

Spring 2021 Issue
Structural Bioinformatics of Proteins, taught by Senior Lecturer in Biology Craig Smith, gives undergraduate students the opportunity to use cutting-edge bioinformatics tools to evaluate protein structures. It also exposes them to the process of being a scientist.
Study indicates timing of chemotherapy could improve treatment for deadly brain cancer
When the COVID-19 pandemic left faculty around the country scrambling to provide students with an online research experience, the WashU-founded GEP was uniquely prepared to transition to remote learning.
Dr Swanne Gordon, a Jamaican-Canadian Assistant Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis, discusses her research on natural diversity and experience as a Black person in academia.
Variation in how animals and bacteria use heme reveals potential target for new antibiotics
Art & Images created by biology department members
Missouri Winter Buds
Spreading Moss Cells
Prescribed Burn in the Ozarks
Mahal Bugay, EEPB graduate student in the Penczykowski lab, received an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
Read the StoryJames Stroud postdoctoral research associated in Jonathan Losos' lab, was honored with prestigious American Society of Naturalists award.
Read the StoryAssistant Professor Michael Landis received a $1.12M NSF grant to investigate 12 independent radiations of flowering plants in the Hawaiian Island system.
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