Department of Biological Sciences

Molecular and Cellular Biology graduate students, Erin Shoemaker-Kiess and Amanda Socha have published an op-ed paper in the Journal of Science Policy & Governance in which they propose GMO classifications for food labeling.

Prof. Amy Gladfelter is being honored with a Women in Cell Biology Mid-Career Award for Excellence in Research work by the American Society of Cell Biology. 

Prof.ter Hofstede's paper "Sensory-based niche partitioning in a multiple predator - multiple prey community" featured in the Washington Post.

Maria Hindt, Ph.D. received the Croasdale Award from the Dean of Graduate Studies, Prof. Jon Kull for her exemplary work on iron homeostasis in plants in the lab of Prof. Mary Lou Guerinot.

Prof. Rob McClung was a guest on The Exchange on NHPR.  The topic of the April, 23, 2015 broadcast was "The Science of GMOs: Possibilities And Limitations."

Prof. Eric Schaller and New York Times best-selling author, Jeff VanderMeer were the featured speakers a MIT Communications Forum on April 6, 2015.

Researchers in Professor Becky Irwin's lab have found that some compounds in floral nector reduce parasite loads in bees sixty to eighty percent.  These findings were highlighted in the February 26, 2015 issue of Nature.

Prof. Zhaxybayeva shows that the deep biosphere is teeming with microbes that have been exchanging genetic material for eons.

Professor Amy Gladfelter's lab was selected by the American Society for Cell Biology to create a video about the work being done in her lab to understand human biology using simple fungi - their "key companions."

Four biology majors from the Class of 2015 were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa on November 11th.