{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"112771","title":"Hidden viruses in Madagascar wildlife reveal new clues to evolution","body":"Deep in the forests of Madagascar, a collaborative and interdisciplinary group of scientists are uncovering an invisible world \u2014 one that may hold powerful insights into evolution, biodiversity and how life is connected.A new study led by\u0026nbsp;postdoctoral researcher Elise Paietta \u2014 mentored by\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-04-14T08:17:26-07:00\u0022\u003E04\/14\/2026-8:17am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Deep in Madagascar\u2019s forests, scientists are mapping an invisible world \u2014 one that could reshape how we understand biodiversity, ecosystems and even human health.","teaser":"Deep in the forests of Madagascar, a collaborative and interdisciplinary group of scientists are uncovering an invisible world \u2014 one that may hold powerful insights into evolution, biodiversity and how life is connected.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-04\/DSCN0497.JPG?itok=2hB4m9ed","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/b\/20260414-hidden-viruses-madagascar-wildlife-reveal-new-clues-evolution","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Life Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Gabriela Harrod","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-04\/DSCN0497.JPG?itok=2hB4m9ed","image_alt":"a Madagascar black rat perched on a branch among the trees with lots of green leaves surrounding it.","image_caption":"Photo courtesy Elise Paietta\/ASU","related_story":"","news_units":"Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics|School of Life Sciences|Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory|Center for Evolution and Medicine","interests":"","audiences":"","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"feed_only_article","field_saf":""}},{"node":{"nid":"112391","title":"5 ASU faculty members named AAAS Fellows","body":"Five faculty from Arizona State University have been elected 2025 fellows\u0026nbsp;of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 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But according to new research, inflammaging isn\u2019t as universal of an experience as previously thought.","teaser":"It\u2019s been a long-accepted reality that with age comes increased inflammation \u2014 so widely accepted it\u2019s been dubbed \u201cinflammaging.\u201d","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-08\/GEDC1372.JPG?itok=BZq6VClI","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20250820-health-and-medicine-inflammation-and-aging-new-asu-research-reveals-its-not-universal-once","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Human Evolution and Social Change","contributor-contact-information-name":"Megan Martin","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-08\/GEDC1372.JPG?itok=BZq6VClI","image_alt":"A Tsimane forager-farmer resting while clearing his field","image_caption":"A Tsimane forager-farmer rests while clearing his field. 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The U.S. population is older today than it has ever been, and the number of people aged 65 and up is expected to rise from 58 million people in 2022 to 82 million in 2050.\u0026nbsp;As the number of older Americans grows, so will the number of people with Alzheimer\u2019s disease \u2014 unless\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-06-26T12:10:21-07:00\u0022\u003E06\/26\/2025-12:10pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"ASU researchers are finding new ways to reduce Alzheimer\u2019s risk, get earlier diagnoses, slow progression of the disease and improve quality of life.","teaser":"America is aging. 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A new study, led by researchers at Arizona State University, explores the relationship between diet, blood sugar (specifically glucose) and cancer prevalence across a broad range of\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-03-12T11:15:00-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/12\/2025-11:15am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"The findings, published in the journal\u00a0Nature Communications, challenge existing assumptions and suggest that some species have evolved natural biological defenses against cancer.","teaser":"Researchers have long known that diet exerts a profound influence on health, including the risk of developing cancer.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-03\/stefania-kapsetaki-cancer-vertebrates.png?itok=sIHXXlY9","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20250312-science-and-technology-new-study-explores-link-between-diet-blood-sugar-and-cancer-risk","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Biodesign Institute at ASU","contributor-contact-information-name":"Richard Harth","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-0378","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-03\/stefania-kapsetaki-cancer-vertebrates.png?itok=sIHXXlY9","image_alt":"Collage of illustrations of a lizard, bird and wolf.","image_caption":"A new study analyzing diet, average plasma sugar levels and cancer prevalence in some 273 vertebrate species showed surprising results. 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","teaser":"When Brook Jensen was an undergraduate, she actively sought out as much research experience as she could.\u0026nbsp;","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-11\/mosquitoes%20actively%20being%20exposed%20to%20the%20insecticide.jpg?itok=oaE2Vd9x","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20241127-sun-devil-community-after-pursuing-phd-study-evolution-asu-grad-leaves-committed-tackling","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Life Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Risa Aria Schnebly","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-11\/mosquitoes%20actively%20being%20exposed%20to%20the%20insecticide.jpg?itok=oaE2Vd9x","image_alt":"Four glass bottles full of mosquitoes","image_caption":"Mosquitoes in these bottles are being exposed to different levels of insecticides, or none at all. 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In fact, most deaths from cancer are caused by the evolution of therapeutic resistance.In a new review, Arizona State University researchers, working with\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222024-11-20T14:05:27-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/20\/2024-2:05pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"In a new review, Arizona State University researchers, working with colleagues around the world, explore how established agricultural pest management strategies could be adapted to address cancer therapy.","teaser":"Just as crop-devouring insects evolve to resist pesticides, cancer cells can increase their lethality by developing resistance to treatment. In fact, most deaths from cancer are caused by the evolution of therapeutic resistance.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-11\/adaptive-therapy-maley-asu-news.png?itok=3UqfmoCX","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20241120-science-and-technology-food-crops-cancer-clinics-lessons-extermination-resistance","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Biodesign Institute at ASU","contributor-contact-information-name":"Richard Harth","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-0378","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-11\/adaptive-therapy-maley-asu-news.png?itok=3UqfmoCX","image_alt":"Close-up illustration of cancer cells","image_caption":"Despite significant strides in cancer research and therapy, the disease continues to kill roughly 10 million people a year worldwide. A new approach to the disease draws on techniques long used by farmers to control insect pests. The resulting method \u2014 known as \u0026quot;adaptive therapy\u0026quot; \u2014 seeks to manage, rather than eradicate cancer cells, transforming cancer into a disease patients can live with, but not die from. 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If plotted on a graph, the shape would be concave, revealing high happiness levels throughout one\u2019s youth, declining and\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222024-10-24T14:26:15-07:00\u0022\u003E10\/24\/2024-2:26pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"According to new research, the U-shape of happiness is not as fundamental to humanity as previously assumed.","teaser":"A theory that\u2019s been around for more than a decade describes a person\u2019s subjective well-being \u2014 or \u201chappiness\u201d \u2014 as having a U-shape throughout the course of one\u2019s life.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-10\/28.JPG?itok=s71PlJcE","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20241024-health-and-medicine-ushaped-happiness-universal","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Human Evolution and Social Change","contributor-contact-information-name":"Megan Martin","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-10\/28.JPG?itok=s71PlJcE","image_alt":"A view of a traditional Tsimane home seen from a boat in a river","image_caption":"The Tsimane community, a forager-horticultural society in the Bolivian Amazon lowlands, was part of a first-time look at well-being among nonindustrialized communities. 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Next time you\u2019re trying to repel mosquitoes, why not just rig your home with electric fields to zap those pesky buggers away?That might sound outlandish, but new ASU-led research published in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases shows that using electric fields to repel\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222024-10-23T09:29:45-07:00\u0022\u003E10\/23\/2024-9:29am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Forget insecticides. Next time you\u2019re trying to repel mosquitoes, why not just rig your home with electric fields to zap those pesky buggers away? That might sound outlandish, but new ASU-led research published in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases shows that using electric fields to repel mosquitos could be viable \u2014 and worth it.","teaser":"Forget insecticides. Next time you\u2019re trying to repel mosquitoes, why not just rig your home with electric fields to zap those pesky buggers away?","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-10\/erickson%20mosquito%20lab.jpg?itok=Tdemq0zV","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20241023-science-and-technology-new-asu-study-explores-how-electric-fields-could-repel-mosquitos","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Life Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Risa Aria Schnebly","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-10\/erickson%20mosquito%20lab.jpg?itok=Tdemq0zV","image_alt":"A man in a lab coat and blue gloves sits at a desk in a lab with boxes full of mosquitoes","image_caption":"ASU master\u0026#039;s student Michael Erickson sits at a desk capturing mosquitoes to be used in a flight test. 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Shortly after, she reached out to ASU to\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222024-08-01T09:52:27-07:00\u0022\u003E08\/01\/2024-9:52am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"ASU alumna Dorene McCourt saw a story on ASU\u0026#039;s insectary and thought of her late brother-in-law, who died in 2021 from West Nile virus. On his birthday, July 29, the lab was named in his memory.","teaser":"Editor\u2019s note:\u0026nbsp;This story is featured in the\u0026nbsp;","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-08\/20240729%20Elefant%20Insectary%20821.jpg?h=469c26a8\u0026amp;itok=-Afa9ANH","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20240801-sun-devil-community-asu-alum-whose-brotherinlaw-died-west-nile-virus-contributes-asu","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Megan Neely","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-08\/20240729%20Elefant%20Insectary%20821.jpg?h=469c26a8\u0026amp;itok=-Afa9ANH","image_alt":"Gene Elefant\u0026#039;s family in front of the newly named lab sign.","image_caption":"Gene Elefant\u0026#039;s family in front of the new laboratory plaque. 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Those honored with the annual teaching awards are the best of the best in providing an excellent education to their students.\u00a0Meet this year\u2019s seven awardees.","teaser":"With over a thousand faculty in its humanities, natural sciences and social sciences divisions, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences teaches at least one course to 90% of ASU\u2019s undergraduate student po","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-05\/52325206870_e054017a3f_o.jpg?itok=0Rmmom4x","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20240626-university-news-college-liberal-arts-and-sciences-celebrates-faculty-excellence-2024","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Alek Bustamante Valdez","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2024-05\/52325206870_e054017a3f_o.jpg?itok=0Rmmom4x","image_alt":"Landscape image of the outside of Armstrong Hall with the signaged in the forefront of the image..","image_caption":"Each year faculty members in The College are recognized with awards for teaching excellence. 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The award will support research on how TB spread within and among communities living in southern Peru from 2,400 to 3,500 years ago.","teaser":"How and why do new diseases emerge?","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/anne_stone_in_her_lab-sm.jpg?itok=glfmn45k","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20220426-university-news-regents-professor-anne-stone-receives-2022-guggenheim-fellow-award","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Institute of Human Origins","contributor-contact-information-name":"Julie Russ","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-6571","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/anne_stone_in_her_lab-sm.jpg?itok=glfmn45k","image_alt":"ASU Regents Professor Anne Stone in a white coat in a lab.","image_caption":"","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Human Evolution and Social Change|Institute of Human Origins|Center for Evolution and Medicine|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"Grants \/ Awards|Science|Research","audiences":"Faculty","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"92661","title":"New study improves understanding of malaria-prevention effectiveness","body":"World Malaria Day is April 25. According to the World Health Organization, nearly half of the world\u2019s population was at risk of malaria in 2020\u0026nbsp;\u2014 with an estimated 241 million cases and 627,000 deaths worldwide.\u0026nbsp;While this life-threatening disease is preventable and treatable, and\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222022-04-21T16:11:00-07:00\u0022\u003E04\/21\/2022-4:11pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"World Malaria Day is April 25. According to the World Health Organization, nearly half of the world\u2019s population was at risk of malaria in 2020 \u2014 with an estimated 241 million cases and 627,000 deaths worldwide. A newly published study shows that day-to-day household practices and additional construction after in-home insecticide treatments can reduce their effectiveness against malaria transmission.","teaser":"World Malaria Day is April 25.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/malaria_mosquito_resting_on_a_wall_002.jpg?itok=I_E6kQ26","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20220421-new-study-improves-understanding-malariaprevention-effectiveness","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Life Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Dominique Perkins","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-965-2131","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/malaria_mosquito_resting_on_a_wall_002.jpg?itok=I_E6kQ26","image_alt":"Malaria mosquito resting on a wall.","image_caption":" Malaria is spread to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. 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Of those faculty members were two awardees from the School of Life Sciences.Every year, the Graduate College recognizes\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222022-03-07T14:00:00-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/07\/2022-2:00pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Jeffrey Jensen and Janet Neisewander of the School of Life Sciences are among the four faculty members from across Arizona State University to be recognized by the Graduate College with the 2021\u201322 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award.","teaser":"On Feb.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/untitled_design_8.png?itok=m8YQFCwp","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20220307-2-school-life-sciences-faculty-members-receive-outstanding-faculty-mentor-award","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","contributor-contact-information-name":"Emily Balli","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/untitled_design_8.png?itok=m8YQFCwp","image_alt":"Side-by-side portraits of ASU professors Jeffrey Jensen and Janet Neisewander of ASU\u0026#039;s School of Life Sciences.","image_caption":"Jeffrey Jensen and Janet Neisewander of the School of Life Sciences.","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Life Sciences|Department of Psychology|Barrett, The Honors College|Center for Evolution and Medicine|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"Grants \/ Awards|Science","audiences":"Faculty|Students","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"news","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"90985","title":"Machine learning identifies mammal species with the potential to spread SARS-CoV-2","body":"Back-and-forth transmission of SARS-CoV-2 between people and other mammals increases the risk of new variants and threatens efforts to control COVID-19. A new study, published today in\u0026nbsp;Proceedings of the Royal Society B, used a novel modeling approach to predict the zoonotic capacity of 5,400\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222021-11-17T15:40:00-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/17\/2021-3:40pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Back-and-forth transmission of SARS-CoV-2 between people and other mammals increases the risk of new variants and threatens efforts to control COVID-19. A new study, published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, used a novel modeling approach to predict the zoonotic capacity of 5,400 mammal species, extending predictive capacity by an order of magnitude. Of the high-risk species flagged, many live near people and in COVID-19 hot spots.","teaser":"Back-and-forth transmission of SARS-CoV-2 between people and other mammals increases the risk of new variants and threatens efforts to control COVID-19.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/30218332321_a255c25754_k_0.jpg?itok=yqv4vdEC","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20211117-machine-learning-identifies-mammal-species-potential-spread-sars-cov-2","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Biodesign Institute at ASU","contributor-contact-information-name":"Richard Harth","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-0378","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/30218332321_a255c25754_k_0.jpg?itok=yqv4vdEC","image_alt":"Portrait of ASU Associate Professor Arvind Varsani","image_caption":"Arvind Varsani is a virologist at the Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics and a researcher in the Center for Evolution and Medicine and the School of Life Sciences at ASU.","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Life Sciences|Biodesign Institute|Center for Evolution and Medicine|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"Biology|COVID-19 research and resources|Life Science|Research","audiences":"Faculty|Community","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"news","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"89742","title":"ASU receives 16 NSF CAREER awards","body":"Researchers at Arizona State University have earned 16 National Science Foundation early faculty career awards, dating back to late 2020. The awards total $9 million in funding for ASU researchers, in grants that will be used over five years. The work covers subjects that explore a wide variety of\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222021-06-28T15:19:00-07:00\u0022\u003E06\/28\/2021-3:19pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"The awarded work explores a wide variety of science and technology from the very big \u2014\u00a0Western water systems \u2014 to the very small \u2014\u00a0molecules and mosquitoes.","teaser":"Researchers at Arizona State University have earned 16 National Science Foundation early faculty career awards, dating back to late 2020. 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Nevertheless, the activities of our genes \u2014 their expression in cells and tissues \u2014 generate profound distinctions between males and\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222020-09-11T10:06:00-07:00\u0022\u003E09\/11\/2020-10:06am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"In a new paper in the Perspectives section of the journal Science, Melissa Wilson reviews current research into patterns of sex differences in gene expression across the genome and highlights sampling biases in the human populations included in such studies.","teaser":"Males and females share the vast majority of their genomes. Only a sprinkling of genes, located on the so-called X and Y sex chromosomes, differ between the sexes.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/webp.net-resizeimage_0.gif?itok=whNMd-uc","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20200911-are-male-genes-mars-female-genes-venus","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Biodesign Institute at ASU","contributor-contact-information-name":"Richard Harth","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-0378","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/webp.net-resizeimage_0.gif?itok=whNMd-uc","image_alt":"","image_caption":"Melissa Wilson is a researcher in the Biodesign Center for Mechanisms in Evolution, the Center for Evolution and Medicine, and ASU\u2019s School of Life Sciences.","related_story":"","news_units":"Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution|School of Life Sciences|Biodesign Institute|Center for Evolution and Medicine|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"Biology|Bioscience|Gender|Life Science|Research","audiences":"Faculty|Community","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"news","field_saf":"Science and technology"}}]}