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Photo by David KilperKaren Brannon, mathematics coordinator for the University’s Science Outreach Program, works with teachers Kathy Simon and Katie Laramie.Teachers are working with WUSTL faculty members to align curriculum to the national standards and to improve instruction.

Photo by David KilperSt. Louis teachers gather at WUSTL to compare notes.At Washington University in St. Louis, teachers from five school districts are working with science and math education faculty in an effort designed to align curriculum to the NCLB standards and to improve instruction. Their work is supported by $6.5 million from the National Science Foundation, through funding from NCLB.

Researchers found that introduced populations of a lizard in five different countries can be traced back to the Sunshine State.

Photo courtesy U.S. Geological Survey/SOFIAGenetic studies performed by Washington University biologists shows that the sunshine State is the exporter of brown lizards to other countries.A new study headed by biologists at Washington University in St. Louis shows that Florida is an exporter of more than just fruit and star athletes. Studying genetic variation in the common brown lizard, Anolis sagrei, the researchers found that introduced populations of the lizard in five different countries can be traced back to the Sunshine State as their site of export.

The University will host the National Science Foundation Regional Grants Conference Oct. 4-5 at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel, 212-232 N. Kingshighway Blvd. The two-day conference is a very valuable experience, especially for new faculty, researchers and administrators who want to learn about a wide range of NSF issues, including the state of current funding; […]

The lecturer has won the Four-Year College Biology Teacher of the Year Award from the National Association of Biology Teachers.

Copyright Pieter JohnsonEutrophication is caused by higher phosphorous and nitrogen that create a profound impact on the food web, threatening the frogs’ existence.A collaboration involving ecologists at WUSTL and the University of Wisconsin strongly points to farming practices and development, two factors that create a condition called eutrophication in ponds and wetlands, as factors behind the high incidence of deformed frogs. Eutrophication is caused by higher phosphorus and nitrogen (prime components of agricultural fertilizer) levels in wet ecosystems. Higher levels of these nutrients cause a profound impact on the food web that imperils the frogs’ existence.

Judith Ogilvie, Ph.D., Deanna M. Barch, Ph.D., Michael Brent, Ph.D., Leonidas Carayannopoulous, M.D., and more.

The full project will be an international collaboration involving several laboratories, including a biology one at WUSTL.

New evidence has linked deformities to the presence of a parasite that has been noted in scientific literature for a century and a half.