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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

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In the News (and on Mars!): Professor Johnson pens article in the New York Times!

Last week, as NASA’s Perseverence Rover landed on Mars, GU Biology Professor Sarah Stewart Johnson wrote a super interesting article in the New York Times about the…

February 26, 2021

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They’re out of this world: Nicole Wagner and Shican (Claire) Li named Cosmos Scholars!

Congratulations to Nicole Wagner of the Johnson Lab and Shican (Claire) Li of the Elmendorf Lab! Nicole and Claire were named Cosmos Scholars, receiving grants for their…

February 12, 2021

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Tyler Rippel wins Bayard Long Award for Botanical Research!

This month, Tyler Rippel, a graduate researcher in the Wimp Lab, was awarded the Bayard Long Award by the Philadelphia Botanical Club. The annual award supports the research of…

January 27, 2021

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Shirey’s Butterfly Excellence Continues!

This January, Vaughn Shirey from the Ries Lab had two of their papers accepted for publishing! The first paper, entitled A complete inventory of North American butterfly…

January 20, 2021

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Zhirong Wang’s stunning microscopy is on the cover of the Journal of Neuroscience!

This January, Zhirong Wang of the Coate Lab was not only featured in a scientific journal: his work was on the cover itself! Shearings incredibly beautiful microscopy image…

January 18, 2021

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Vaughn Shirey, a Biology Ph.D. student in the Ries Lab, has won a major global research award!

Breaking news! Vaughn Shirey, a Ph.D. student in the Ries Lab, has won a major global research award, the 2020 Young Researchers Award from the Global Biodiversity Information…

October 13, 2020