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Mennerick named director of Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences

8.31.23 |

Neuroscientist Steven Mennerick, the John P. Feighner Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology at the School of Medicine, has been named director and associate dean of the Roy and Diana Vagelos Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences.

8.29.23

Race-based variations in gut bacteria emerge by 3 months of age

8.17.23 |

A study from biologist Elizabeth Mallott in Arts & Sciences highlights a critical development window during which racial differences in the gut microbiome emerge. Early social and environmental exposures can have large and lasting effects on child development and adult health.

8.15.23

Kastor named associate vice dean of research

7.28.23

Fossil skulls alone cannot predict if animal was warm blooded

Biologist Stan Braude in Arts & Sciences was part of a team that analyzed CT scans of the heads of more than 300 mammals to determine whether certain structures in the nasal cavity play a pivotal role in body temperature maintenance.

7.28.23 |

7.20.23

How birds adapt to extreme temperatures

7.20.23 |

Most bird families have adapted to changes in ambient temperature by changing both their bodies and their bills simultaneously, according to biologist Justin Baldwin in Arts & Sciences, first author of a new study in Nature Communications.

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Mennerick named director of Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences

Mennerick named director of Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences

NASA partnership is 'a jewel in WashU's crown'

Physicist Henriksen to build quantum-scale sensors

Wiseman-Jones awarded Leakey Foundation grant

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Race-based variations in gut bacteria emerge by 3 months of age

Race-based variations in gut bacteria emerge by 3 months of age

Kastor named associate vice dean of research

Fossil skulls alone cannot predict if animal was warm blooded

Fossil skulls alone cannot predict if animal was warm blooded

How birds adapt to extreme temperatures

How birds adapt to extreme temperatures

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