Read the latest news and updates from the Biology department.
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The Biology Senior Comps Presentations will be held in Fowler 207 and Fowler 209 on Saturday, April 6th, 2019.
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The Biology Seminar Series of Spring 2019 continues with Ryan Freedman's talk, "Restoration in the Urban Landscape: Building Effective Fish Nurseries."
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The Biology Seminar Series of Spring 2019 continues with Jennifer Zee's talk, "The Best of Both Worlds: Interdisciplinary Careers in Art and Biology."
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The Biology Seminar Series of Spring 2019 continues with Erica Hutchins' talk, "Unraveling the mechanisms of the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition during neural crest development in the chick embryo."
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Professor Shana Goffredi was featured in an article in The New Yorker in which she discusses the fascinating role of Osedax worms on decaying whale falls.
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The Biology Seminar Series of Spring 2019 continues with Sasha Wright's talk, "Biodiversity, ecosystem function, and 'collaboration' in plant communities."
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The Biology Seminar Series of Spring 2019 continues with Norma Morella's talk, "Multiple forces shape microbial community structure in the phyllosphere."
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The Biology Seminar Series of Spring 2019 commences with Claire Willing's talk, "Plant-fungal interactions and implications for plant physiology."
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The Biology department was prominently featured in an article about the 19th Undergraduate Research Conference. Check it out here!