Professor Adam C. Martiny, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has recently commented on work concerning the ocean and climate change on the website, Science News.  Ocean plankton, like terrestrial plants, use sunlight to capture CO2 for food through photosynthesis. ...

On June 8th, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine held a public release event that addressed the use of gene editing technology like CRISPR/Cas9.  The event highlighted the conclusions of a new report on gene editing from a National Academies...

Dillon Dejam is a recent graduate who majored in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Biological Sciences School.  He will continue doing research and volunteering at the School while waiting to applying to medical school next year. Dillon has had an exceptional...

Several students in the Master's Program in Biotechnology Management MS (MSBTM), along with their teammates from the MBA Program and/or School of Law, were awarded for their business design strategies at three recent competitions.  Faisal Chaabani and Garima Naswa...

Created to disseminate knowledge about the cutting-edge research being performed at the Biological Sciences School, the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series has featured some of the School’s top faculty since its inception.  On May 25th, Professor Charles G. Glabe,...

Professor Karina Cramer’s research interests include the development of central auditory brain circuits and the molecular mechanisms that underlie recovery of these auditory circuits after injury.  She has just received NIH funding to study the role that glia play in...

Emeritus Professor Barbara A. Hamkalo, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, gave the keynote address at the Second Annual Women in Science Symposium at the University of North Carolina (UNC) on April 6.  Hosted by the UNC Women in Science group, the mission of the...

Professor Shin Lin, Developmental and Cell Biology, has been studying the effects of complementary and alternative medicine on the body for many years.  Professor Lin is also an instructor of tai chi, an ancient exercise routine and martial art that some consider to...

The Biological Sciences School hosted its annual faculty and staff appreciation picnic outside of Natural Sciences 2.  The picnic is the School’s way of showing appreciation for the hard work done by its faculty and staff throughout the year.  In addition to the great...

At the 2016 Anteater Awards ceremony, the Biological Sciences School’s Biological Sciences Student Council (BSC) received the coveted title of “Most Outstanding Academic Organization.”  The Anteater Awards are held to provide recognition to the university’s 600+...