Biology Professor Earns Grant to Study Sexual Roles in Seahorses and Pipefish
Adam Jones’ U of I lab will explore the genetic evolution of sexual selection and sexual conflict in a unique fish family.
Dr. Paul Rowley has image featured on the American Society for Virology website!
Identifying Idaho Mountain Plants
Student Records Plant Species Across Selkirk Mountains
Answering Questions with Keystrokes
Researcher uses computer models to probe microscopic worlds
The Lab Report: "Killer Yeast"
Senior molecular biology major Lance Fredericks takes common Brewer's yeast and turns it into an anti-fungal agent that can be used to fight drug-resistant infections.
Department of Biological Sciences
The Department of Biological Sciences offers undergraduate (Biochemistry, Biology, Medical Sciences, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology) and graduate (Biology; Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (MMBB); Neuroscience) degrees. We also participate in the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology interdisciplinary graduate program. The department has faculty with research programs that have particular strengths in evolutionary biology, cellular and molecular biology, and biochemistry.