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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...
Emily Bernhardt Named a 2015 Leopold Leadership Fellow
December 10, 2014
The Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University has named Prof. Emily Bernhardt one of 20 Leopold Leadership Fellows. The...
Wray et al. Square Up for Debate
December 04, 2014
Greg Wray headed a team that took the "No" position on the question "Does Evolutionary Theory Need a Rethink?" (Nature 514, 161-164, 09...
Botanical Society of America Recognizes Dukies
December 03, 2014
Catherine Rushworth (Mitchell-Olds Lab) has been awarded the J. S. Karling Graduate Research Fellowship for her proposal, "Insights into...
Grad Students Win NSF Dissertation Awards!
November 25, 2014
Erin McKenney, Sheena Faherty (both from the Yoder Lab) and Amanda Lea (Tung/Alberts Labs) have all won Doctoral Dissertation Research...
Biomajor's Research Featured in DukeTODAY
November 13, 2014
Biomajor Jasmine Thompson's research on killifish and environmental toxins is featured in DukeTODAY. Jasmine is working with Richard Di...
In Plain English: Alyssa Perz-Edwards
November 05, 2014
Alyssa Perz-Edwards works far away on East Campus as Assistant Dean for pre-health majors. She works with many students but her special...
In Plain English: Dave McClay
November 05, 2014
How does the embryo build itself? asks Dave McClay. It starts with a single cell containing the complete DNA instructions, but some cells...
Yoder publishes on biodiversity in Madagascar
October 15, 2014
Anne Yoder and former postdoc Jason Borwn (CCNY) have published "A necessarily complex model to explain the biogeography of reptiles and...
The Camel Gets its Plaque
September 24, 2014
On Monday the 22nd of September the Biology Department dedicated a plaque in honor of Knut Schmidt-Nielsen at the statue of Knut and the...