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Congratulations to Professor L. Mahadevan, Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), and Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and of Physics...

Ecosystem ecology studies often focus on what’s happening to plants above ground, for instance exploring photosynthesis or water loss in leaves. But what is happening below the ground in plant roots is equally important when evaluating ecosystem processes...

Congratulations to William (Ned) Friedman awarded the Medal of Honor by The Garden Club of America. The Medal of Honor, awarded for outstanding service to horticulture, is presented to Friedman for his research on the evolution of flowering plants.

A new study in Development reveals novel interactions between cell division and cell expansion in the key process that establishes floral morphology. The study, led the PhD candidate Ya Min, co-author postdoctoral fellow Stephanie J. Conway, and senior...

Species extinction, the introduction of non-native plants, climate change, and pollution are all major drivers of changes in biological communities due to human activity. Though these patterns have been well studied, most investigations focus on only one...

L Mahadevan, the Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics, of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and of Physics at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and a team of mathematicians and physicists...

Charles Davis, OEB Professor and Curator of Vascular Plants at Harvard University Herbaria, has been awarded $4.7 million from the National Science Foundation’s Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections Grant for his team’s collaborative project...

Professor L. Mahadevan, OEB and John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been named a 2021 Simons Investigator. Simons Investigators are outstanding theoretical scientists who receive a stable base of research support from the...

The bud scales of resting buds (buds that form at the end of a growth season which lie dormant until the next growth season) of temperate trees are thought to provide essential winter protection. However naked buds (buds without bud scales) are often...

Water availability is essential to terrestrial plants, especially tall canopy trees. Satellite observations at microwave frequencies make it possible to assess total canopy water content and plant stress. However, leaf surface water -- water coming from...