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Microbiologists led by Brett Baker have discovered potential in bacteria that helped to clean up the BP oil spill.

“James Bull’s election to the National Academy honors the significant research he has done in evolutionary and population biology and experimental evolution.”

The award is intended to recognize individuals with “a record of truly outstanding research that has contributed broadly to the field of Molecular Biology and Evolution.”

The free, monthly public lecture series was founded and is run completely by students in the Plant Biology and Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (EEB) graduate programs.

How do you move 100,000 honeybees—a living laboratory for research on the gut microbiome—half way across the country?

Spending time in close contact with others often means risking catching germs and getting sick. But being sociable may also help transmit beneficial microbes, finds a multi-institutional study of gut microbiomes in chimpanzees.

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have found that natural selection drives some male prairie voles to be fully monogamous and others to seek more partners. The surprising contrasts in the animals’ brains result from differences in their DNA.