Biology

César de la Fuente of the Perelman School of Medicine and School of Engineering and Applied Science comments on the analogy between biological evolution and computational algorithms.

Postdoc Pei Chin of the School of Arts and Sciences investigated how serotonin in the cerebellum affects anxiety-related behavior.

Louise Moncla of the School of Veterinary Medicine says that avian flu viruses are being spread far geographically because of wild migratory birds.

In a co-written opinion essay, James Alwine of the Perelman School of Medicine says that slashing of research funding for NIH and the National Science Foundation will eliminate the next generation of health scientists.

Montserrat Anguera of the School of Veterinary Medicine says that epigenetic factors like climate or chronic stress may also play a role in life span, widening or shrinking the disparities between men and women.

A study by postdoc Pei Wern Chin of the School of Arts & Sciences found that anxiety behaviors in mice could be controlled by either stimulating or inhibiting the neurons that release serotonin in the cerebellum.

Louise Moncla of the School of Veterinary Medicine says that cows may be more broadly susceptible to bird flu viruses than initially thought.

Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine says that H5N1 vaccine production needs to be ramped up in case bird flu viruses evolve to spread from human to human.

Louise Moncla of the School of Veterinary Medicine says that the H5N1 bird flu should now be classified as an endemic virus.