Dean Kiss in a UN sponsored panel

Dean John Kiss was on a panel for a group called Space4Women—and it was live from Berlin this Saturday.  It is a group sponsored by the United Nations and seeks to increase the number of women in STEM fields. The video can be found here! Great work!

Great work by UNCG Biology!

Wetlands biodiversity article authored by many of our own! https://www.mdpi.com/journal/animals/special_issues/Anthropogenic_Impacts_on_Urban_Mammals

Graduate students present at ASM Microbe – June 2019

Our PhD students Katelyn Miller and Ana Tognasoli presented posters at ASM Microbe in San Francisco, in June 2019.  Katelyn’s poster was entitled “Organophosphate Exposure and Virus-Host Interactions in Epstein-Barr Virus Infected Cells” and Ana’s was “Epstein-Barr Virus as an Environmental Agent in the Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s Disease and Lewy… Continue reading…

Graduation 2019

Katelyn Miller received her Ph.D. degree in May 2019.  She is now a Postdoc at the University of Maryland in the lab of Bill Jackson.

Austin Gray

Congrats to Austin Gray!

His research is highlighted in an article on the American Geophysical Union Hydrology Section Student Subcommittee

Success During the Pandemic

The UNCG Department of Biology has a plan to support your success during the pandemic.   Jump To: Courses offered online and hybrid: Online Only Courses Hybrid Courses Laboratory courses for non-majors Introductory Biology Laboratory 1 and 2 Anatomy, Physiology, and Microbiology Laboratories Core and Upper-level Laboratories How to register… Continue reading…

Diversity, equity, and inclusion

The faculty and staff of the UNCG Department of Biology recognize that systemic racism, racist behaviors, and gender biased policies permeate many different parts of society. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values of our department, the UNCG College of Arts and Sciences, and UNCG. Here we outline steps we are… Continue reading…

Olav Rueppell

Dr. Olav Rueppell in Reader’s Digest

Ants Ants are the janitors of the forest, cleaning up dead stuff and making way for new life. They sometimes help spread seeds to grow new plants, too. When ants build tunnels in the soil, they aerate it and recirculate nutrients essential for plant growth. Ants are also social animals, notes Olav… Continue reading…