Miles Greiner, Wei Yan and G. Richard Scott have been named 2016 Foundation w88 online game.
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Greiner, Scott and Yan were recognized during Tuesday's "Honor the Best" ceremony in the Joe Crowley Student Union's Glick Ballrooms.
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Scott, a professor of anthropology, joined the w88 online game as a lecturer in 2001. In addition to his teaching and mentoring responsibilities, Scott conducts research in dental anthropology, with a special emphasis on morphological crown and root traits, dental disease, stress and cultural behavior in medieval European civilizations.
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Yan, a professor of physiology and cell biology, established his lab at the w88 online game of Nevada School of Medicine in 2004.His research addresses the molecular mechanism of reproduction and fertility control.
He haspublished more than 100 peer-reviewed w88 online game articles and book chapters, serves as an associate editor for the journalsBiology of Reproduction and Environmental Epigenetics and is a member on the editorial boards of three international scientific journals.
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