# @columbia on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-04-20T16:40:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Columbia University (@columbia) — https://gondola.cc/columbia

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Discoveries and innovations across engineering, climate, and the biological sciences make our list for the latest research at Columbia you should know about. Let’s take a look!

🦟 Columbia biologists found that cells in the mosquito’s gut drive its appetites. The findings reflect a growing understanding of how peptides like GLP-1 can affect animal behavior. 📷 Alex Wild

🔬 Researchers at ZuckermanBrain are designing ultra-powerful microscopes to help neuroscientists study near-atomic-level details in brain cells. 
📷 Fitzpatrick Lab

🦵 Biomedical engineers at ColumbiaMed and ColumbiaEngineering are building non-traditional knee implants using stem cells and biodegradable materials—with longer lifespans and fewer complications after surgery. 📷 Steve Myaskovsky

🧠 At Columbia Engineering, a newly developed implantable imaging tool is expanding possibilities for studying deep neural circuits in the brain. 
📷 Bioelectronics Systems Lab at Columbia University

🪨 New findings from a ColumbiaLamontEarth / columbiaclimate geologist can help explain “the Great Unconformity,” a massive gap in the Earth’s geological record that spans over a billion years. 
📷 Nicholas Christie-Blick

🤖 Columbia roboticists are teaming up with Toyota to make a new generation of nimble robots that can adapt to changes in their operating environments. 📷 Li Lab

For more research discoveries, visit the link in Columbia’s bio. #ColumbiaUniversity #ColumbiaMed

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