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Mechanisms of climate change resilience in reef-building corals
Dr. Katie Barott, University of Pennsylvania
Abstract:
Environmental variability is predicted to promote stress tolerance by selecting for phenotypic plasticity. However, the influence of environmental variability (e.g. diel fluctuations in seawater…
Shifting Parties in Social Dynamics: a Nonlocal Approach
Olivia Cannon, University of Minnesota
Abstract: The bounded confidence model is well-known for its dynamics of party formation within the sphere of social dynamics. We investigate the addition of bias terms, modeling shifts in opinions,…
Seminar with Henry Fu
Henry Fu, University of Utah
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David S. Roos to receive the ASBMB 2024 Alice and C. C. Wang Award in Molecular Parasitology.
David S. Roos was nominated and selected to receive the ASBMB 2024 Alice and C. C. Wang Award in Molecular Parasitology. This award recognizes established investigators who are making seminal contributions to the field of molecular parasitology.Coral Resilience - Environmental Animation featuring the Barott Lab
Coral reefs are vital for coastal communities, biodiversity and ocean health, but will they survive climate change? The Barott Lab collaborated with Penn undergraduate animation students to create this video explaining coral biology, climate change, and environmental resilience. Featuring interview with PennBio graduate student Luella Allen-Waller.Brian Gregory elected 2022 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
Since 1874, AAAS, a scientific society aimed at advancing science, engineering, and innovation “throughout the world for the benefit of all,” has annually named a class of fellows. This year, the work spans 24 scientific disciplines.Landscape and climate factors can predict prevalence of Lyme disease bacteria
Environmental models, developed by biologist Dustin Brisson of the School of Arts & Sciences, former graduate student Tam Tran, and colleagues, could help forecast disease hotspots.Undergraduates help songbird research project take flight
Through the PURM internship program, Julia Youngman and Eric Tao had the opportunity to work in neuroethologist Marc Schmidt’s lab studying the neural basis of courtship behaviors in songbirds.