The Biological Sciences Research Gallery was recently featured in the UWM Report. According to the article, “through the research gallery, students can see the opportunities UWM offers and picture themselves at work here.” Great work to Dr. Karron for coordinating this… Read More
Join us for the February 2020 Science Bag, “CRISPR Critters” presented by Dr. Jen Gutzman! There are presentations February 7, 14, 16, 21, 28. The presentations will be held in the UWM Physics Building, Room 137, located at 1900 E. Kenwood… Read More
Congratulations to all of this year’s Support For Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) Award winners! Spring 2020: Stephan Girard (Young) Gabriel Heller de Messer (Alberto) Alexander Henderson (Alberto) Chantel Jenrette (Alberto) Lantrell Stewart (Oliver) Nathan Tennies (Alberto) Nicole Wicker (Yang) Tamia… Read More
In December, Paul Engevold hosted Valerie Chamberlain, Senior Lecturer for the UWM English Language Academy, and a group of IEP (Intensive English Program) students for a tour of the greenhouse. According to Valerie, “The Intensive English Program (IEP) at UWM… Read More
The application process is now open for scholarships and awards in the Department of Biological Sciences. The application deadline is February 20, 2020 at 11:59 PM. Students who wish to be considered must have a completed general profile on file… Read More
Dr. Jennifer Gutzman recently received an NIH R03 grant for $152,000 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development titled “Developmental models to determine the molecular mechanisms that cause MYH9-related diseases”. The research will generate novel vertebrate developmental… Read More
Congratulations to Biological Sciences alum Brian Klingbeil for co-authoring a paper in Science magazine about the effects of habitat fragmentation! Through the group’s research, they found support for the extinction filter hypothesis, which suggests that ecological communities are more resilient… Read More
Congratulations to UWM Biological Sciences students Bretta Speck, Olivia Feagles, Abigail Moore and Katrina Degenhardt for winning best poster, best graduate oral presentation, best poster (runner-up) and best undergraduate oral presentation awards at the 7th annual Riveredge Nature Center Student… Read More
Biological Sciences’ John Berges and Erica Young appeared on Sea Grant’s podcast to discuss their discovery of the role of silica in algal blooms on Lake Michigan. Click here to listen to the Sea Grant podcast.
Congratulations to Dr. Gyaneshwar Prasad on co-authoring a paper called ‘An Alkane Sulfonate Monooxygenase is Required for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation by Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens (syn. Bradyrhizobium japonicum) USDA110T’ in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Read more here.