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iBio Graduate Students receive Fellowships for Spring 2025

Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Integrated Biology Graduate Students, Guerin Brown, Jerzy Twarowski, and Christian Weinrich, received Fellowships for the Spring 2025 semester.

Cell and Developmental Biology PhD Student receives Fellowship for Spring 2025

Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Jie Li a PhD student in the Cell and Developmental Biology Program and a member of the Tootle Lab, received a Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship for the Spring 2025 semester.

Accepting Applications for Instructional Track Faculty Position

Thursday, December 19, 2024
The Department of Biology is accepting applications for an instructional track faculty position beginning in August 2025.

iBio PhD Student receives Iowa Recruitment Fellowship

Monday, December 9, 2024
iBio PhD Student, Dakota Thompson, received the Iowa Recruitment Fellowship from the UI Graduate College.

Biology Graduate Student Wins Three Minute Thesis Competition

Israel Wipf, a fourth-year graduate student in Tina Tootle's lab in the Department of Biology, won the 2024 Three Minute Thesis Competition, in which graduate students share their research in three minutes or less to a general audience.

Biology Undergraduate Student Receives Student Poster Award

Sunday, November 24, 2024
Biology Undergraduate student, Jasmyn Hoeger, received the Student Poster Award at the Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center's 50th Anniversary Symposium.

Biology Newsletter Now Available

Wednesday, November 6, 2024
The Department of Biology's most recent newsletter is now available.

Biology Alumnus Featured in Story: "From farm migrant beginnings to full-fledged scientist"

Jorge Moreno is on a dizzying life ascent. The University of Iowa alumnus was born into a migrant family and entered Iowa as a first-generation student. After faltering initially, he has earned multiple degrees and now is a research scientist attempting to unlock the molecular secrets to immortality

Department of Biology accepting applications for Instructional Track Faculty position

Thursday, October 10, 2024
The Department of Biology is inviting applications for an instructional track faculty position (non-tenure track) beginning August 2025. This position will primarily contribute to administration and instruction in the neurobiology courses.

Biology Professor Featured in CLAS' "Meet the Researchers"

Professor Sarit Smolikove was featured in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' "Meet the Researchers." Learn more about Dr. Smolikove and her research on understanding DNA damage repair, which is directly related to cancer formation and cancer therapy.