Mentored teaching and research programs foster a strong educational environment in the Department of Biology for both undergraduate and graduate students. Our research is primarily conducted within three focus areas: Cell and Developmental Biology, Neurobiology and Neuromechanical Systems, or Evolution and Ecology. The Department is closely affiliated with other divisions such as the School of Medicine and the Case School of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, as well as organizations in Greater Cleveland that provide additional opportunities and resources to our students and faculty.
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Natalie Saxton Awarded Coleopterists Society Graduate Research Enhancement Award
PhD candidate Natalie Saxton was recently awarded a Graduate Research Enhancement award from the Coleopterists Society to support travel to the Queensland Museum, Australia to study dung beetle specimens. Saxton's proposal titled "Reevaluating generic limits in Aptenocanthon Matthews (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)" outlines an integrative taxonomic method using genomic-scale data...
Cleveland Collaboration: Local High Schooler and CWRU PhD Candidate Publish on Dung Beetle Ecology
A collaboration between CWRU PhD candidate Rachel Stone, and Hathaway Brown High School student Gabriella Joseph resulted in the publication of a scientific article "Whose poos do Northeastern Ohio dung beetles choose?" in The Coleopterists Bulletin. The study investigated the food preferences of Ohio's native dung beetles in forest habitats....