Natural Sciences
Marcus Feldman receives lifetime achievement award from the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution
Marcus Feldman, the Burnet C. and Mildred Finley Wohlford Professor and professor in the Department of Biology, has been selected as the 2024 winner of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution’s Lifetime Achievement Award. This honor recognizes Feldman’s outstanding research during his career and contributions to the field of molecular biology and evolution.
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Stanford Statisticians Tackle COVID-19
This stories series presents three studies in the Department of Statistics addressing the coronavirus outbreak using different approaches: tracking genetic mutations in the coronavirus, developing a more practical approach to predictive modelling, and designing clinical trials of promising new treatments.
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Is our universe one of many?
This five-part series tells the story of how theoretical physicists at Stanford helped develop the String Theory Landscape – and in the process sparked a fierce and still ongoing debate about what science is and what it should be.