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Sad News: Death of Prof. Nicholas Gillham
March 23, 2018
The Department of Biology is saddened to report the death of Professor Nicholas Gillham on March 19, 2018. Gillham received his Ph.D. from...
Rausher to be President of the Society for the Study of Evolution
February 19, 2018
The Society for the Study of Evolution has elected Prof. Mark Rausher President for the year 2019. Congratulations! In addition, Peng...
Patrick Green receives Mentoring Award
February 02, 2018
Graduate student Patrick Green has received the Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring for 2018! Congratulations Patrick! He is one of...
BioGrads Win 7 Sigma Xi Grants!
January 04, 2018
Congratulations to our BioGrads who have won an astonishing 7 Sigma Xi Grants in Aid of Research! Sigma Xi has made grants in aid of...
Duke Research Blog Profiles Kathleen Pryer
January 04, 2018
The Duke Research Blog has published a brief portrait of Professor Kathleen Pryer's journey into the world of ferns, from a field trip...
Biology Bootcamp Rebooted
December 06, 2017
The number of Ph.D. graduates in biological sciences continues to increase, while the number of tenure-track positions available is...
Tom Mitchell-Olds Named a AAAS Fellow
November 21, 2017
Prof. Tom Mitchell-Olds has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for 2017. Congratulations, Tom...
Manos, McVay et al. reveal origins of white and red oaks
October 19, 2017
Paul Manos and John McVay have joined with Andrew Hipp at the Morton Arboretum and other colleagues from the University of Minnesota and...
Sherryl Broverman Honored by Kappa Alpha Theta
September 28, 2017
Associate Professor of the Practice Sherryl Broverman has been selected by Kappa Alpha Theta sorority as one of its 2016-2017 Outstanding...
NSF awards major grant to Jon Shaw!
September 20, 2017
Prof. Jon Shaw has won a Dimensions of Biodiversity Award from the National Science Foundation. The Program "links functional, genetic and...
Laura Bagge's Trip in ALVIN the Submarine
August 04, 2017
Graduate student Laura Bagge (Johnsen Lab) went to a most unusual spot for her field work last summer--the edge of the continental shelf...
Patek Collaborates on Mechanics of Fungal Spores
August 04, 2017
Prof. Sheila Patek is a co-author on a recently published paper exploring the mechanics of fungal spores (“Asymmetric drop coalescence...
Nijhout Lab Brings Insects to Perkins Library
July 21, 2017
Graduate students Kenneth McKenna and Rick Gawne have brought some of the Nijhout lab's many specimens to the atrium of Perkins Library,...
Emily Yang Receives JBC/Herb Tabor Young Investigator Award!
July 07, 2017
Graduate student Emily Yang received a JBC/Herb Tabor Young Investigator Award at the 2017 International Conference on Arabidopsis Research...
Edgar Medina Scores Another Double for Duke Bio!
June 22, 2017
Hurrah for Edgar Medina and the Buchler Lab, who have papers out in PNAS and PLoS Genetics! The first paper, “Conservation and divergence...
Dong Lab Scores a Double in Nature!
June 09, 2017
Most labs would be content with getting a single paper into a leading journal like Nature, but the Dong Lab has published two...
Khalid Hameed Receives President's Volunteer Service Award
May 23, 2017
Winrock International, a charity founded by Winthrop Rockefeller to focus on development and agriculture, nominated Khalid Hameed for the...
Campbell and Coughlan Win TA Training Award
May 12, 2017
Ryan Campbell and Jenn Coughlan have received the Biology Department's TA Training Award for their work on Bio 202L, "Genetics and...
Abbe LaBella Wins Forever Duke Leadership Award
May 12, 2017
The Alumni Affairs office has institued a new award for graduating students "who have exhibited extraordinary leadership during their time...
Congratulations to Anne Yoder!
May 05, 2017
Congratulations to Anne Yoder! Anne has been named the Braxton Craven Distinguished Professor of Evolutionary Biology.
Mouse lemurs help Peter Larsen, Anne Yoder et al. advance research on Alzheimer's
May 01, 2017
Peter Larsen, a Senior Research Scientist in the Yoder Lab, has published a ground-breaking paper on the mechanism that may underlie...
Congratulations to Sherryl Broverman and Emily Bernhardt!
April 20, 2017
The Biology Department proudly celebrates the achievements of Professors Sherryl Broverman and Emily Bernhardt. Emily has just been named...
New York Times Consults Patek for Answers
March 24, 2017
John Branch, a sports reporter at the Times, called on Sheila Patek for help understanding why basketball shoes squeak on hardwood. Patek’...
Alberts a Senior Author on Cozzarelli Prize paper
March 09, 2017
Susan Alberts is the second senior author on the Cozzarelli Prize-winning article, "The emergence of longevous populations" in PNAS. The...
Congratulations to Martha Muñoz!
March 01, 2017
Martha Muñoz, a postdoctoral researcher in the Patek Lab, has been awarded the prestigious Jasper Loftus-Hills Young Investigator Award...