The 2018 Biology Department Research Symposium will be held Wednesday, May 2nd, in the Genome Science Building from 8:30-4:30. This annual event brings together the Biology Department for a day of learning and discussion. This year the symposium will feature … Read more

The new school year is upon us! This fall, the Biology Department and BGSA hosted the Biology barbecue catered by Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe. There was great food, cornhole, and a successful (and delicious!) bake sale to raise money for the BGSA, … Read more

Biology Department graduate students will be presenting their research at Evolution 2014 in Raleigh, the joint annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB), and the American Society of Naturalists (ASN) Go see their awesome work! Saturday, 6/21 … Read more

Check out the winner of the Biology T-Shirt Design Contest: Thanks to all who voted at the 2014 Biology Research Symposium and congrats to the designer, grad student Jes Coyle.

Biology graduate student Zhipeng Lu has published a paper in Genome Biology as part of a special ‘RBPome’ issue on RNA binding proteins. Zhipeng is joined by co-authorCasey Schmidt, a student in the GMB curriculum and their mentor, Professor Greg Matera in the publication titled: “RIP-seq … Read more

Joel’s recent publication in PeerJ uses a mathematical model to determine how age-dependent sexual traits arise in populations. Check it out here!

Thanks for joining us on October 16th for the annual Biology Department Picnic! The picnic was catered by Hillsborough BBQ Company, who provided BBQ chicken, vegan chili, and coleslaw. In addition to great food, BGSA hosted a bake sale and … Read more

Due to their great success last year, Biology Department T-shirts are again available to order! The image for the shirt is below, as well as an example of the final product. The shirts are dark grey, soft, fitted Next Level … Read more

Here’s a list of graduate seminars being offered by the Biology Department this semester: Animal Decision Making (BIOL 845 Dr. Sabrina Burmeister) The goal of the course is to use an integrative approach to better understand animal decisions – from foraging … Read more

On June 28th, we celebrated this year’s change in Biology Department Chair. After 5 years of great service, Dr. Bill Kier turned the position over to Dr. Vicki Bautch. We helped them commemorate the swap with cake and ice cream, … Read more