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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

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Dr. Mark Rose Featured on Provost Grove’ Facutly in Research Podcast!

Provost Groves begins by introducing Dr. Rose and his work, including his long career researching cell biology in the model organism S. cerevisiae and his past work at Princeton.…

September 13, 2020

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Dr. Elena Silva receives a Research Enhancement Award from the NIH for her research on Sox proteins!

This fall, Professor Elena Silva was awarded an Academic Research Enhancement Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the NIH! The grant will…

September 10, 2020

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New paper: On tracking the secretive movements of Kirtland’s Warblers

“Discovering these hidden movements by Kirtland’s warblers challenges us to reshape how we think about animal movement,” Nathan Cooper. Check out the study co-authored by…

August 21, 2020