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Rice University Secures $1.9M Grant for Evolutionary Software

8/12/2025

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Rice University's Luay Nakhleh has secured a groundbreaking $1.9 million NSF grant to launch PhyNetPy, an innovative open-source software for evolutionary biology. This project promises to revolutionize the way we visualize complex evolutionary histories through flexible network models, bridging gaps between phylogenetics and population genetics, and igniting new avenues for interdisciplinary research.

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Rice University's Luay Nakhleh has secured a groundbreaking $1.9 million NSF grant to launch PhyNetPy, an innovative open-source software for evolutionary biology. This project promises to revolutionize the way we visualize complex evolutionary histories through flexible network models, bridging gaps between phylogenetics and population genetics, and igniting new avenues for interdisciplinary research.