It’s National DNA Day! Many organisms have 1 or 2 copies of their genome per cell, but did you know some species carry many more?

The Takacs lab investigates polyploidy in the Lyme disease spirochetal bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. The cell shown here has 14 copies! 🧪

Credit: Natalie Desilets

Congratulations to Parker Cole Maivald, Sarah Galatoire and Abigail Wu, Naomi Rajput, and Eva Bennet for winning the COS Pitch Competition sponsored by Science Connects to Innovation and the NextGen Lab! 🧪

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Juliet Davidow, assistant psychology professor, has been awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to explore how motivated learning develops during this critical period of life. Congratulations!

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Associate professor Jeffrey Agar is developing a breakthrough ALS treatment by stabilizing toxic proteins. This #NUGivingDay, support the Chemistry Department Fund to fuel life-changing research. 🧪

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TaKaya McFarland, COS '25, is developing a scoring system to detect vulnerability to psychosis early. 🧠

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Join us on April 10 for #NUGivingDay! Support the Biology Department Fund to fuel research like Professor Godoy-Carter’s expedition to Patagonia, where her team studied ancient “living rocks.” 🪨

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Join us on April 10th for #NUGivingDay and donate to the Ocean Genome Legacy Center Endowed Fund which will support understanding and protection of our planet's greatest ecosystem.
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Join us on April 10th for #NUGivingDay and donate to the COS Co-op Support Fund which supports students within the College of Science who are participating in either non-paying or low paying co-op position to gain hands-on experience.

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Congratulations to Professor Randall Hughes for being recognized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science as a 2024 lifetime fellow! 🧪🐾

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