Emilie Snell-Rood (EEB) recently received nearly $500,000 from the National Science Foundation to test whether genetic differences in specialization between agricultural and nonagricultural.

New faculty member Kathryn Bushley uses genomic analyses to study the curious characteristics of fungi. Fungi are like aliens on Earth. Neither plant nor animal, they come in all shapes and sizes.

Faculty member Alexandra Sobeck is making a name for herself researching a DNA damage response pathway linked to Fanconi anemia. An assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular.

A new research home in St. Paul is bringing longtime CBS faculty member Carrie Wilmot exciting new opportunities for collaboration. For Carrie Wilmot, it’s all about the molecules. Wilmot, a professor.

Will Harcombe’s fascination with evolution and ecosystem function adds a dynamic dimension to the quest to better understand — and tap the power of — the microorganisms in our lives. “Community” means.

CBS' Robin Wright recognized for significant contributions to genetics education. Robin Wright, associate dean for faculty and academic affairs and professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell.

Ecology Professor Robert Sterner has launched a study of nutrient composition in the reserve’s lakes to better understand how excess nutrients cause toxic algae blooms. In the early 1940s, aquatic.

Hired to join CBS’ new fungal evolution research cluster, Peter Kennedy studies competition within underground networks of fungi that determine what trees grow in a forest. While trees certainly.

Professor Anthony Dean talks about his part-time faculty appointment in Southern China. Tony Dean (EEB/BTI) recently accepted a part-time post at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China, where he.

CBS faculty weigh in on the coolest discoveries of the past year. "I'd say the coolest scientific discoveries this year would fall into a broad category of planetary science and the possibility of.