News and Events – Department of Biology

Biology’s Michelson Morley Honors Competition 2024

April 25, 2024
Michelson and Morley, undergraduate award ceremony

On Friday, April 19th, sixteen undergraduate biology majors presented research as part of the annual Michelson Morley Competition in Biological Sciences. The competition honors the collaborative research initiated in 1885 between Albert A. Michelson, a Case physicist, and Edward W. Morley, a Western Reserve Chemist, which culminated in the...

Can You Find 100 Species? Annual CWRU Farm Bioblitz April 27th!

April 18, 2024

Please join us at the CWRU Farm from noon-5pm on Saturday April 27th for our annual Spring Bioblitz. We will use the iNaturalist app to document as many species as we can find at the University Farm. You don’t need to know how to find or identify plants and...

Biology Undergraduate Alex Flores Presents Research at International Meeting

April 9, 2024
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Alex Flores, a neuroscience undergraduate (CWRU '25) in the Atit lab was selected to present his research at the podium of the American Association of Anatomists meeting in Toronto, Canada this past March. He presented the talk "Too close for comfort: The role of Fibronectin matrix in suture development...

BIOL 309/409 International Lab Study Opportunity – India Fall 2024!

April 2, 2024
Priyusha Pokala, study abroad

A new study abroad opportunity is available for winter break 2024-2025 in Hyderabad, India! Biology lecturer Priyusha Pokala will be taking students to the "vaccine capital of the world" to conduct scientific research on antimicrobial activity of locally grown plant extracts. Participants will get hands on training in high-performance...

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