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Understanding the mechanics of regeneration

Understanding the mechanics of regeneration

Stoica selected for Prototypes for Humanity exhibition

Stoica selected for Prototypes for Humanity exhibition

Makenna Fluegel pays it forward

Makenna Fluegel pays it forward

Home to 6,500 trees, WashU Arboretum earns rare status

Home to 6,500 trees, WashU Arboretum earns rare status

Carlen wins Association for Women in Science award

Carlen wins Association for Women in Science award

Early, Losos elected members of American Philosophical Society

Early, Losos elected members of American Philosophical Society

Zheng, Le named Beckman Scholars

Zheng, Le named Beckman Scholars

Women’s Society honors students with awards, scholarships

Women’s Society honors students with awards, scholarships

Diamond, Queller elected to National Academy of Sciences

Diamond, Queller elected to National Academy of Sciences

Sizemore wins 2024 Allen Prize

Sizemore wins 2024 Allen Prize

Wang receives 2024 Stalker Award

Wang receives 2024 Stalker Award

 Class Acts: Yunfeng Ge  Biology student to pursue conservation work in China

Class Acts: Yunfeng Ge Biology student to pursue conservation work in China

Davis wins 2024 Quatrano Prize

Davis wins 2024 Quatrano Prize

Pan wins 2024 Spector Prize

Pan wins 2024 Spector Prize

Three juniors selected as Goldwater Scholars

Three juniors selected as Goldwater Scholars

Student spotlight: Angel Lu

Student spotlight: Angel Lu

Olsen installed as George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor of Biology

Olsen installed as George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor of Biology

Levin installed as George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor of Biology

Levin installed as George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor of Biology

The Best Summer Books Of 2023, According To Two Science Writers

The Best Summer Books Of 2023, According To Two Science Writers

Schaal elected to The American Philosophical Society

Schaal elected to The American Philosophical Society

Chang and Georgiades named Beckman Scholars

Chang and Georgiades named Beckman Scholars

Silberman wins 2023 Allen Prize

Silberman wins 2023 Allen Prize

Abt wins 2023 Quatrano Prize

Abt wins 2023 Quatrano Prize

Rays Wahba and Zhang win 2023 Spector Prize

Rays Wahba and Zhang win 2023 Spector Prize

Tsingos and Ivaturi receive 2023 Stalker Award

Tsingos and Ivaturi receive 2023 Stalker Award

Goodenough, McKinnon elected to National Academy of Sciences

Goodenough, McKinnon elected to National Academy of Sciences

Duncan, Dyer celebrate forty fun years building state-of-the-art facilities

Duncan, Dyer celebrate forty fun years building state-of-the-art facilities

Three juniors selected as Goldwater Scholars

Three juniors selected as Goldwater Scholars

Penczykowski, Medley share seed grant to precisely measure St. Louis climate

Penczykowski, Medley share seed grant to precisely measure St. Louis climate

Garland E. Allen III (1936–2023): Leading historian of biology and social justice activist

Garland E. Allen III (1936–2023): Leading historian of biology and social justice activist

Penczykowski wins NSF CAREER award

Penczykowski wins NSF CAREER award

Penczykowski wins NSF CAREER award

Penczykowski wins NSF CAREER award

Vierstra receives $1.3 million grant

Vierstra receives $1.3 million grant

Yang, a high school student in the Bose Lab, is recognized for outstanding research on creating a new strain of biofuel-producing yeast

Yang, a high school student in the Bose Lab, is recognized for outstanding research on creating a new strain of biofuel-producing yeast

SEEDs leaders chosen to attend ecology conference

SEEDs leaders chosen to attend ecology conference

Norwitz, Oyetunji were Rhodes Scholar finalists

Norwitz, Oyetunji were Rhodes Scholar finalists

Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures announces first round of funded projects

Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures announces first round of funded projects

Herzog installed as Viktor Hamburger Distinguished Professor

Herzog installed as Viktor Hamburger Distinguished Professor

Arts & Sciences announces fall 2022 SPEED grant winners

Arts & Sciences announces fall 2022 SPEED grant winners

Graduate students recognized for research excellence

Graduate students recognized for research excellence

Biologist Wang to explore formation and regulation of key organizing complex in animal cells

Biologist Wang to explore formation and regulation of key organizing complex in animal cells

A Growing Art—Meet the IOTY 2021 Americas Regional Winner

A Growing Art—Meet the IOTY 2021 Americas Regional Winner

Using electric fish, biologist Carlson to study neuroplasticity and behavioral evolution

Using electric fish, biologist Carlson to study neuroplasticity and behavioral evolution

Celebrating outstanding faculty and staff

Celebrating outstanding faculty and staff

Bose participates in White House summit on American bioeconomy

Bose participates in White House summit on American bioeconomy

Emenecker wins prize for innovation in biomedical science

Emenecker wins prize for innovation in biomedical science

Awardees for graduate teaching excellence announced

Awardees for graduate teaching excellence announced

ENDURE Program Symposium 2022

ENDURE Program Symposium 2022

Congratulations to the Neuroscience Community Award Winners!

Congratulations to the Neuroscience Community Award Winners!

Science research roundup: July and August 2022

Science research roundup: July and August 2022

Urban bees collaboration wins USDA grant

Urban bees collaboration wins USDA grant

Radin wins Olympus Image of the Year award for the region of Americas

Radin wins Olympus Image of the Year award for the region of Americas

Science research roundup: May 2022

Science research roundup: May 2022

Women’s Society honors students with awards, scholarships

Women’s Society honors students with awards, scholarships

Class Acts 2022

Class Acts 2022

Wallace wins 2022 Spector Prize

Wallace wins 2022 Spector Prize

Lowder wins 2022 Quatrano Prize

Lowder wins 2022 Quatrano Prize

Dutton wins Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award

Dutton wins Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award

Damato wins 2022 Ceil M. DeGutis Prize

Damato wins 2022 Ceil M. DeGutis Prize

Smith wins Switzer Leadership Award

Smith wins Switzer Leadership Award

Science research roundup: April 2022

Science research roundup: April 2022

Arts & Sciences announces first cohort of SPEED grant recipients

Arts & Sciences announces first cohort of SPEED grant recipients

Champion for equitable education, May honored with Ethic of Service Award

Champion for equitable education, May honored with Ethic of Service Award

Researchers honored as outstanding mentors

Researchers honored as outstanding mentors

Jez installed as the Spencer T. Olin Professor of Biology

Jez installed as the Spencer T. Olin Professor of Biology

Four students win Goldwater Scholarships

Four students win Goldwater Scholarships

Board grants faculty appointments, promotions, tenure

Board grants faculty appointments, promotions, tenure

Miriam Silberman chosen for Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)

Miriam Silberman chosen for Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)

Science research roundup: February 2022

Science research roundup: February 2022

Chalker Lab and ISP to expand and sustain hands-on science in K-12 classrooms using Tetrahymena

Chalker Lab and ISP to expand and sustain hands-on science in K-12 classrooms using Tetrahymena

Cesarone named defender of the year January 28, 2022

Cesarone named defender of the year January 28, 2022

Herzog to test how cortical neurons, hormones regulate daily patterns of behavior

Herzog to test how cortical neurons, hormones regulate daily patterns of behavior

AAAS names eight Washington University faculty as 2021 fellows

AAAS names eight Washington University faculty as 2021 fellows

Chalker to expand hands-on science in K-12 classrooms

Chalker to expand hands-on science in K-12 classrooms

Levin wins NIH grant

Levin wins NIH grant

Vierstra receives NIH grant

Vierstra receives NIH grant

2021: A year of outstanding accomplishment

2021: A year of outstanding accomplishment

Science research roundup: November and December 2021

Science research roundup: November and December 2021

Arts & Sciences faculty among world’s most highly cited researchers

Arts & Sciences faculty among world’s most highly cited researchers

Irene Antony on her Society for Neuroscience Award, and the importance of undergraduate mentorship at WashU

Irene Antony on her Society for Neuroscience Award, and the importance of undergraduate mentorship at WashU

Q&A with Promega D.O.O.R.S. scholarship winner Miriam Silberman

Q&A with Promega D.O.O.R.S. scholarship winner Miriam Silberman

Recognizing outstanding faculty and staff

Recognizing outstanding faculty and staff

A&S Faculty and Staff Awards

A&S Faculty and Staff Awards

Bose awarded Anant Fellowship for Climate Action

Bose awarded Anant Fellowship for Climate Action

Pakrasi to work on positive farming effort

Pakrasi to work on positive farming effort

Rising senior Irene Antony accepted into Astronaut Scholarship Foundation

Rising senior Irene Antony accepted into Astronaut Scholarship Foundation

Living Earth Collaborative announces 2021 seed grant recipients

Living Earth Collaborative announces 2021 seed grant recipients

Science research roundup: May and June 2021

Science research roundup: May and June 2021

Zaher wins NIH grant

Zaher wins NIH grant

Ralph Quatrano will be 2021 Honorary Grand Marshal

Ralph Quatrano will be 2021 Honorary Grand Marshal

Irene Hamlin wins 2021 Stalker Award

Irene Hamlin wins 2021 Stalker Award

Dani Wilder wins 2021 Quatrano Prize

Dani Wilder wins 2021 Quatrano Prize

Ella Ludwig wins 2021 Spector Prize

Ella Ludwig wins 2021 Spector Prize

Yehuda Ben-Shahar wins 2021 Outstanding Faculty and Staff Award

Yehuda Ben-Shahar wins 2021 Outstanding Faculty and Staff Award

Environmental Biology Major Alexis Tinoco featured in Class Acts

Environmental Biology Major Alexis Tinoco featured in Class Acts

Associate Professor Arpita Bose will be a faculty marshal in the graduate student ceremony on May 21st

Associate Professor Arpita Bose will be a faculty marshal in the graduate student ceremony on May 21st

Meacham, Bose receive university’s first DEPSCoR grant since 1996

Meacham, Bose receive university’s first DEPSCoR grant since 1996

Biology department wins HHMI ‘Driving Change’ grant

Biology department wins HHMI ‘Driving Change’ grant

Association of Women Faculty honors  Andreea Stoica with 2021 Annual Student Award

Association of Women Faculty honors Andreea Stoica with 2021 Annual Student Award

Stroud honored with American Society of Naturalists award

Stroud honored with American Society of Naturalists award

Biology Undergraduate Awards

Biology Undergraduate Awards

Washington People: Barbara Kunkel

Washington People: Barbara Kunkel

Biology Faculty Promotions

Biology Faculty Promotions

A conversation with Barbara Kunkel - 2020 AAAS fellow - on being a woman scientist

A conversation with Barbara Kunkel - 2020 AAAS fellow - on being a woman scientist

AAAS names 7 Washington University faculty as 2020 fellows

AAAS names 7 Washington University faculty as 2020 fellows

The future of STEM education: engaging our undergraduates in doing science

The future of STEM education: engaging our undergraduates in doing science

Hengen awarded $1.8M to study sleep’s contribution to brain function

Hengen awarded $1.8M to study sleep’s contribution to brain function

Living Earth Collaborative announces 2020 seed grant recipients

Living Earth Collaborative announces 2020 seed grant recipients

Elizabeth Mueller, graduate student in the Levin lab, wins the Nat L. Sternberg Thesis Prize.

Elizabeth Mueller, graduate student in the Levin lab, wins the Nat L. Sternberg Thesis Prize.

Yehuda Ben-Shahar promoted to professor of biology

Yehuda Ben-Shahar promoted to professor of biology

Ram Dixit promoted to professor of biology

Ram Dixit promoted to professor of biology

Scientists take part in Ecology publication

Scientists take part in Ecology publication

Nikhil Aggarwal wins 2020 Quatrano Prize

Nikhil Aggarwal wins 2020 Quatrano Prize

Lily Xu wins 2020 Stalker Award

Lily Xu wins 2020 Stalker Award

Manasvi Verma wins 2020 Spector Prize

Manasvi Verma wins 2020 Spector Prize

Biology alumnus awarded prestigious fellowship for graduate school studies

Biology alumnus awarded prestigious fellowship for graduate school studies

Four College of Arts & Sciences students named Goldwater Scholars

Four College of Arts & Sciences students named Goldwater Scholars

$1.2M grant to study evolution of Central American lizards

$1.2M grant to study evolution of Central American lizards

New grant awards in the Biology Department

New grant awards in the Biology Department

Arts & Sciences students, alumni among finalists for Skandalaris award

Arts & Sciences students, alumni among finalists for Skandalaris award

For This Colombian Scientist, Lizards Led To A Life Of Science!

For This Colombian Scientist, Lizards Led To A Life Of Science!

Marshall Wedger, grad student in the Olsen Lab, wins Stephen J. O'Brien Award

Marshall Wedger, grad student in the Olsen Lab, wins Stephen J. O'Brien Award

Schaal named to agricultural research foundation

Schaal named to agricultural research foundation

Joshua Blodgett named to the Early Career Reviewer Board at Journal of Biological Chemistry

Joshua Blodgett named to the Early Career Reviewer Board at Journal of Biological Chemistry

Joseph Jez named Spencer T. Olin Professor of Biology

Joseph Jez named Spencer T. Olin Professor of Biology

Annual Holiday Cookie Baking and Ugly Sweater Contest

Annual Holiday Cookie Baking and Ugly Sweater Contest

EEPB graduate student wins Afro-Colombian of the year award in the Youth category

EEPB graduate student wins Afro-Colombian of the year award in the Youth category

Erik Herzog named Viktor Hamburger Professor of Biology

Erik Herzog named Viktor Hamburger Professor of Biology

Bose wins new grant for Gateway Science Summer Program

Bose wins new grant for Gateway Science Summer Program

Jez awarded patent for work on engineered plants

Jez awarded patent for work on engineered plants

L’Oréal USA Awards 11 Female Scientists With Grants to Support Mentorship Efforts Across the U.S.

L’Oréal USA Awards 11 Female Scientists With Grants to Support Mentorship Efforts Across the U.S.

NSF funds research on nitrogen fixation

NSF funds research on nitrogen fixation

Recognizing excellence in teaching and service

Recognizing excellence in teaching and service

Stan Braude: Stories from the Classroom

Stan Braude: Stories from the Classroom

Haswell and Carlsson receive NSF grant

Haswell and Carlsson receive NSF grant

Undergrad Maya Samuels-Fair wins Goldwater Scholarship

Undergrad Maya Samuels-Fair wins Goldwater Scholarship

Congratulations PhD graduates!

Congratulations PhD graduates!

Mather wins Harrison D. Stalker Award

Mather wins Harrison D. Stalker Award

Hsu wins Spector Prize

Hsu wins Spector Prize

Chin wins Quatrano Prize

Chin wins Quatrano Prize

Biology Professors inducted into National Academy of Sciences

Biology Professors inducted into National Academy of Sciences

MySci's "From Sun to Food" earns Achieve award

MySci's "From Sun to Food" earns Achieve award

Barbara Schaal to receive NSB Public Service Award

Barbara Schaal to receive NSB Public Service Award

Biology students receive NSF Fellowships

Biology students receive NSF Fellowships

Congratulations to Neuroscience Track major Sabrina Wang on the Switzer Leadership Award!

Congratulations to Neuroscience Track major Sabrina Wang on the Switzer Leadership Award!

Jonathan Losos receives 2019 Sewall Wright Award

Jonathan Losos receives 2019 Sewall Wright Award

Vierstra wins Stephen Hales Prize

Vierstra wins Stephen Hales Prize

Three faculty members named microbiology fellows

Three faculty members named microbiology fellows

Annual Holiday Cookie Baking and Ugly Sweater Contest

Annual Holiday Cookie Baking and Ugly Sweater Contest

Biology Chair Joseph Jez elected as AAAS Fellow

Biology Chair Joseph Jez elected as AAAS Fellow

Keith Hengen is chosen to be a Next Generation Leader by the Allen Institute for Brain Science

Keith Hengen is chosen to be a Next Generation Leader by the Allen Institute for Brain Science

Erik Herzog receives the Award for Education in Neuroscience from the Society for Neuroscience (SfN)

Erik Herzog receives the Award for Education in Neuroscience from the Society for Neuroscience (SfN)

Melissa Evers received the 2017-2018 Arts & Sciences Outstanding Staff Award

Melissa Evers received the 2017-2018 Arts & Sciences Outstanding Staff Award

Kings of the Eisendrath Garden

Kings of the Eisendrath Garden

Bacteria in a changing environment

Bacteria in a changing environment

Strassmann/Queller Lab receives NSF grant

Strassmann/Queller Lab receives NSF grant

Jonathan Myers and collaborators awarded NSF EAGER grant

Jonathan Myers and collaborators awarded NSF EAGER grant

Student Spotlight: Ali Wilkening receives award from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation

Student Spotlight: Ali Wilkening receives award from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation

ISP’s Victoria May honored for work with students

ISP’s Victoria May honored for work with students

Haussler wins Harrison D. Stalker Award

Haussler wins Harrison D. Stalker Award

Chen and Wang share Quatrano Prize

Chen and Wang share Quatrano Prize

Three biology faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences

Three biology faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences

 Jordan Shaker receives this year's Spector Prize

Jordan Shaker receives this year's Spector Prize

Sally Elgin: Lessons learned in a life of science

Sally Elgin: Lessons learned in a life of science

Sally Elgin receives the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award

Sally Elgin receives the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award

Four Biology Students Awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

Four Biology Students Awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

Yehuda Ben-Shahar awarded $770,000 by the National Science Foundation

Yehuda Ben-Shahar awarded $770,000 by the National Science Foundation

The Green Office Program at Wash U

The Green Office Program at Wash U

Congratulations 2018 Bunche Scholars!

Congratulations 2018 Bunche Scholars!

Haswell elected council delegate for AAAS

Haswell elected council delegate for AAAS

Brain power on display at annual WashU Brain Bee

Brain power on display at annual WashU Brain Bee

David Kirk receives 2018 Science Educator Award from the Academy of Science – St. Louis

David Kirk receives 2018 Science Educator Award from the Academy of Science – St. Louis

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