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We, the faculty and staff of the Tufts Biology Department, acknowledge and condemn the systemic racial injustice that has run rampant since the formation of this country and that continues to persist in our communities.
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Faculty Highlights
Congratulations to Zarin Machanda and her team, whose Science paper “Social Selectivity in Aging Wild Chimpanzees” made the cover of Science magazine!
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The Tufts Biology Department is excited to announce that application instructions for our upcoming Biological Resilience Integration Institute (BRII) Graduate Resilience Fellowships are now available! Please visit our BRII website for more information!
The Tufts Biology department was recently awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to design a Biological Integration Institute; this institute’s aim would be to integrate the often-fragmented fields of biology under a single common theme. Please visit the Biological Resilience Integration Institute (BRII) website to learn more about this exciting and groundbreaking project!
The Department of Biology at Tufts University is ranked 3rd in College Factual's list of 2019 Best General Biology Colleges in the U.S.
Congratulations to Michael Levin and the Levin Lab for their PNAS publication entitled, "A scalable pipeline for designing reconfigurable organisms." which has garnered publicity from sources including The Boston Globe, The New York Post, Forbes, and Scientific American. Read some of the buzz.
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A Lab With All The Comforts Of Home--Because It Is
Tufts University researchers explore the idea of conducting more experiments from home, with benefits for scientists and society, amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
Those funky cheese smells allow microbes to “talk” to and feed each other
Researchers discover that bacteria that ripen cheese respond to the volatile gases produced by cheese fungi.
Tufts Biologists Find Virtual Ways to Study the Outdoors
Faculty have transformed Experiments in Ecology amid COVID-19 but continue to provide students with a window into the natural world.
Scalable Pipeline for Designing Reconfigurable Organisms
Michael Levin and the Levin Lab research team garnered much publicity from sources including The Boston Globe, The New York Post, Forbes, and Scientific American for their recent PNAS publication.
What Causes Stress in Us—and Animals?
Lessons from a Pandemic: When it comes to stress, we have more in common with wild animals than we realize, says a Tufts biology professor.