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  • Sea Anemone

  • Larix siberica

    Siberian Larch, taken at our field site near Lake Khovsgol in north-central Mongolia.  We are analyzing tree-ring width and stable isotopes of the tree rings to reconstruct climate, and Larch responses to climate change, over the past century as the temperature in Mongolia has risen.  

  • Feeding worker and queen

    Social evolution: honey bee nurse workers rear larvae as either new queens or new workers

  • Porphyrogenes peterwegii

     Pupa of the butterfly Porphyrogenes peterwegii "peering" out of its leafy nest with false eyes, which in turn mimic the eyes of a snake, thereby protecting the pupa from small feather-brained  birds.

  • Telomeres

    Giant ‘polytene’ chromosomes (white) from a fruit fly with a fluorescent probe (red) that hybridizes to a telomere-restricted DNA repeat.

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Neuroimmune Interactions Shaping Social Behavior

Gloria Choi, Ph.D., MIT
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Viral infection during pregnancy has been correlated with increased frequency of neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), in offspring. This phenomenon has been…



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Incorporating productive primary literature and paper discussions in biology courses with Dr. Mike Lampson and Dr. Dustin Brisson

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