BIOLOGY

Professor Kathleen Pryer and graduate student Fay-Wei Li are heading up a project to sequence the genome of Azolla, a tiny duckweed-like fern with incredible potential for carbon fixation and a source of biofuels.

Students in the 2013 offering of "Plant communities of North Carolina" at the summit of Richland Balsam just off the Blue Ridge Parkway. Duke students study plant diversity throughout the state.

Professor Bill Morris is measuring alpine plants for a long-term study of the effects of climate change on the abundance and geographical distribution of species.

Renowned animal physiologist Knut Schmidt-Nielsen captured in bronze by artist Jonathan Kingdon. The work was commissioned by Stephen and Ruth Wainwright.

View to the top of the French Family Science Center atrium. The crown jewel of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences research buildings houses Biology, Chemistry and Physics laboratories. Completed in 2007 with a generous donation from Duke alum, Melinda French Gates.