Articles from October 2025

Update: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Genetics position

Thursday, October 30, 2025
The Department of Biology invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Genetics beginning in the academic year 2026.

Former Undergraduate Student's First Author Paper featured in Yale Scientific Magazine

Friday, October 17, 2025
A former undergraduate student's first author paper in eNeuro was recently featured in the Yale Scientific Magazine.
Andrew Forbes (left), professor in the Department of Biology, and postdoctoral researcher Louis Nastasi stand in front of a chalkboard in Forbes' lab. Nastasi drew the wasp on the chalkboard, which also includes potential names for any new parasitic wasp species.

Galls, thieves, and parasites: UI biologists unspool wild world of oak-dwelling wasps

Friday, October 17, 2025
The Forbes Lab is revealing the unknown ecological world of parasitic wasps, which have value to cataloging biological diversity and controlling insect pests in agriculture and forests.
Lori Adams portrait

Lori Adams: 2025-2026 Provost Faculty Fellow

Lori Adams, Professor of Instruction in the Department of Biology and Director of the Iowa Sciences Academy, will continue her role as a Provost Faculty Fellow in 2025-2026 focusing on expanding faculty mentorship opportunities.