Dani Ellenby

After identifying genetic variants found only in modern humans, Adjunct Professor Svante Pääbo is now exploring whether these genes have been consequential in our evolution.

Researchers are identifying the quantity, type, and origin of microplastics in Okinawa’s marine animals, both captive and wild.

Female and male Japanese termites can flip sex roles in order to form stable same-sex pairs, finds a new study.

Researchers have uncovered new genetic data on giant sea anemones, providing a resource for understanding the relationship between anemonefish and their hosts.

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced today that Svante Pääbo, an Adjunct Professor at OIST, has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

A new study reveals that certain locations of DNA are copied faster than others, which could also have an effect on mutation rate.

Scientists have developed the most accurate model yet of how the coronavirus particles rotate, according to their ellipsoidal shape.

A new study into the neurons found in the earliest-diverging animal lineages reveals key clues about the form of the most ancestral nervous system, and how it first evolved.