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Congratulations to Biology's Graduating Seniors!
June 22, 2015
The Biology Department proudly announces Commencement prizes: • The Horn Award – Matthew Pun • The Rast Award – Cassidy...
Duke Announces 2015 Distinguished Professors
May 01, 2015
Duke University has awarded distinguished professorships to 19 members of its faculty. Another four were inducted into the Bass Society of...
Student Composer Meshes Two Musical Traditions
April 30, 2015
Harish Eswaran spent his senior year at Duke bringing music to life. For his senior project, the biology and music major composed his...
Emily Bernhardt Receives Humboldt Foundation Research Prize
June 22, 2015
Germany's Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has awarded a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Prize to Professor Emily Bernhardt in...
Sheena Faherty Receives AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellowship
April 28, 2015
Sheena Faherty has received a AAAS Mass Media Fellowship for the summer of 2015. The American Association for the Advancement of Science...
Biograds Score with the Graduate School!
April 22, 2015
Congratulations to these Biology students who have received awards from the Graduate School! International Dissertation Research Travel...
American Society of Naturalist Student Research Awards
April 10, 2015
Jennifer Coughlin (Willis Lab) and Brenna Forester have received Student Research Awards from the American Society of Naturalists. The...
Biograds DDIG it!
April 10, 2015
Six Biology graduate students have won Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants from the National Science Foundation. Congratulations are...
Schmid Lab gets Energy Initiative Funding
April 09, 2015
Prof. Amy Schmid's lab has been awarded funding from the Energy Initiative to study metabolic pathways in Archaea, single-celled...
Sheila Patek Wins Guggenheim Fellowship
April 09, 2015
The Biology Department proudly announces that The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded a fellowship to Prof. Sheila Patek...
Biograds win NSF pre-doc fellowships!
April 08, 2015
Jennifer Gredler (Noor Lab), Kevin Lehner (Benfey Lab), Leslie Slota (McClay Lab) and Allan Castillo (matriculating, Rausher Lab) have all...
Abbe LaBella Elected President of Graduate and Professional Student Council
April 03, 2015
Graduate Student Abbe LaBella (Cunningham Lab) has been elected President of the Graduate and Professional Student Council. Props to Abbe...
Kathleen Donohue Elected President of American Society of Naturalists
March 23, 2015
Professor Kathleen Donohue has been elected the President of the American Society of Naturalists. Founded in 1883, the society publishes...
In Plain English: Julie Noor
March 23, 2015
As Lab Coordinator for the Gateway to Genetics and Evolution course Julie Noor is responsible for designing and implementing experiments...
In Plain English: Diana Nemergut
March 18, 2015
In 1995 Diana Nemergut was one of the first Americorps volunteers, and helped to build community gardens in New Orleans. It changed her...
Professor Emeritus Terry Johnson Has Passed Away
March 09, 2015
The Biology Department regrets to announce the passing of former Professor and Chair of Botany Terry Johnson, on February 26, 2015. Prof....
Eric Spana to Speak at Wizard World March 15
March 05, 2015
Assistant Professor of the Practice Eric Spana will speak on March 15 at the Wizard World convention in Raleigh. His topic is "Harry...
Joanna Rifkin garners two awards
March 03, 2015
Joanna Rifkin, graduate student in the Rausher lab, has been awarded an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement grant to extend her studies...
Bio Grads Lead Professional Development Class
February 19, 2015
It's a fact: only 10 to 20% of biomedical and basic science Ph.D.s find careers in academia. Recently the Graduate School offered funding...
JSTOR Daily Features Maggie Wagner's Research
January 20, 2015
Maggie Wagner's work on soil microbes in Idaho has the potential to improve crop yields and address the problem of world hunger. It's a...
Congratulations to Recipients of Sigma Xi Research Grants!
January 16, 2015
Duke University has won eight student research awards from Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. This was twice as many as the next...
Science Magazine Features Duke Research at Amboseli
January 09, 2015
Science magazine has published a feature on the renowned Amboseli Baboon Research Project, covering its history from the beginning under...
Alison Hill Receives Paletz Funding
January 09, 2015
Alison Hill has been awarded $2325 through the David L. Paletz Call for Innovative Course Enhancements. Alison requested funding to...
Recent Faculty Publications
December 17, 2014
Congratulations to Biology faculty who have recently published! Susan Alberts et al., "Social affiliation matters: both same-sex and...
Grad Students Win Leakey Foundation Awards!
December 11, 2014
Amanda Lea (Tung/Alberts Labs), Emily McLean (Alberts Lab), and Michael Granatosky (Schmitt Lab) have won Research Grants from the Leakey...