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(Feb. 24, 2021)

Department of Biology Adds Two Tenure Track Faculty Openings

The Department of Biology seeks applicants for two exciting Assistant Professor positions: Bioinformatics and Integrated Animal Biology.

WiSE Future Professionals Program event in early 2020.

(Jan. 29, 2021)

Celebrating 20 Years of Women in Science and Engineering

Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) is proudly celebrating more than 20 years of successfully serving female students and faculty in STEM at Syracuse University.

(Jan. 25, 2021)

Biology Fall 2020 Newsletter

Please view the Biology Departments Fall 2020 Newsletter using the link below! If you have news you'd like shared in our next newsletter, please submit information to BiologyNews@syr.edu.

Heidi Hehnly headshot.

(Jan. 11, 2021)

Hehnly Lab Awarded $1.2M NIH Grant to Research Critical Tissue Formation

The team’s research seeks to identify molecular targets to treat developmental disorders.

UBQLN2 forming stress-induced condensates in mammalian cells.

(Dec. 18, 2020)

$1.5M NIH Grant Funds ALS-Linked Research

Assistant Professor Carlos Castañeda is studying the regulation of liquid-like protein droplets in hopes of determining what causes diseases like ALS.

Mayra Vidal holding a tray of harvested yeast.

(Oct. 15, 2020)

Cheaters Don’t Always Win: Extinction May Be Prevented By Diverse Communities of Mutually Beneficial Species

A&S biologists' study on the persistence of mutualisms is published in the prestigious journal "Science."

Thomas Henry Huxley

(July 7, 2020)

Fostering Students’ ‘Tree-Thinking Skills’

A&S biologists win the Thomas Henry Huxley Award for their creation of an evolutionary learning module.

Harbor seal

(April 8, 2020)

Underwater Rock Concert

A&S alumna studies communication behavior of harbor seals in Alaska.