University of Utah School of Biological Sciences
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“My disease drove me to pursue a degree in biology. All the while I continued competing in archery as a member of USA RED Team with a goal of qualifying for the Los Angeles Olympics.“ #HumansOfTheU
Learn more about @uofubiology.bsky.social student Sydney Brooksby: attheu.utah.edu/athletics/hu...
Learn more about @uofubiology.bsky.social student Sydney Brooksby: attheu.utah.edu/athletics/hu...
October 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“My disease drove me to pursue a degree in biology. All the while I continued competing in archery as a member of USA RED Team with a goal of qualifying for the Los Angeles Olympics.“ #HumansOfTheU
Learn more about @uofubiology.bsky.social student Sydney Brooksby: attheu.utah.edu/athletics/hu...
Learn more about @uofubiology.bsky.social student Sydney Brooksby: attheu.utah.edu/athletics/hu...
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Mulvey lab alumna Alexis Rousek taking on UTIs with the Student Research Initiative at the U of Utah.
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SRI Stories: Mentoring Through Microbes | College of Science
SRI Stories: Mentoring through Microbes October 15, 2025 Above: Alexis Rousek Alexis Rousek didn’t always know she would become a microbiologist — but the signs were there early. In middle school, she...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Mulvey lab alumna Alexis Rousek taking on UTIs with the Student Research Initiative at the U of Utah.
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As temperatures increase, migratory songbirds’ fall feather molt advances by a day every year.
Study by @uofubiology.bsky.social taps data from 22,000 songbirds captured at Bonderman Field Station to reveal changes in how they replace their feathers
Study by @uofubiology.bsky.social taps data from 22,000 songbirds captured at Bonderman Field Station to reveal changes in how they replace their feathers
As climate warms, migratory songbirds’ fall feather molt advances by a day every year - @theU
Study by U biologists taps data from 22,000 songbirds captured at Bonderman Field Station to reveal changes in how they replace their feathers
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May 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
As temperatures increase, migratory songbirds’ fall feather molt advances by a day every year.
Study by @uofubiology.bsky.social taps data from 22,000 songbirds captured at Bonderman Field Station to reveal changes in how they replace their feathers
Study by @uofubiology.bsky.social taps data from 22,000 songbirds captured at Bonderman Field Station to reveal changes in how they replace their feathers
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KPCW radio spotlights Thure Cerling (UofU Geology & @uofubiology.bsky.social) and his innovative research tracking animal migrations through strontium isotopes in elephant teeth. This method has important applications for conservation. Hear the complete interview: www.kpcw.org/show/cool-sc...
Utah scientists with Misha the elephant unlock past migrations
Thure Cerling, a University of Utah professor of both geology and biology, and a pioneer in the use of isotope analysis, shares how geologists have developed a method for tracking the movements of lar...
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April 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
KPCW radio spotlights Thure Cerling (UofU Geology & @uofubiology.bsky.social) and his innovative research tracking animal migrations through strontium isotopes in elephant teeth. This method has important applications for conservation. Hear the complete interview: www.kpcw.org/show/cool-sc...
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Woodrats are basically desert superheroes, able to eat toxic plants and survive rattlesnake bites. But @utah.edu researchers find their venom resistance drops when it’s cool. @uofubiology.bsky.social
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#ScienceNews #VenomResistance #Ecology
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Woodrats’ immunity to snake venom changes with the weather - @theU
Researchers looking at effects of the desert rodent's toxic diet discover cool temperatures reduce the critter's ability to survive rattlesnake bites.
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April 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Woodrats are basically desert superheroes, able to eat toxic plants and survive rattlesnake bites. But @utah.edu researchers find their venom resistance drops when it’s cool. @uofubiology.bsky.social
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#ScienceNews #VenomResistance #Ecology
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Warm temps and woodrats have remarkable resistance to snake venom, but that changes when temps cool! Dearing Lab (www.dearinglab.com/) in collaboration with U of Michigan and U of Nevada Reno
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Woodrats’ immunity to snake venom changes with the weather - @theU
Researchers looking at effects of the desert rodent's toxic diet discover cool temperatures reduce the critter's ability to survive rattlesnake bites
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April 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Warm temps and woodrats have remarkable resistance to snake venom, but that changes when temps cool! Dearing Lab (www.dearinglab.com/) in collaboration with U of Michigan and U of Nevada Reno
@utah.edu @uofu-science.bsky.social
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On Friday, April 4th, Sara Kuebbing from @yaleforestry.bsky.social will visit @utah.edu to share her work with applied science to guide sustainable land management.
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#ecology
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March 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
On Friday, April 4th, Sara Kuebbing from @yaleforestry.bsky.social will visit @utah.edu to share her work with applied science to guide sustainable land management.
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Prof Mike Shapiro, biologist and Sundance critic, reviewed SALLY:
“In the mid-1980s, astronaut Sally Ride was one of the most famous people in the U.S. Ride died in 2012 and kept her 27-year same-sex relationship…a secret out of fear that going public would negate her accomplishments…”
“In the mid-1980s, astronaut Sally Ride was one of the most famous people in the U.S. Ride died in 2012 and kept her 27-year same-sex relationship…a secret out of fear that going public would negate her accomplishments…”
Each year, scientists, including the @utah.edu's own @gabriellekardon.bsky.social @uuhsresearch.bsky.social and Mike Shapiro @uofubiology.bsky.social, review Sundance films through a scientific lens, revealing fascinating insights.
Published in @science.org -read on www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Published in @science.org -read on www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Science at Sundance 2025
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March 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Prof Mike Shapiro, biologist and Sundance critic, reviewed SALLY:
“In the mid-1980s, astronaut Sally Ride was one of the most famous people in the U.S. Ride died in 2012 and kept her 27-year same-sex relationship…a secret out of fear that going public would negate her accomplishments…”
“In the mid-1980s, astronaut Sally Ride was one of the most famous people in the U.S. Ride died in 2012 and kept her 27-year same-sex relationship…a secret out of fear that going public would negate her accomplishments…”
News! @theroglab.bsky.social Gordon et al. discovers synaptonemal complex wets & aligns chromosomes, a crucial step in sexual reproduction, where errors in chromosome# can be fatal to the embryo. @utah.edu
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Read in Science Advances
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The synaptonemal complex aligns meiotic chromosomes by wetting
During sexual reproduction, the synaptonemal complex aligns the maternal and paternal chromosomes by wetting.
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February 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
News! @theroglab.bsky.social Gordon et al. discovers synaptonemal complex wets & aligns chromosomes, a crucial step in sexual reproduction, where errors in chromosome# can be fatal to the embryo. @utah.edu
Read in Science Advances
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Read in Science Advances
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Today is also National Donor Day, for which we highlight @uofubiology.bsky.social senior Sophie Hansen who received her first liver transplant as a teenager—an experience that drives her passion for medical research and patient care.
National Donor Day: A student’s transplant journey - @theU
For National Donor Day on Feb. 14, a biology student shares how receiving her first liver transplant as a teenager ignited a passion for medical research and patient advocacy.
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February 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Today is also National Donor Day, for which we highlight @uofubiology.bsky.social senior Sophie Hansen who received her first liver transplant as a teenager—an experience that drives her passion for medical research and patient care.
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Rising seas are submerging tribal land along the Gulf Coast. One tribe is building protective reefs out of bags of recycled oyster shells.
Using Oyster Shell Reefs To Counter Sea Level Rise In Louisiana
Tribes’ historic lands on the Gulf Coast are being lost to the sea. To slow it down, one tribe has turned to oyster shells.
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January 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Rising seas are submerging tribal land along the Gulf Coast. One tribe is building protective reefs out of bags of recycled oyster shells.
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@utah.edu @uuhsresearch.bsky.social scientists: Visit the U's Executive Actions and Federal Agency Updates for the latest information and guidance on research administration.
Information on awards, proposals, budgets, news, announcements and more.
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Information on awards, proposals, budgets, news, announcements and more.
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2025 Executive Actions - Office of Sponsored Projects - The University of Utah
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January 29, 2025 at 3:52 AM
@utah.edu @uuhsresearch.bsky.social scientists: Visit the U's Executive Actions and Federal Agency Updates for the latest information and guidance on research administration.
Information on awards, proposals, budgets, news, announcements and more.
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Information on awards, proposals, budgets, news, announcements and more.
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"... I ended up being reluctant to work with undergraduate researchers at all—until a new student helped me realize what is required to mentor undergraduates, and the rewards it can bring." #NationalMentoringMonth https://scim.ag/3E1bAYj
January 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"... I ended up being reluctant to work with undergraduate researchers at all—until a new student helped me realize what is required to mentor undergraduates, and the rewards it can bring." #NationalMentoringMonth https://scim.ag/3E1bAYj
Highest honor bestowed by U.S. government on scientists and engineers: Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Congratulations, Professor Anderegg, one of the world’s leading climate scientists and forest ecologists
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January 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Highest honor bestowed by U.S. government on scientists and engineers: Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Congratulations, Professor Anderegg, one of the world’s leading climate scientists and forest ecologists
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Ooh- How did I miss this? Learn more about the ever-curious @elearlybird.bsky.social @uuhsresearch.bsky.social @utah.edu and his lab's very cool research.
HHMI Investigator Nels Elde of the University of Utah works at the crossroads of evolutionary #genetics and cell biology to study one of the biggest battlefronts in #science: host-pathogen interactions.
Scientist Spotlights: HHMI Investigator Nels Elde
YouTube video by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
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January 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Ooh- How did I miss this? Learn more about the ever-curious @elearlybird.bsky.social @uuhsresearch.bsky.social @utah.edu and his lab's very cool research.
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How much do people around the world trust scientists?
"Most people have a relatively high trust in scientists. People want scientists to take an active role in society and policymaking."
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"Most people have a relatively high trust in scientists. People want scientists to take an active role in society and policymaking."
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January 23, 2025 at 4:46 AM
How much do people around the world trust scientists?
"Most people have a relatively high trust in scientists. People want scientists to take an active role in society and policymaking."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Most people have a relatively high trust in scientists. People want scientists to take an active role in society and policymaking."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
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January 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO
"Discovery happens every time we open our minds, whether in the classroom, the field or in the lab, and when the boundary between research and instruction breaks down." --Fred Adler, Professor of Mathematics and Biology, Director, School of Biological Sciences
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Our DNA 2024
Our DNA is the official magazine of the School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, published in partnership with College of Science.
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January 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Discovery happens every time we open our minds, whether in the classroom, the field or in the lab, and when the boundary between research and instruction breaks down." --Fred Adler, Professor of Mathematics and Biology, Director, School of Biological Sciences
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“...rising temperatures and human water depletions continue to put at risk the benefits created by the lake,” said William Anderegg, Strike Team co-chair, Biology Prof, and Director of the Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy at the University of Utah.
The Great Salt Lake Strike Team—a collaboration of technical experts from Utah’s research universities (including #UofU) & state agencies—released its 2025 data & insights summary.
Their authoritative analysis makes eminently clear four critical points ⬇️
Their authoritative analysis makes eminently clear four critical points ⬇️
Utah is making progress on Great Salt Lake - @theU
Conserving, dedicating, and delivering water to the lake must be a multi-year focus.
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January 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“...rising temperatures and human water depletions continue to put at risk the benefits created by the lake,” said William Anderegg, Strike Team co-chair, Biology Prof, and Director of the Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy at the University of Utah.
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Our vision for Utah’s research future — requires investing in talent, competitiveness and impact. #UofU #Inspire #Innovate #Impact
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Opinion: University of Utah and Utah State University presidents say Utah is winning
Investing in research will help Utah tap into its potential as a national innovation hub.
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January 15, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Our vision for Utah’s research future — requires investing in talent, competitiveness and impact. #UofU #Inspire #Innovate #Impact
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