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Niche cells regulate primordial germ cell quiescence in response to basement membrane signaling
Continue ReadingWhen you eat is just as important as what you eat.
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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.
Continue ReadingConspicuous coloration of toxin-resistant predators implicates additional trophic interactions in a predator-prey arms race
Continue ReadingUVA 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.
Continue ReadingProfessor 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.
Continue ReadingA simple method to dramatically increase C. elegans germline microinjection efficiency
Continue ReadingOsh-dependent and -independent Regulation of PI4P Levels During Polarized Growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Continue ReadingStudents Come Together to Honor Their Career Development Supporters.
The UVa Career Center asked Second- through Fourth-year students: "Of all University of Virginia faculty and staff, is there one individual who you feel has helped you the most with your career development this year?”
Continue ReadingTeaching nature of science in introductory biology: Impacts on students' acceptance of biological evolution
Continue ReadingYes, Lizards Have Their Own Holiday. Learn Why They Add Color to Our World
By Eric Williamson, UVA Today, August 11, 2023
Wait, you didn’t know that Monday is World Lizard Day? What rock have you been living under?
To celebrate, two University of Virginia lizard-ologists want you to see these tiny reptiles’ true colors shining through.
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