Articles from November 2025
Genetics PhD Student Successfully Defends Dissertation
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Congratulations to Genetics PhD student, Julianna Koenig (Summers Lab), on successfully defending her dissertation!
Iowa Biologists' study of snail's evolutionary history could further reveal how animals evolve
Monday, November 10, 2025
University of Iowa biologists have traced the snail’s evolutionary history through its genome and discovered that the species recently duplicated all of its genetic material — a finding that could further reveal how major evolutionary shifts in animals occur.
Fall 2025 Newsletter Now Available
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Check out the Department of Biology's Fall 2025 Newsletter!
2025-2026 Incoming Graduate Students
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
The Department of Biology welcomed new PhD and MS candidates in our Integrated Biology (iBio) Graduate Program this fall.
New Faculty and Staff join the Department of Biology
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
The Department of Biology welcomed several new faculty and staff this fall.