Dr. Chris Quinn was recently featured in article by UWM Research for his research on the rare disorder Timothy syndrome and its connection to autism. According to Dr. Quinn, “if we understand all these interactions, then through whole genome sequencing,… Read More
Congratulations to current UWM Bio Sci Ph.D. student Xueling Yi for being awarded the Graduate Research Excellence Grant (Rosemary Grant award) from the Society for the Study of Evolution. Ling has been studying bat phylogeography in Dr. Emily Latch’s lab… Read More
On April 17, 2021 the first Titan Arum (Corpse Flower) bloomed at the UWM Biological Sciences Greenhouse. This bloom is very rare, and we are very fortunate to have been able to document this process. This Titan Arum has been named… Read More
Dr. John Berges was recently featured in a Wisconsin Sea Grant article, discussing spiny waterfleas and his co-authored paper in Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. Read more about John’s work in this Wisconsin Sea Grant article.
Congratulations to Dr. Filipe Alberto for receiving one of only six grants, funded by California Sea Grant and the California Ocean Protection Council, in collaboration with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Dr. Alberto’s project will focus on the conservation… Read More
Dr. Jeff Karron was recently interviewed for UWM Today, discussing bee behavior and conservation. Click here to listen to Dr. Karron’s interview, titled “This UWM Professor Has Spent 30 Years Studying Bees. Here’s What He’s Learned”. Great work, Dr. Karron!
Congratulations to Dr. Claire de la Cova and Dr. Erica Young for receiving Discovery and Innovation Grant (DIG) awards, and to Dr. Filipe Alberto and Dr. Ava Udvadia for receiving Advancing Research and Creativity (ARC) awards! The project titles are… Read More
Two Biological Sciences undergraduate students, Liliana Kasta and Zachary Uttke, have been accepted into the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Student Centered Pipeline to Advance Research in Cancer Careers (SPARCC) program. Learn more about the SPARCC program here. Congratulations, Liliana and… Read More
The Graduate Organization of Biological Sciences (GOBS), in conjunction with the Department of Biological Sciences, hosted the 2020 Biological Sciences Virtual Research Symposium. The symposium is designed to showcase our outstanding undergraduate and graduate students and their research in the… Read More
This cover story about the Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery “explores its foundational research into drug compounds with the potential to become life-changing treatments, as well as entrepreneurial efforts to further the research.” Dr. Yang “discovered a nonantibiotic plant treatment… Read More