Jason Tennessen awarded 5-year extension of NIH MIRA to continue research that uses fruit flies as a model to understand why human cancer cells consume large amounts of sugar and to ultimately develop new cancer therapies.
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Newton lab finds addition of Bombella apis to hives could protect bees from fungal pathogens, helping maintain bee populations and, thus, protecting the food supply.
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An image of immunostaining of an early third larval Drosophila eye-antennal disc from the Kumar lab's paper was chosen for the cover of the journal Development.
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The Brabson Library and Educational Foundation has awarded a grant to IU researchers measuring the impact of campus buildings on bird populations.
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A new study by Indiana University researchers found that birds exposed to artificial light at night begin and end their reproductive cycle earlier in the season.
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IU Biology students Abigail McClain, Joshua A. Jones, and Emma Boehm were selected by the National Science Foundation to receive awards through its Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
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