2018
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NSF Awards go to Grad Students Researching Cancer, Cognition, Salt Marshes
Georgetown student Jewel Lipps, who is pursuing her Ph.D. in biology and three other Georgetown Ph.D. candidates in psychology, biology, and tumor biology have been selected by…
July 31, 2018
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Georgetown Researchers provide Fresh Insights into the Evolution of Menopause in Long-Lived Mammals
In a new study of bottlenose dolphins, biology Ph.D. candidates, post-docs, and professor Janet Mann found that, even though survival of offspring decreases as mothers age, the…
July 18, 2018
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Singer’s Lab Receives a Grant to Study The Immune Response to Giardia
Congratulations to Steven Singer and his lab for receiving a $465,000 grant from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease to study the immune response to …
May 10, 2018
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Niteace wins best poster award at the Society for Developmental Biology meeting
Everyone has heard of the scientific method. Many scientists have performed the scientific method over and over, designing experiments and analyzing data. However, a major part…
May 1, 2018
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Amy Battocletti receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
The NFS fellowship comes as recognition of a dedication to the field of biology and research on the impact of genetic variation within plant species in salt marsh.…
May 1, 2018
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Shweta Bansal receives NSF Grant to study infectious disease transmission
The National Science Foundation is helping Bansal to follow through with her research and uncover the truth in the spreading of infectious.…
May 1, 2018
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Biology professor Leslie Ries is using one of her three National Science Foundation grants on research
Biology professor Leslie Ries uses one of her three National Science Foundation grants to do research on…
March 14, 2018
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Ries Receives Three Grants for Ecological Research
Biology professor Leslie Ries has recently received 3 grants from the National Science Foundation to analyze the springtime emergence patterns of plants, insects and birds, to…
March 12, 2018