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How to Discover a New Species
The Harvard Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) featured recent graduate Arianna Lord (PhD '26, Gonzalo Giribet, Advisor) in the Griffin GSAS News. Lord, a native of New Zealand, came to the United Stated to pursue undergraduate studies at...
a person snorkeling over sea grass

On the Path to Research, Teach, and Curate
The FAS Current featured Lauren Bartel, IB Concentrator in Scott Edwards Lab, who joined the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture student board as a first-year and stayed her full four years helping to increase public understanding and appreciation for...
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Birding Helped Him Soar in Evolutionary Science
The FAS Current featured Ashwin Sivakumar, Integrative Biology Concentrator in Scott Edwards Lab, detailing how his interest in nature shaped his academic pursuits and his work with Harvard Museums of Science & Culture. Ashwin's work in the Edwards Lab...
two people in a natural history museum, reviewing a specimen

How Venom Kills — and Can Lead to Cures
One of the newest Curators in the MCZ, Professor Mandë Holford, is featured in the Harvard Gazette. Research in the Holford Lab focuses on venomous sea snails and cephalopods, their toxins, and how those compounds might be turned into medicines.
a hand reaching for a shell, among other shells, on a brown surface

Wendy Valencia-Montoya awarded the Theodosius Dobzhansky Prize
Congratulations to Wendy Valencia-Montoya (PhD '25, Naomi Pierce, Advisor) awarded The Theodosius Dobzhansky Prize. The Theodosius Dobzhansky Prize is awarded annually by the Society for the Study of Evolution to recognize the accomplishments and future...
Rectangular dark blue graphic announcing an award. On the left, large white text reads “Wendy Valencia-Montoya” and below in smaller text “2026 Society for the Study of Evolution Dobzhansky Prize.” On the right is a circular photo of a smiling person with long straight dark hair and bangs, wearing dangling earrings and a black patterned vest over a white top, against a blurred indoor–outdoor background.

How Researchers Unlocked the Respiratory Secrets of the Trilobite
For more than 270 million years, trilobites were among the most successful and diverse creatures on Earth, with over 22,000 known species spanning the Paleozoic Era. Yet, despite their abundance in the fossil record and their presence on every continent...
Micro-CT scans of aquatic arthropod gills

Embracing Variability in Comparative Physiology
The recent issue of the journal, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, compiled studies that explore the issue's theme "Embracing variability in comparative physiology: why it matters and what to do with it." Yangfan Zhang, postdoctoral...
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Study Reveals Surprising Totipotency in Early Worm Embryos
Cut, paste, grow: Study reveals surprising totipotency in early worm embryos Rock A, Srivastava M (2026) Totipotency and high plasticity in an embryo with an invariant, fate-specifying cleavage program. Current Biology 36:1410-1421.e4
developing three-banded panther worm embryo at 4-cell and 6-cell stages)

Wendy Valencia-Montoya Recipient of Fred Hutch Award
Congratulations to Wendy Valencia-Montoya (PhD ‘25, Naomi Pierce, Advisor) recipient of the Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award from the Fred Hutch Cancer Center. Wendy is one of 12 recipients honored for their exceptional achievements of graduate...
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