Research in the biology department utilizes manipulative approaches to study gene function and the genetics of disease in a variety of model systems, including C. elegans, Drosophila melanogaster, ...

For more than a century, Mendelian genetics has shaped how we think about inheritance: one gene, one trait. It is a model ...

Novel perspectives emerge from a recent conference on the origins of eukaryotic cells, which covered phylogenetics, population genetics and evolutionary consequences of energy requirements and ...

Historians study the causes and consequences of past events, but also consider alternative scenarios. What might have happened, for example, if Britain had stayed out of the war in Europe in 1914?

That is not the story’s end: Dr. Sharp co-founded Biogen, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, and Magen Biosciences – firms that develop drugs for diseases like multiple sclerosis. As an entrepreneur, he ...

The Genetic Frontier: how gene editing and synthetic biology are redefining what it means to be human delves into the controversies of ‘de-extinction,’ the resurgence of eugenics, the threat of ...

The Genetics and Molecular Biology app is aimed for younger students (middle school and high school); however, it could also serve as a review resource for introductory biology students at the ...