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Researchers Reveal How Loss of South African Grasslands to Shrubs Could Affect the Soil and Atmosphere

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Grassland in Magersfontein (near Kimberley, South Africa), 1900

�鶹ӰԺ State Biologist Wins Grant to Study Neurological Roots of Chronic Stress and Fear

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John D. Johnson, Ph.D., associate professor of biological sciences at �鶹ӰԺ, received a three-year, $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health.

New Study by �鶹ӰԺ State Researcher to Examine Role of Oxytocin in the Developing Brain

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Heather Caldwell, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences at �鶹ӰԺ, was awarded a $450,000 grant to study how oxytocin affects the development of the female and male brain.

Researcher Receives Five-Year Grant From the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health

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Gemma Casadesus Smith, an associate professor in �鶹ӰԺ State’s Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health.

�鶹ӰԺ State's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's.

The Mystery Behind Euphoric Feelings of Holding a Baby

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baby holding study

�鶹ӰԺ State Biologists Combine for More Than $850,000 in NIH Grants to Study Reproductive Challenges

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Doug Kline (left) and Srinivasan Vijayaraghavan (right), both professors in �鶹ӰԺ's Department of Biological Sciences, have received NIH grants to study reproductive challenges.

�鶹ӰԺ State Biologists Combine for More Than $850,000 in NIH Grants to Study Reproductive Challenges

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Doug Kline (left) and Srinivasan Vijayaraghavan (right), both professors in �鶹ӰԺ's Department of Biological Sciences, have received NIH grants to study reproductive challenges.

�鶹ӰԺ State Biologist Nets Grant to Study Calorie-Burning Process That Could Help Fight Obesity

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�鶹ӰԺ State Biology Professor Studies How Selfish Genes Cause Male Sterility in Flowering Plants

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�鶹ӰԺ State Researchers Study Climate Change in Alaska

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The team in Alaska is (left to right) Jonathan Mills, undergraduate geology major; Kiersten Duroe, geology M.S. candidate; Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., assistant professor of geology; and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology.