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Glenn Webb

  • bacteria microbionome

    Early human populations may have been shaped by bacteria the body hosts

    Vanderbilt mathematician Glenn Webb and NYU microbiologist Martin Blaser propose that the microbes which live on our bodies may have influenced the age structure of human populations in prehistoric times. Read More

    Dec 16, 2014

  • Cicada

    Cicadas 101: All buzz, no bite

      An adult cicada (John Russell / Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt commencement speakers may have some unusual competition this year: Nashville’s largest brood of cicadas are predicted to emerge in May and hang around for about five or six weeks. Besides their practice of appearing in 13- or 17-year… Read More

    May 12, 2011