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May. 19, 2023

Nathalie Shoji receives Albert Borgman prize for best undergraduate thesis
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Apr. 21, 2023

David Fitch and Patrick Eichenberger win 2023 CAS Golden Dozen Teaching Awards
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Apr. 06, 2023

Yen-Chung Chen awarded 2023 Dean's Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award
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Mar. 01, 2023

New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer to give NYU's Darwin Lecture 2023
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Nov. 17, 2022

Three Biology faculty included in 2022 list of most highly cited researchers
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Jul. 05, 2022

Kristin Winchell joins NYU Biology as Assistant Professor on September 1st, 2022
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Jul. 05, 2022

Purugganan Lab awarded major NSF grant to study how rice adapts to different environments
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Apr. 20, 2022

NSF funds Biology Department's Summer Undergraduate Research Program
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Oct. 18, 2021

Enrique Rojas awarded 2021 Packard Fellowship

Research Highlights

Birnbaum Lab
May. 10, 2023

Agricultural traits that help plants adapt to climate change - Birnbaum Lab
Sanjana Lab
May. 04, 2023

STING-seq helps identify causal variants in non-coding regions - Sanjana Lab
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Jan. 20, 2023

How lizards adapt to urban environments - Winchell Lab
Mazzoni Lab
Jul. 05, 2022

What are the organizing principles of Hox gene clusters? - Mazzoni Lab
Desplan Lab
Apr. 20, 2022

How neurons develop in the correct order - Desplan Lab
Rushlow Lab
Oct. 08, 2021

Genes are activated individually, not collectively, in early embryos - Rushlow Lab

Monday, Jun 5 2023
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Seminar: Philippe Batut (Princeton University)
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11:00am - 12:00pm
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24 Waverly Pl.
Wednesday, Jun 7 2023
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Center for Genomics and Systems Biology Annual Symposium 2023
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9:00am - 6:00pm
CGSB Auditorium
12 Waverly Pl.
Monday, Sep 11 2023
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Seminar: Fei Li (NYU Biology)
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4:00pm - 5:00pm
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12 Waverly Pl.
Monday, Sep 18 2023
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Seminar: Carlos Carmona-Fontaine (NYU Biology)
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4:00pm - 5:00pm
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