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Study Could Provide Insight Into Origin of Heart Defects
UM biologist receives National Institutes of Health award to study heart formation MARCH 15, 2023 BY ERIN GARRETT FacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailCopy LinkSMSPrintFriendlyShare Biology professor Joshua Bloomekatz (left) and doctoral student Rabina Shrestha examine a tank of zebrafish.
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Department of Biology Assistant Professor Wins NSF Career Award
Dr. Yongjian Qiu will use the $1 million award to aid in discovering gene expression mechanisms in plant thermomorphogenesis. The National Science Foundation Career Awards are highly prestigious and only offered to faculty members who demonstrate the potential to serve as teacher-scholar
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Building Consensus Around the Assessment and Interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae Diversity
Dr. Tammy Goulet coauthored the manuscript that will be published in the peer-reviewed journal PeerJ. Below is the abstract and the international team of co-authors. Abstract Within microeukaryotes, genetic variation and functional variation sometimes accumulate more quickly than
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Can Trees Communicate Underground? Maybe Not
M biology professor debunks popular theory about soil fungal networks February 13, 2023 by Erin Garrett FacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailCopy LinkSMSPrintFriendly Share Biology professor Jason Hoeksema (right) has published a paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution that debunks a theory that
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TEDx University of Mississippi Speakers Look to Face Forward
Eight speakers set for Feb. 23 event JANUARY 23, 2023 BY STAFF REPORT FacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailCopy LinkSMSPrintFriendlyShare UM student Jakob Anseman shares his experiences of living with Asperger’s syndrome and discusses the social and economic challenges faced by people with autism
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