To view the most recent BIO research highlights, please visit NSF’s News Page.

Below are older examples of BIO Research Highlights published on Research.gov.

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Organized by award year of most recent funding.

2013

Highlight Title	URL	BIO Division	State, Congressional District	Keywords
Visualizing rapid skeletal movements	go.usa.gov/3ZcNH	DBI	Rhode Island District 01, Rhode Island District 02	X-ray, motion, vertebrate, biomechanics, XROMM, 3D
Tiny Caribbean clingfish carries venom	go.usa.gov/3ZTh5	IOS	Texas District 17	anatomy, fish, vertebrates, function, evolution

2012

Highlight Title	URL	BIO Division	State, Congressional District	Keywords
Protecting amphibians from fungus	go.usa.gov/3ZcNj	DEB	California District 13, California District 23	frog, epidemic, fungus, host, outbreak
Mapping cell development one line at a time	go.usa.gov/3ZWUz	MCB	New York District 10	signal, immune, development, disease, medicine, stem cell
A social network for 3-D ecology	go.usa.gov/3ZxT4	DBI	Maryland District 03	Ecosynth, vegetation, imaging, citizen science, hardware, remote sensing
Mining cellular images	go.usa.gov/3ZxTk	DBI	Massachusetts District 07	software, imaging, cells, algorithms, liver, cancer, disease
Biodiversity as disease defender	http://go.usa.gov/3Zxj9	DEB	Colorado District 02	parasite, host, amphibian, wetlands, snails, infection
From bioscience to bioeconomy	go.usa.gov/3ZYFk	MCB	Arizona District 09	function, complexity, man-made, systems, health, technology, disease, nanoscale, smart materials, applied
Cultivating future plant genomics researchers	go.usa.gov/3ZYe3	IOS	Georgia District 10	genetics, diversity, professional development, mentoring, SoyMap, participation
The science behind a flower’s sweet scent	go.usa.gov/3ZYem	IOS	Washington District 7	attraction, reproduction, pollen, pollinator, genetics, bee, crops

2011

Highlight Title	URL	BIO Division	State, Congressional District	Keywords
Surviving white-nose syndrome: How some bats may avoid extinction	go.usa.gov/3Z3WR	DEB	Massachusetts District 07	sociality, host, pathogen, pollinators, agriculture, fungus, infectious disease, EEID
Diagnosing and treating bacterial diseases with a simple cartridge assay	go.usa.gov/3ZZnJ	MCB	Wisconsin District 02	disease, assay, pollution, pollutant, environment, RET, MRSEC, education
iBiology goes behind the science of living things	go.usa.gov/3ZZQB	MCB	Maryland District 08	education, teaching, resources, ASCB, science communication,
The algae pigment shuffle	go.usa.gov/3ZcEz	DBI	California District 15	Postdoctoral Fellowship, photosynthesis, temperature, environment, fluorescence
Pollen over the past millennium	go.usa.gov/3ZxTG	DBI	Massachusetts District 08	database, image, human impact, data, plants, climate, collections
Which plants will survive a warming climate?	go.usa.gov/3ZxDe	DBI	Washington	modeling, mathematics, seeds, dispersal, growth, survival, reproduction
Yellowstone ecosystem needs beavers	go.usa.gov/3ZYX9	DEB	Colorado District 02	habitats, conservation, ecology, wolves, elk, wetlands, management, recovery
From a small weed comes great things	go.usa.gov/3ZYNp	MCB	North Carolina District 01	Arabidopsis, conference, plant, agriculture, genome, professional development, training
The adventures of Bassbot: Robots explain how fishes feed	go.usa.gov/3ZYHY	DBI	Washington District 07	modeling, anatomy, skeleton, muscle, performance
Dynamic activation of protein function	go.usa.gov/3ZYFG	MCB	New Jersey District 06	structure, regulate, regulation, enzyme, E. coli, gene expression, transcription
Protein ‘handshakes’ vital to plant survival	go.usa.gov/3ZYFz	MCB	California District 18, Washington, D.C.	environment, regulatory networks, interactions, cellular communication, interactome
A mother’s protective influence: Hormone-mediated maternal effects	go.usa.gov/3ZYe9	IOS	Michigan District 08	adaptation, climate change, squirrels, food, population, offspring, survival, reproduction