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MCB professor Hopi Hoekstra was among the Harvard professors elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) this year. AAAS is one of the oldest honorary…
Parental care is crucial for the survival of mammals, yet species vary widely in the extent and type of care they give to their young. In species where…
by the astonishing variety of forms, shapes, and colors that have evolved in nature. This variation has allowed organisms to adapt to their local environments, for example, to…
The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology is pleased to announce that Professor Hopi E. Hoekstra of MCB and the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology has won…
Hopi Hoekstra Professor Hopi Hoekstra was recently named a Harvard College Professor in recognition of her “distinguished contributions to undergraduate teaching.” The Professorships are five-year appointments that provide…
The prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has appointed Hopi Hoekstra as an HHMI Investigator. The Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Curator of Mammals in the Museum…
In recent years, a growing number of studies have reported the identity of genes that contribute to phenotypic variation. However, few have narrowed the causative effects down to…
(l to r) Hopi E. Hoekstra, Dana Brimmer, and Jesse Weber Many animals build elaborate structures—bees make hives, birds build nests, and rodents construct burrows—for which Richard Dawkins…
Hopi Hoeckstra The award is named in memory of Estela Medrano, a professor at the Huffington Center on Aging at Baylor College of Medicine and an internationally recognized…
