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Notre Dame biologists tackling big questions in evolution

University of Notre Dame researchers Scott Egan, Jeff Feder and Jason McLachlan, have teamed up with researchers from the University of Iowa and Cornell University on a collaborative grant from the National Science Foudnation. With the $1.1 million grant, the team hopes to answer one fundamental question: As a new...

Notre Dame biologists tackling big questions in evolution

University of Notre Dame researchers Scott Egan, Jeff Feder and Jason McLachlan, have teamed up with researchers from the University of Iowa and Cornell University on a collaborative grant from the National Science Foudnation. With the $1.1 million grant, the team hopes to answer one fundamental question: As a new...

Notre Dame and St. Patrick's County Park Team Up On New Cutting-Edge Environmental Facility

  The University of Notre Dame and St. Joseph County Parks are launching a new partnership to build a cutting-edge environmental research and education facility at St. Patrick’s County Park. The new facility will be called the Notre Dame Linked Experimental Ecosystem Facility (ND LEEF) at St. Patrick’s County Park....

Notre Dame and St. Patrick's County Park Team Up On New Cutting-Edge Environmental Facility

  The University of Notre Dame and St. Joseph County Parks are launching a new partnership to build a cutting-edge environmental research and education facility at St. Patrick’s County Park. The new facility will be called the Notre Dame Linked Experimental Ecosystem Facility (ND LEEF) at St. Patrick’s County Park....

Restoring the Natural Divide

The Great Lakes Commission and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, with support from six funders, embarked on a project in July 2010 to identify engineering options for Chicago's waterway system that will prevent interbasin movement of aquatic invasive species, including Asian carp. The expedited study, now completed,...

Restoring the Natural Divide

The Great Lakes Commission and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, with support from six funders, embarked on a project in July 2010 to identify engineering options for Chicago's waterway system that will prevent interbasin movement of aquatic invasive species, including Asian carp. The expedited study, now completed,...

Jones receives Lindeman Award

Stuart E. Jones, assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences who focuses on aquatic microbial and ecosystem ecology, has received the Raymond L. Lindeman Award from the leading professional organization Advancing the Science of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO). The award, started in 1987, honors an outstanding paper written by...

Jones receives Lindeman Award

Stuart E. Jones, assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences who focuses on aquatic microbial and ecosystem ecology, has received the Raymond L. Lindeman Award from the leading professional organization Advancing the Science of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO). The award, started in 1987, honors an outstanding paper written by...

Five Notre Dame faculty members named AAAS fellows

Five University of Notre Dame faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in honor of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

Notre Dame researchers demonstrate new DNA detection technique

A team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame have demonstrated a novel DNA detection method that could prove suitable for many real-world applications. Physicists Carol Tanner and Steven Ruggiero led the team in the application of a new technique called laser transmission spectroscopy (LTS). LTS is capable of...

Notre Dame researchers demonstrate new DNA detection technique

A team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame have demonstrated a novel DNA detection method that could prove suitable for many real-world applications. Physicists Carol Tanner and Steven Ruggiero led the team in the application of a new technique called laser transmission spectroscopy (LTS). LTS is capable of...