Archive: News Story
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Personalities and Pods: Mann Lab publishes first-of-its-kind study about dolphin personality traits!
Dolphins are amazing, intelligent animals–but do they have stable personality traits? In the Mann lab, this question was the motivation for groundbreaking research about…
July 13, 2021
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Avian Ecologist Emily Williams was featured in the Associated Press!
People (and birds!) around the country are chattering about Emily Williams, an ecologist in the Marra Lab, and her work on tracking the American Robin. Using advanced trackers…
June 10, 2021
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The Sound of Success: Paige Brooks from the Coate Lab receives an NIH grant for her research!
The Biology Department congratulates Paige Brooks, a graduate researcher in the Coate Lab, on receiving a Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Award from the NIH! The…
June 10, 2021
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A Bio Major’s Mission to Mars!
Laura Ratliff, a graduating senior and Biology major, has an internship that is out of this world! As a member of the Mars Exploration Program at NASA, Ratliff is putting her…
May 27, 2021
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Awards, Awards, Awards!
Georgetown Biology is home to unique and exceptional biologists! Here are some of the amazing awards that members of the department received this spring. Congratulations to Jewel…
May 24, 2021
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Cicadas are back, cicadas are snacks!
Now that summer is here, Brood X, a brood of cicadas that have lain dormant for 17 years, is finally emerging! Loud, numerous, and nutritious, these cicadas are actually edible!…
May 24, 2021
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Professors Jeff Huang and Sarah Johnson named 2021 Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professors!
Congratulations are in order! Here in the Biology Department, we have an incredible family of Professors who do amazing research and teach engaging classes. We are so proud to…
March 26, 2021
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Brinsmade Lab welcomes Marcelle Ferreira, their newest PhD student!
Last week, Marcelle Ferreira, a first-year graduate student in the Brinsmade Lab hailing from Brazil, arrived at Georgetown and began settling into the lab! At the Federal…
March 18, 2021
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Four is a flock: The Marra Lab publishes four papers!
In the past few months, the Marra Lab published four new papers in four different scientific journals! Led by ornithologist Dr. Peter Marra, the lab researches the conservation…
March 18, 2021
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The Ries Lab’s Elise Larsen and Vaughn Shirey publish a technical comment!
Peer review is one of the hallmarks of modern science, but sometimes errors in procedure or data analysis can remain in the final journal article. Technical comments allow other…
March 16, 2021