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Barbara Schaal, Mary Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor of Biology, was among the first plant scientists to use molecular biology-based approaches to understand evolutionary processes in plants. Some of her many honors include serving as Vice President of the National Academy of Sciences, and being a member of President Obama’s Council of Advisors for Science and Technology from 2009–2017.

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February 2022
This issue features new faculty member and undergraduate research coordinator Janet Goins, Bio 131: Biology in the News, and more
November 2021
This issue features interviews with undergrads who won awards and summer opportunities
October 2021
This issue features Assistant Dean and Academic Coordinator Anthony Smith, three undergrad biology courses about cancer, Bear Studios, A World of Women in STEM and WashU Clinical Connect.
April 2021
This issue features Jason Weber, Bio 4715 and 4716, Bio 500 spotlight: Michelle Pollowitz on the Penczykowski Lab and undergrad awards
February 2021
This issue features Eleanor Pardini, new Environmental Studies minors, Bio 500 research stories
November 2020
This issue features Andrés López-Sepulcre, Bio 4193 Experimental Ecology Laboratory, Fall OUR Symposium
September 2020
This issue features Professor Erik Herzog, National Voter Registration Week, student group announcements and more.
April 2020
This issue features Bio 4492 to refocus on COVID 19, Maggie Schlarman on the challenge of teaching a lab online, Bio 500 spotlight on Ethan Weiner of Haswell Lab, new video series WashU Between the Lines, undergrad scholarship winners, and more.
February 2020
This issue features information about new assistant professor Michael Landis, Bio 472: Behavioral Ecology, Bio 500 spotlight Irene Hamlin on Budge Lab, WashU Votes, BioSURF and more.
November 2019
This issue features new assistant professor Swanne Gordon, WUSTL Endure Neuroscience Pipeline program, Research opportunities at Tyson Research Center and MO Botanical Gardens and more.
September 2019
This issue features a Faculty Spotlight on Barbara Kunkel; New Course Spotlight on Bio 4582: Essentials of Biomedical Scientific Reviewing, Writing, and Presenting; Bio 500 Spotlight: Mitchell Grinwald on the Chheda Lab and more!
March 2019
This issue features Faculty Spotlight April Bednarski, New Course Spotlight Bio 144: The Biology of Cancer, Bio 500 Spotlight: Maya Dutta on the Olsen Lab, Career Center events, 2019 Bunche Scholars and more
January 2019
This issue features new biology faculty member Heather Barton, new Area C course Bio 4195 Disease Ecology, Bio 500 Research spotlight about Kevin Yin in the Rentschler Lab, Biosurf, and a new Living Earth Collaborative undergrad group.
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