Biological Sciences PhD student, Chandrima Ghosh, attends and presents at the annual meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) in San Diego, CA. Great work Chandrima!
Yesterday (05/03/2018) something pretty exciting happened: our first peregrine falcon chick hatched! Click HERE to watch the time-lapse video. More information about the UWM falcons is available HERE.
Congratulations to Clinton Sergi and Olivia Feagles who were each recently awarded research grants from the Animal Behavior Society for their projects. Clint’s project is entitled ‘Analyzing the causes of individual variation in web architecture in Latrodectus hesperus’ and Olivia’s project is… Read More
Drs. Peter Dunn and Linda Whittingham have been approved for $375,000 in grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for their project, “Collaborative Research: Functional genomics of plumage ornaments in a warbler”. This project will be in collaboration with… Read More
The 2018 Biological Sciences Research Symposium will take place this Friday, April 13th. We hope to see you all there as we showcase our outstanding graduate and undergraduate students as well as their research in the department!
Professors John Berges and Erica Young, in collaboration with Hunter Carrick (Central Michigan University), have been awarded $214,442 in NOAA-Sea Grant funding to study silicate cycling in Lake Michigan. Silica plays a critical role in carbon cycling within lakes and… Read More
Congratulations to Biological Sciences graduate, Dr. Nydia Morales Soto, whose paper in the Journal of Biological Chemistry was recently selected to be featured in the “Editors’ Picks” papers. Only 50-100 papers are selected out of more than 6,000. Congratulations to… Read More
Master’s student, Genelle Uhrig, is studying snowshoe hares by what they leave behind – their scat. She analyzes their pellets for DNA to see how climate change has impacted hare populations and their genetic diversity in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. SEE… Read More
Congratulations to Biological Sciences graduate student, Tyler Buddell, who was recently selected to proceed to the Final Round of UWM’s inaugural 3MT competition! Please help us to cheer Tyler on at the finals! Wednesday, April 4, 2018, 3:00pm-5:00pm, Zelazo Center
Biological Sciences undergraduate, Jessye Hale, recently secured a prestigious Critical Language Scholarship to Pusan National University, Busan, Korea. Jessye will be studying in Korea for two months to learn about language and culture through a full immersion program. Congratulations Jessye!