Bio Sci Graduate Students Move to 3MT Final Round!

Congratulations to Biological Sciences graduate students, Chandrima Ghosh and Jake Grothjan, who have recently been selected to proceed to the Final Round of UWM’s inaugural 3MT competition! The Three Minute Thesis (3MT), founded by the University of Queensland, challenges graduate… Read More

Evan Krystofiak Publishes Paper in Nature’s Communications Biology

Evan Krystofiak, a former graduate student in the Biological Sciences department, has recently published an article entitled “Carbon replicas reveal double stranded structure of tight junctions in phase-contrast electron microscopy” in Communications Biology. This is an open access journal from Nature Research which… Read More

A Path to Sustainable Agriculture with Dr. Gyaneshwar Prasad

Biological Sciences Associate Professor, Dr. Gyaneshwar Prasad, has been researching ways to reduce fertilizer use in agriculture while still increasing crop yield. With populations growing around the globe, it is important to find sustainable alternatives to conventional farming practices. Read… Read More

Andrew Petto Publishes Article in Journal of College Science Teaching

Congratulations to Senior Lecturer Emeritus Andrew Petto whose article ‘Research and Teaching: Technology Meets Pedagogy: Comparing Classroom Response Systems’ was recently published in the Journal of College Science Teaching. Well done Dr. Petto!  

2019 Biological Sciences Award Winners Announced

We are pleased to announce the results of the 2019 Biological and Environmental Sciences Scholarship Competition! The Awards committee found this year’s pool of applicants extremely competitive, and we are so happy to have such high caliber students as members… Read More