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Now, researchers at Arizona State University and international collaborators have produced the most detailed picture yet of how the model organism of this group is organized, and how it feeds, creating a foundational resource for studying a major but overlooked branch of life.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n","teaser":"Diplonemids are among the most abundant and diverse single-celled organisms in the world\u2019s oceans.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/shutterstock_509184811.jpg?itok=XugVkXRZ","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/b\/20260212-mapping-inner-life-mysterious-ocean-microbe","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\/2026-02\/shutterstock_509184811.jpg?itok=XugVkXRZ","image_alt":"cells","image_caption":"Microscopy image of Euglena, a protist in the phylum Euglenozoa. 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Dozens of ASU researchers \u2014 whose expertise ranges from technology for older adults living alone to water insecurity solutions \u2014 will speak at the event, whose theme this year, Science @ Scale, aims to highlight the importance of research\u2019s value for the public good.","teaser":"When the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting takes place this month in Phoenix, Arizona State University will be well represented.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/20250325%20NathanJohnsonLEAPSLab_233.jpg?itok=dAeInGnG","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260206-science-and-technology-asu-researchers-aaas-annual-meeting-phoenix","hide_byline":"1","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"","contributor-contact-information-name":"","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-02\/20250325%20NathanJohnsonLEAPSLab_233.jpg?itok=dAeInGnG","image_alt":"Two men work on a solar panel","image_caption":"The upcoming American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting will feature ASU experts from a range of fields, including engineer Alexander Mobley (pictured), who will co-lead a workshop on microgrids. 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For years, scientists have known that only one of those strands usually becomes active, but they have not understood how the cell makes that choice.A new study from Arizona State University shows that the\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-27T11:16:11-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/27\/2026-11:16am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"When a cell produces a microRNA, it creates two unique strands from a single molecule. For years, scientists have known that only one of those strands usually becomes active, but they have not understood how the cell makes that choice. A new study from Arizona State University shows that the decision is not random. Instead, it follows consistent, conserved rules that can be identified and predicted using artificial intelligence.","teaser":"When a cell produces a microRNA, it creates two unique strands from a single molecule.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/PaloVerdeBlooms.jpg","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/b\/20260127-asu-researchers-uncover-rules-guide-how-micrornas-control-genes","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\/PaloVerdeBlooms.jpg","image_alt":"","image_caption":"","related_story":"","news_units":"Biodesign Center for Biocomputing, Security and Society|Biodesign Virginia G. 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The results are remarkable: fewer locusts, less damage and a doubled crop yield.","teaser":"\u201cThey\u2019re very destructive when there\u0027s a lot of them, but one on one, what\u0027s not to love?\u201d Arianne Cease says.\u0026nbsp;She\u2019s talking about locusts.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/Story-LocustLab-251212-0180.jpg?h=658e5eaa\u0026amp;itok=NHhDuGSt","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260115-environment-and-sustainability-locust-swarms-destroy-crops-scientists-found-way-stop-it","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU Knowledge Enterprise","contributor-contact-information-name":"Mikala Kass","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-5616","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\/2026-01\/Story-LocustLab-251212-0180.jpg?h=658e5eaa\u0026amp;itok=NHhDuGSt","image_alt":"Hands wearing blue gloves hold a green and brown locust.","image_caption":"PhD student Sydney Millerwise holds a migratory locust in ASU\u2019s Global Locust Initiative Lab. 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But a new global study reveals that in large regions of the world, livestock numbers are substantially declining, not growing \u2014\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-12T09:35:07-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/12\/2026-9:35am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"A new global study reveals that in large regions of the world, livestock numbers are substantially declining, not growing. The findings are important because the destocking of rangelands isn\u2019t just the reverse of overgrazing; it poses new ecological and land management challenges.","teaser":"For decades, researchers have focused on the problem of overgrazing, in which expanding herds of cattle and other livestock degrade grasslands, steppes and desert plains.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/destocking%20image.jpg?h=611f2206\u0026amp;itok=1c5qW3AS","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260112-environment-and-sustainability-overlooked-decline-grazing-livestock-brings-risks-and","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Office of Media Relations and Strategic Communications","contributor-contact-information-name":"Joe Rojas-Burke","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/destocking%20image.jpg?h=611f2206\u0026amp;itok=1c5qW3AS","image_alt":"A distant, small herd of cattle grazes in a lush grassland with hills rising behind them.","image_caption":"Livestock populations have declined by about 12% since 1999 in regions that held nearly half of the world\u2019s domestic grazing animals. 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She earned a bachelor\u0026#039;s degree in English from ASU when she was just 18 years old.","teaser":"Samantha Harker was 13 years old when she decided to challenge herself.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-01\/IMG_9136.jpeg?itok=nBmnGZDH","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260108-arts-humanities-and-education-asu-student-competes-one-worlds-smartest-people-new-season","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Scott Bordow","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\/2026-01\/IMG_9136.jpeg?itok=nBmnGZDH","image_alt":"A female contestant wearing a blue sports uniform is interviewed by a male host wearing a black suit on the set of a competition show","image_caption":"ASU doctoral student Samantha Harker is interviewed by \u0026quot;Beast Games\u0026quot; host and YouTube personality James Donaldson, also known as MrBeast, during the second season of the show. 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At dusk in the Arizona foothills, bobcats slip silently through dry washes and rocky crags.\u0026nbsp;These familiar animals seem worlds apart \u2014 one urban and social, the other solitary and elusive.\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-01-06T12:10:27-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/06\/2026-12:10pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"In two new studies, researchers used modern genomic tools to explore the hidden viral world in unexpected places. Together, the studies offer a snapshot of viral diversity in desert wildlife and demonstrate how scientists track viruses across hosts, environments and time.","teaser":"As the sun rises over the Sonoran Desert, bright green lovebirds gather noisily around backyard feeders. 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Now imagine that same pattern playing out in the highlands of Ethiopia among a crowd of wild monkeys.That is exactly what a team of Arizona\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-17T09:24:36-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/17\/2025-9:24am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"New research from ASU shows that, like human babies, the youngest gelada monkeys pick up the most adenoviruses early in life, telling us something important about immunity and how viruses move through social groups.","teaser":"If you have young kids or spend time around day care centers, you know the drill: Someone gets a cold, and soon the whole group is sniffling and sneezing.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/_MG_7685%20%282%29.JPEG?itok=N7e7qP4o","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251217-science-and-technology-findings-adenoviruses-baby-gelada-monkeys-provide-window-our-own","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\/2025-12\/_MG_7685%20%282%29.JPEG?itok=N7e7qP4o","image_alt":"baby gelada monkey clinging to an adult gelada monkey","image_caption":"A baby gelada monkey clings to an adult gelada monkey. 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But that\u0027s a hard thing to do when so much of modern life relies on using fossil fuels. Beyond fueling your car or generating electricity, we convert\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-15T07:33:16-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/15\/2025-7:33am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Amanda Godar, who\u2019s graduating with a PhD from Arizona State University\u0026#039;s microbiology program this fall, spent her degree investigating how to produce chemicals that are helpful to humans in more eco-friendly ways, such as using bacteria that can convert sugars derived from crops.","teaser":"Curbing the effects of climate change means cutting down emissions of carbon dioxide \u2014 a greenhouse gas emitted by the burning of fossil fuels. But that\u0027s a hard thing to do when so much of modern life relies on using fossil fuels.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/amanda%20godar.jpg?itok=f8oFLPVf","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251215-science-and-technology-graduating-phd-student-uses-biotechnology-sustainably-produce","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\/2025-12\/amanda%20godar.jpg?itok=f8oFLPVf","image_alt":"A woman with brown hair wears a lab coat and holds a pipette at a lab bench","image_caption":"Graduating ASU PhD student Amanda Godar works with strains of bacteria that have been genetically modified to make chemicals that are helpful to humans. 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Yet even with modern DNA sequencing, figuring out what these microbes are and how they are related to one another remains extremely difficult.In a pair of\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-11T16:33:32-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/11\/2025-4:33pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Two new ASU studies debut tools that make it easier and more accurate to map microbial relationships and analyze biological data, boosting research on microbiomes, disease detection, environmental health and future medical advances.","teaser":"The microscopic organisms that fill our bodies, soils, oceans and atmosphere play essential roles in human health and the planet\u2019s ecosystems.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/shutterstock_1220926492.jpg?itok=7me9Mtw5","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251211-science-and-technology-smarter-tools-peering-microscopic-world","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\/2025-12\/shutterstock_1220926492.jpg?itok=7me9Mtw5","image_alt":"Graphic illustration of a digital tree built from DNA-like connections","image_caption":"A digital tree built from DNA-like connections represents how scientists trace the ancestry of microbes. New tools such as TMarSel and scikit-bio are helping researchers build clearer microbial family trees and make better sense of the growing flood of genetic data. Graphic courtesy of the Biodesign Institute","related_story":"","news_units":"ASU Health|Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics|School of Life Sciences|Biodesign Institute|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences","interests":"Bioscience|Research","audiences":"Faculty|Community","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"SDG 03 Good Health and Well-Being|SDG 09 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"109996","title":"From fish tanks to fieldwork: Dean\u2019s Medalist makes waves in ocean research","body":"Viktor Meszaros has always been enchanted by the weird and wonderful creatures of the ocean. But growing up in Mesa, Arizona, he never thought he\u2019d have the chance to study them himself.Instead, he brought some of those creatures into his own home, carefully learning to feed hermit crabs, grow\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-11T11:02:43-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/11\/2025-11:02am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"From a desert childhood spent raising hermit crabs and coral in his bedroom to earning ASU\u2019s Dean\u2019s Medal for marine research, Viktor Meszaros proves you don\u2019t need an ocean to dive into ocean science.","teaser":"Viktor Meszaros has always been enchanted by the weird and wonderful creatures of the ocean. But growing up in Mesa, Arizona, he never thought he\u2019d have the chance to study them himself.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-12\/viktor.jpeg?itok=AS-5Tfoq","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251211-sun-devil-community-fish-tanks-fieldwork-deans-medalist-makes-waves-ocean-research","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\/2025-12\/viktor.jpeg?itok=AS-5Tfoq","image_alt":"A man with dark hair smiles at the camera.","image_caption":"Viktor Meszaros, who\u0026#039;s graduating with a bachelor\u0026#039;s degree in biological sciences this semester, earned the Dean\u0026#039;s Medal for ASU\u0026#039;s School of Life Sciences. 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Combined with the\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-12-11T10:38:07-07:00\u0022\u003E12\/11\/2025-10:38am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Raedon Anderson conducted research about the breeding patterns of the endangered Chiricahua leopard frog. 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