We are pleased to announce that the honors students in the biological sciences will present their research findings in seminars that begin on May 12th. All are welcome to attend. Please click on the photograph below to link to the full schedule.

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.

Professor Mary Lou Guerinot talks with Dartmouth Now about improving the nutritional quality of plants through her work with a small plant in the mustard family, Arabidopsis thaliana.

EEB Prof. Nate Dominy uses art to construct an ecological history of egypt.

Professor Olga Zhaxybayeva is one of 2014 Simons Investigators in Mathematical Modeling of Living Systems. This support enables the long-term research of "outstanding theoretical scientists."

Professor Kathy Cottingham gave a Plenary Address at the 2014 Ecological Society of America Meeting in Sacramento, California. The title of her talk was " Wearing an ecologist’s hat and facing a world of change."