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7-Mar-2025

Soulmates: USU neuroscientist awarded NSF career grant to study coyote pair-bond formation

Utah State University
Grant and Award Announcement

Utah State University neuroendocrinologist Sara Freeman conducts systematic investigations of coyote pair-bonding behavior and the neurochemical systems of the coyote brain.

Funder

U.S. National Science Foundation

7-Mar-2025

Bringing expansion microscopy to plants

Washington University in St. Louis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Biologists have discovered a low-cost way to more easily study the detailed makeup of plant cells. The ultimate goal is to help grow better crops, improving food security.

Journal

The Plant Journal

Funder

U.S. National Science Foundation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute