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Biology Student Accomplishments
May 24, 2019
Duke and the Biology Department have recognized a number of Biology students for their accomplishments during their student career: Ariana...
Gustavo Silva Co-founds Duke Black Think Tank
May 17, 2019
Assistant Professor Gustavo Silva has joined with other junior faculty to establish the Duke Black Think Tank (BTT), with a view to...
Faculty Accomplishments
May 17, 2019
The Biology Department is pleased to announce that Pelin Volkan has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure, and...
Susan Alberts Elected to National Academy of Sciences
April 30, 2019
At its 2019 Annual Meeting, held April 27 - 30, the National Academy of Sciences elected Professor Susan Alberts to membership. Well done,...
BioGrads Compete for Fellowships
April 25, 2019
Several current and incoming Biology graduate students have competed for Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation...
Mark Rausher Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 25, 2019
Congratulations to Professor Mark Rausher, who has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Academy was...
Rachel Roston's Work Featured in Duke Today
April 17, 2019
Grad Student Rachel Roston is featured in Duke Today for her work on whale skulls. Cetacean skulls are remarkably different from those of...
Mohamed Noor Wins Stephen J. Gould Prize
April 17, 2019
Our heartiest congratulations go to Mohamed Noor for winning the Stephen Jay Gould Prize, awarded annually by the Society for the Study of...
JP Gibert Wins Jasper Loftus-Hills Award
February 22, 2019
Assistant Professor Jean Philippe Gibert has been awarded a Jasper Loftus-Hills Young Investigator Award by the American Society of...
Nina Sherwood Participates in Intellectual Community Grant
February 12, 2019
Nina Sherwood will join faculty from other departments, as well as staff, administrators, and students, in a working group to explore ways...
New Paper from Sherwood Lab On Effects of MMP Enzymes on Cell Invasion
February 06, 2019
Laura Kelley and colleagues from the Sherwood Lab show that invasive cells adapt their invasion program in the absence of matrix...
Doctoral Program Wins the 2019 Dean’s Award for Inclusive Excellence!
February 01, 2019
The Ph.D. Program in Biology has been selected to receive the 2019 Dean’s Award for Inclusive Excellence in Graduate Education....
Lutzoni et al. Publish on Evolution of Plants and Fungi
January 23, 2019
Francois Lutzoni, together with Jolanta Miadlikowska, David Swofford, and colleagues at other institutions, has published an important...
Niba Nirmal Appointed Yale Ciencia Scholar
January 14, 2019
UPGG student Niba Nirmal has recently received two honors: she was named a 2020 Yale Ciencia Scholar, and she was featured in the Volunteer...
AAAS Names Greg Wray a Fellow
November 28, 2018
Prof. Greg Wray is one of six Duke faculty to be named a lifetime Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The...
BioMajor Kushal Kadakia Wins Rhodes Scholarship
November 19, 2018
The Department of Biology proudly congratulates Kushal Kadakia on the receipt of a Rhodes Scholarship, which fully funds a degree at Oxford...
Sarah Longo is the 2018 Outstanding Postdoc at Duke
October 25, 2018
Congratulations to Sarah Longo, who has been named the Outstanding Postdoc at Duke for 2018! Sarah was nominated by her mentor, Sheila...
Tenure-Track Faculty Position in DCMB Available
October 09, 2018
The Department of Biology at Duke University invites applications for two tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant / Associate...
Ariana Eily Receives Edgar T. Wherry Award
July 30, 2018
Biograd Ariana Eily (Pryer Lab) has received the 2018 Edgar T. Wherry Award from the Pteridological Section of the Botanical Society of...
Science and Art: Not So Different After All
July 20, 2018
"The Art of a Scientist," a new exhibit of scientific images and responses by local artists, is currently open at the Rubenstein Arts...
Pryer Lab first to sequence complete fern genomes
July 09, 2018
The Pryer Lab and collaborators have published the first two complete genomes among the ferns with a paper in Nature: Plants. Authored by...
Eily and Garde Win Biology Graduate Teaching Awards
June 22, 2018
Every year the Biology Department recognizes graduate students who achieved excellence in their role as Teaching Assistants. The award is...
Philip Benfey Symposium Held June 15
June 20, 2018
Nearly 60 people from across the world including Japan, Korea, Austria, France, Switzerland, Canada and all over the US gathered on Friday...
Graduation Day at WISER Girls Secondary School
June 15, 2018
Students at WISER Girls high school in rural Kenya (www.wisergirls.org), founded by Prof Sherryl Broverman, celebrate the graduation of the...
A Tradition of Excellence
June 13, 2018
Do shrimp have color vision? How could we possibly know? Recent Ph.D. graduates Patrick Green (Patek Lab) and Eleanor Caves (Johnsen Lab)...