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• Alumni News: Biology

  James C. Lendemer (Biology, 2012), a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Systematic Botany, New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), has authored with two colleagues a landmark hardcover: The... Read more

• Doctoral Students Track Clues to a Cure for MS in Melendez-Vasquez’s Lab

  

  Oligodendrocytes developing in culture, from the immature stage (left) to mature (right). Oligodendrocytes are the cells that make myelin in the brain.

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• $1.2M Awarded to Intercontinental Study of Avian Egg Colors

  Photo (Mark Hauber): Naturally blue eggs of song thrush with experimental dyed black egg Mark E. Hauber, professor of biology and psychology at the Graduate Center and Hunter College, and a team... Read more

• In Memoriam – January 2013

  The Graduate Center mourns the recent loss of five vital members of its community.
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• Neuroscience Collaborative is Formed

  The neuroscience (NS) subprogram of the Graduate Center's doctoral program in biology and the behavioral and cognitive neuroscience (BCN) training area of the Graduate Center's doctoral program... Read more

• Major Research Grants for Biology Doctoral Faculty

  Biology Doctoral Faculty continue to garner major awards for their research at CUNY.  Some of these are described in detail below.
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• Faculty Book: John Waldman

  Heartbeats in the Muck: A Dramatic Look at the History, Sea Life, and Environment of New York Harbor (rev. ed.)
  (Fordham University Press, 2012)
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• Faculty Book: John Waldman

  Still the Same Hawk: Reflections on Nature and New York
  (Fordham University Press, 2012)
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• Doctoral Faculty Member Leads Study on Bowhead Whale

  

  Elizabeth Alter, a member of the doctoral faculty in biology, was the lead author on a study by a distinguished team of American and Canadian scientists: “Gene flow on ice: The role of sea ice... Read more

• Biology Faculty Receive Awards and Grants

  John Dennehy (Asst. Prof., Queens) and Diana Bratu (Asst. Prof., Hunter) have each received a 2012 Career Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Dennehy studies the spread of viruses... Read more