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Jianhua Cang
Sep 12, 2023

Widespread and multifaceted binocular integration in the mouse primary visual cortex

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James J. Murray (1930 – 2023)
Sep 7, 2023

Dear Fiends of Biology, It is with a heavy heart that we report to you the passing of our colleague, James “Jim” Murray.

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Christopher D Deppmann, John N Campbell, and Ali D Güler
Sep 5, 2023

Leptin receptor neurons in the dorsomedial hypothalamus input to the circadian feeding network

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Daniel C McIntyre
Aug 31, 2023

Niche cells regulate primordial germ cell quiescence in response to basement membrane signaling

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Science is learning how to overcome our gut instincts. (Illustration by Emily Faith Morgan, University Communications)
Aug 29, 2023

When you eat is just as important as what you eat.
UVA Today

Many people consume their biggest meal of the day at dinner, when it’s after dark and they’re unwinding. But science has shown that it’s healthier to eat larger meals while the sun shines and your body is active.

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Edmund D Brodie
Aug 28, 2023

Conspicuous coloration of toxin-resistant predators implicates additional trophic interactions in a predator-prey arms race

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University of Virginia biologist Amanda Gibson
Aug 23, 2023

UVA Today, August 22, 2023 Eric Williamson

Some creatures hunt or scavenge to survive, while others freeload. Parasites make up the gross, but fascinating, latter category.

University of Virginia biologist Amanda Gibson studies and teaches about the range of survival strategies within that rogue’s gallery of lifeforms that glom on.

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Joanna Vondrasek
Aug 21, 2023

Professor Joanna Vondrasek is looking forward to returning to the Biology Department as a visiting professor nearly 20 years after her initial time as a postdoctoral associate and lecturer. She has been teaching introductory biology, genetics, and supervising capstone research students for 16 years at Piedmont Virginia Community College.

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Daniel C McIntyre and Ariel M Pani
Aug 21, 2023

A simple method to dramatically increase C. elegans germline microinjection efficiency

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Keith G Kozminski
Aug 17, 2023

Osh-dependent and -independent Regulation of PI4P Levels During Polarized Growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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