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Research from Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine Station has identified a substance in oil that’s to blame for the cardiotoxicity seen in fish exposed to crude oil spills. More than a hazard for marine life exposed to oil, the contaminant this team identified is abundant in air pollution and...
Jan 19 2017 | Posted In: Awards, Faculty
Professor Shripad Tuljapurkar has been chosen to receive the 2017 Weldon Memorial Prize given by the University of Oxford. This award is given annually by the University of Oxford "to the person who, in the judgment of the electors, has, in the ten years next preceding the date of the award,...
Jan 18 2017 | Posted In: Awards, Faculty
Assistant Professor Kabir Peay was selected as a Terman Fellow for three years beginning Fall 2016. These fellowships, established by William Hewlett and David Packard, aid young scientists with establishing their laboratories and recuiting graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
Most animals we study have adult-like bodies early in their development. However, researchers in Chris Lowe's lab at Hopkins Marine Station have found that certain marine worms live for months as little more than a head. This work, published in the December 8, 2016 issue of Current Biology, ...
In a first-ever gobal analysis of kelp forests, Professor Fiorenza Micheli and a team of international scientiests found that some populations are remaining stable or increasing despite global climate change in part due to local management of stressors such as pollution, fishing and coastal...
