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Dr. Senay Yitbarek – CGS seed grant funds research on host-pathogen dynamics on San Cristobal Island

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Thanks to the funding of a Center for Galapagos Studies seed grant, Senay Yitbarek, Peter Thacher Grauer Fellow and assistant professor in the department of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, traveled to the Galapagos this summer to … Read more

Endangered shark? Wrong bass? WRAL Investigates puts local sushi to the DNA test, featuring John Bruno

Posted 3 days ago

WRAL Investigates bought dozens of pieces of sushi to see if the description on the menu is the same fish you get on your plate. Check out the story and video HERE.

Dr. Senay Yitbarek – Deconstructing taxa x taxa x environment interactions in the microbiota: A theoretical examination

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In their newly published paper, Senay Yitbarek and coauthors examine the ecological complexity of microbial communities. Higher-order microbial interactions, involving more than just pairwise interactions, are prevalent in nature but are notoriously difficult to quantify as microbial communities can contain … Read more

Jeff Dangl Named Internationally Ranked “Highly Cited Researcher”

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In 2023, more than 40 researchers from Carolina made Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list as trailblazers among their peers, an increase from 2022’s rankings. Each researcher selected has authored multiple Highly Cited Papers™ which rank in the top 1% by … Read more

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BIOLOGY SEMINAR: Dr. Ishmail Abdus-Saboor

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BIOLOGY HOMMERSAND DISTINGUISHED SEMINAR: Dr. Priyanga Amarasekare

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BIOLOGY SEMINAR: Dr. Eric Betzig

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Department Headlines

Dr. Senay Yitbarek – CGS seed grant funds research on host-pathogen dynamics on San Cristobal Island

Endangered shark? Wrong bass? WRAL Investigates puts local sushi to the DNA test, featuring John Bruno

Dr. Senay Yitbarek – Deconstructing taxa x taxa x environment interactions in the microbiota: A theoretical examination

Jeff Dangl Named Internationally Ranked “Highly Cited Researcher”

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