Congratulations to these three undergraduate students at the University of Iowa who have been selected as the 2024 Iowa Neuroscience Institute Summer Scholars!

We are excited to announce that two new faculty will be joining our department!

Congratulations to our PhD and MS students who graduated this spring!

Congratulations to the recipients of the Department of Biology's Undergraduate Awards and Fellowships for 2023-2024!

More than 2,300 undergraduate students will receive their degrees from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences this spring. During commencement ceremonies at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, graduates will hear an address from a peer who will reflect on their shared experience as Hawkeyes while also looking toward the future.

The Department of Biology at the University of Iowa invites applications for a non-tenure, 75% visiting instructor position beginning August 21, 2024.

Biologists at the University of Iowa have found that C. glabrata, after being exposed to a mild stress, becomes more resistant to hydrogen peroxide, a chemical weapon employed by the human immune system to eliminate infecting microbes.

Ukpong Eyo, an alumnus of the Biology Graduate Program (PhD in Biology, 2012), was featured in the journal Nature Neuroscience. Eyo was mentored by Michael Dailey, Associate Professor of Biology.

University of Iowa Professor of Biology, Maurine Neiman, was featured as a panelist on a March of Dimes event, "It Starts with Mom: Protecting you and your family from Flu and RSV."

Madeline Carlson, a senior majoring in Neuroscience, received the 2023 First-Generation Student Achievement Award. This award is given to one undergraduate first-generation student who has made great achievements during their time on campus.