Professor, School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
The roles of social networks in disease transmission and individual decision making using the honey bee as a model
Social insects are highly successful because of the coordination of activities of many individuals. These social networks function in many different contexts, including finding food, defense of a colony and fighting disease.
Professor, Department of Sociology
Illinois Institute of Technology
Sociobiology, The Sequel: Conflict about cooperation
Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Michigan
Mindware: As useful for scientists as it is for everyone else
Professor, College of Biological Sciences
University of Minnesota
Models on the Runway: how do we make replicas of the world?
Models are universal in science, both as theoretical formulations of reality and as model systems, representatives of other organisms. A recent paper on how scientists view the world divides our work into the mind, the lab, and the field, and suggests that models must not be conflated with reality. But in practice, these distinctions are blurred.
Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Washington
The biological diversity of self: Microchimerism
Microchimerism (Mc) is harboring a small amount of cells or DNA that originated in another genetically distinct individual. Bi-directional maternal-fetal exchange occurs during normal pregnancy and creates a legacy of Mc in both individuals.
Distinguished Professor and Department Chair of Biology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
A new interpretation of the life-extending dietary restriction effect
Dietary restriction, the reduction of food intake from the amount that animals would prefer, extends health and life in a diversity of species. Traditionally this “dietary restriction effect” has been interpreted to have evolved as a way to enhance survival and preserve reproduction during periods of naturally-occurring food shortage. Aus
The Evolution of Goodness, Justice and Empathy
Professor and Distinguished University Scholar in the Department of Biology
University of Louisville
Former senior producer and director for BBC Television
Your Body by Darwin
Looking at human disease through the eyes of a Darwinian leads you to fresh, exciting and useful new insights and allows you to frame illness in a more productive way.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
University of Michigan
High-altitude adaptation to understand complex phenotypes
In the field of biological anthropology, high-altitude adaptation is a classic area of research. High-altitude environments, defined as areas lying above 2,500 meters [m] sea-level, challenge the ability of humans to live and reproduce, i.e., adapt and/or acclimatize.