New Concentrations Are Coming!
March 10, 2020
News
Announcing a NEW course for this Spring: BIOL SCI 345-0, Topics in Biology: "Principles and Methods in Systems Biology"
March 6, 2020
Study provides strong framework for 1 billion years of green plant evolution - Dr. Norman Wickett PBC
November 15, 2019 – from Northwestern Now
International collaboration generates gene sequences from more than 1,100 plant species
Catching Evolution in the Act - Dr. Erik Andersen
September 27, 2019 – from Northwestern Now
Natural selection alters genes that control roundworms’ sense of smell
Evidence Suggests Rare Deer Lived 50 Years Beyond ‘Extinction’ - Dr. Gary Galbreath
September 6, 2019 – from Northwestern Now
Fresh antlers from Schomburgk’s deer were photographed in Laos in 1991.
Slowing Metabolism Can Prevent Detrimental Effects of Genetic Mutations - Dr. Richard Carthew
July 25, 2019 – from Northwestern Now
Finding appears to be universal across hundreds of tested mutations.
Announcement for AY 2019-2020!
May 6, 2019
David and Luz Engman Undergraduate Travel Grants
April 4, 2019
Climate Change Poses Serious Risk for Some Bees - Dr. Paul Caradonna
November 2, 2018 – from Northwestern Magazine
Warmer temperatures push bees to their physiological limits, may drive local extinction.
Northwestern professor joins aging initiative
October 22, 2018
Dr. Richard Morimoto’s research on aging.