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News

Claude Desplan
Jul. 10, 2020

Claude Desplan wins Conklin Medal for outstanding research and mentoring in Developmental Biology
Carlos Carmona-Fontaine
Jun. 15, 2020

Carlos Carmona-Fontaine named 2020 Pew Scholar
Rahul Satija
Jun. 01, 2020

Rahul Satija awarded NIH grant to fund a Center of Excellence in Genomic Science
Chris Rushlow
Apr. 16, 2020

Chris Rushlow wins the CAS Golden Dozen Teaching Award
Apr. 30, 2019

Gloria Coruzzi elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Jul. 03, 2019

Biology Department awarded NIH PhD training grant: QBIST - Quantitative Biological Systems Training program
Andrew butler headshot
Mar. 05, 2020

Andrew Butler wins Weintraub PhD Student Award
Barbara Akum Headshot
Jun. 10, 2019

New faculty: Barbara Akum, Director of the Biology Teaching Labs and Clinical Assistant Professor
Stephen Small headshot
Feb. 01, 2019

Award-winning teaching from Steve Small

Research Highlights

Sanjana Lab
Jun. 29, 2020

A SARS-CoV-2 variant facilitates entry into human cells - Sanjana Lab
Coruzzi Lab
May. 11, 2020

How nitrogen levels affect plant growth - Coruzzi Lab
Mazzoni Lab
Jun. 25, 2019

Removing damaged proteins helps neurons resist ALS - Mazzoni Lab
Purugganan News
May. 22, 2020

Using genomics to understand the geographic spread of rice - Purugganan Lab

Desplan News
Jan. 27, 2020

Gene regulatory networks via single-cell RNA sequencing - Gresham Lab
Desplan News
Oct. 18, 2019

Stochastic and deterministic specification of the Drosophila visual system - Desplan Lab