Two LSU biologists make science magazine's top 100 list

Thursday, December 11, 2008

LSU professors Mark Batzer and Brent Christner have made Discover magazine's annual list of the top 100 science stories of the year. Batzer, a distinguished professor in biological sciences, was mentioned in the No. 90-ranked story on the sequencing and analyzing of the platypus genome, which determined the animal had bird, reptile and mammal ancestors. Read the article about his work here. Christner, an assistant professor of biological sciences, was mentioned in the No. 88-ranked story on his research on rain-making bacteria. Read the article about his work here.


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