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![Early, Losos elected members of American Philosophical Society](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/losos.jpg?itok=FKG1N_ig)
![Zheng, Le named Beckman Scholars](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/try%20again.jpg?itok=9UNulD6v)
Zheng, Le named Beckman Scholars
![Women’s Society honors students with awards, scholarships](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Shelei-Pan.jpg?itok=Ih6cn-Ef)
Women’s Society honors students with awards, scholarships
![Diamond, Queller elected to National Academy of Sciences](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Queller_D_P1044633_0.jpg?itok=0WUnzcR4)
Diamond, Queller elected to National Academy of Sciences
![Sizemore wins 2024 Allen Prize](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Sizemore.jpg?itok=snobrn7R)
Sizemore wins 2024 Allen Prize
![Wang receives 2024 Stalker Award](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Shan1-crop.jpg?itok=gwr97CfR)
Wang receives 2024 Stalker Award
![Class Acts: Yunfeng Ge Biology student to pursue conservation work in China](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/yungfeng%20ge.jpg?itok=d3aY50Uw)
Class Acts: Yunfeng Ge Biology student to pursue conservation work in China
![Davis wins 2024 Quatrano Prize](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Davis-Headshot.jpeg?itok=Pc2uL0Qw)
Davis wins 2024 Quatrano Prize
![Pan wins 2024 Spector Prize](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Shelei-Pan.jpg?itok=Ih6cn-Ef)
Pan wins 2024 Spector Prize
![Three juniors selected as Goldwater Scholars](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/4_5_24-image-new-1024x683.jpg?itok=xJ6YCZ89)
Three juniors selected as Goldwater Scholars
![Student spotlight: Angel Lu](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Lu%20Angel%20resize.jpg?itok=TdPCEhMh)
Student spotlight: Angel Lu
![Olsen installed as George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor of Biology](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Olsen3.jpg?itok=1H7HHHkO)
Olsen installed as George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor of Biology
![Levin installed as George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor of Biology](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Petra_Levin_1.jpg?itok=K_eTgzru)
Levin installed as George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor of Biology
![The Best Summer Books Of 2023, According To Two Science Writers](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/DSC01573_cropped.jpg?itok=DqUdfOKc)
The Best Summer Books Of 2023, According To Two Science Writers
![Schaal elected to The American Philosophical Society](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Schaal.jpg?itok=ytOY8uiq)
Schaal elected to The American Philosophical Society
![Chang and Georgiades named Beckman Scholars](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Beckman%20Scholars.png?itok=DRRaJYnI)
Chang and Georgiades named Beckman Scholars
![Silberman wins 2023 Allen Prize](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Miriam%20Silberman%20Headshot.jpg?itok=Y82HoJRo)
Silberman wins 2023 Allen Prize
![Abt wins 2023 Quatrano Prize](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Abt.jpg?itok=cZmPTKTd)
Abt wins 2023 Quatrano Prize
![Rays Wahba and Zhang win 2023 Spector Prize](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Home%20Slides/130312_jwb_rebstock_hall_023.jpg?itok=Q66YaJ1I)
Rays Wahba and Zhang win 2023 Spector Prize
![Tsingos and Ivaturi receive 2023 Stalker Award](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Home%20Slides/130312_jwb_rebstock_hall_023.jpg?itok=Q66YaJ1I)
Tsingos and Ivaturi receive 2023 Stalker Award
![Goodenough, McKinnon elected to National Academy of Sciences](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Ursula%20Goodenough%202015_0.jpg?itok=scK7MqbM)
Goodenough, McKinnon elected to National Academy of Sciences
![Duncan, Dyer celebrate forty fun years building state-of-the-art facilities](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Duncan_D-1001189.jpg?itok=LUYE8HZs)
Duncan, Dyer celebrate forty fun years building state-of-the-art facilities
![Three juniors selected as Goldwater Scholars](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Home%20Slides/130312_jwb_rebstock_hall_023.jpg?itok=Q66YaJ1I)
Three juniors selected as Goldwater Scholars
![Penczykowski, Medley share seed grant to precisely measure St. Louis climate](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Penczykowski_R-1333709.jpg?itok=xyNmA5Wq)
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](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Allen_Garland2_2500.jpg?itok=tywvaslw)
Garland E. Allen III (1936–2023): Leading historian of biology and social justice activist
![Penczykowski wins NSF CAREER award](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Penczykowski_R-1333709.jpg?itok=xyNmA5Wq)
Penczykowski wins NSF CAREER award
![Penczykowski wins NSF CAREER award](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/CU19-0156_0009_4.jpg?itok=r6VHHcdP)
Penczykowski wins NSF CAREER award
![Vierstra receives $1.3 million grant](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Vierstra_R_P1044708.jpg?itok=D0ldWMtF)
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](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
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](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/SEEDSSTLlogoNEWv4.jpg?itok=AuH38UQY)
SEEDs leaders chosen to attend ecology conference
![Norwitz, Oyetunji were Rhodes Scholar finalists](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Norwitz-Oyetunji_Thumbnail.jpg?itok=lzNQz7RP)
Norwitz, Oyetunji were Rhodes Scholar finalists
![Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures announces first round of funded projects](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/artsci_ITF_initiative_header_1366%20%281%29.png?itok=sFhLTfAz)
Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures announces first round of funded projects
![Herzog installed as Viktor Hamburger Distinguished Professor](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/herzog%20hamburger.jpg?itok=Z2SUId5v)
Herzog installed as Viktor Hamburger Distinguished Professor
![Arts & Sciences announces fall 2022 SPEED grant winners](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/wonderlane-_rmULTYorYQ-unsplash.jpg?itok=Smwb49_X)
Arts & Sciences announces fall 2022 SPEED grant winners
![Graduate students recognized for research excellence](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Ampersand/Grad_Research_Awards-1058226.jpg?itok=othX3K2g)
Graduate students recognized for research excellence
![Biologist Wang to explore formation and regulation of key organizing complex in animal cells](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Wang_J-1054663.jpg?itok=mA3QL1a-)
Biologist Wang to explore formation and regulation of key organizing complex in animal cells
![A Growing Art—Meet the IOTY 2021 Americas Regional Winner](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Radin%20winning%20image.jpg?itok=edCQj7Cv)
A Growing Art—Meet the IOTY 2021 Americas Regional Winner
![Using electric fish, biologist Carlson to study neuroplasticity and behavioral evolution](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Ampersand/Carlson1_1400.jpg?itok=Y4wYf0h0)
Using electric fish, biologist Carlson to study neuroplasticity and behavioral evolution
![Celebrating outstanding faculty and staff](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Ampersand/Artsci_Fac_Staff_Awards-1056580.jpg?itok=7XKWpa5O)
Celebrating outstanding faculty and staff
![Bose participates in White House summit on American bioeconomy](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/bose_0.jpg?itok=87RbWzOt)
Bose participates in White House summit on American bioeconomy
![Emenecker wins prize for innovation in biomedical science](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Emenecker_R-1311269.jpg?itok=C5JSWy9k)
Emenecker wins prize for innovation in biomedical science
![Awardees for graduate teaching excellence announced](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Ampersand/Linguistics_classroom-1377618.jpg?itok=cNDmsUBY)
Awardees for graduate teaching excellence announced
![ENDURE Program Symposium 2022](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Edure_Symposium-JAIN.jpg?itok=mZVApr6X)
ENDURE Program Symposium 2022
![Congratulations to the Neuroscience Community Award Winners!](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Brain%20in%20skull%20profile.jpg?itok=xRCFfWQt)
Congratulations to the Neuroscience Community Award Winners!
![Science research roundup: July and August 2022](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/dan-carlson-G86MS2ZsiJA-unsplash.jpg?itok=Yj1x9jR5)
Science research roundup: July and August 2022
![Urban bees collaboration wins USDA grant](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/articles/475pxbee-apis.jpg?itok=kwnO9Mp7)
Urban bees collaboration wins USDA grant
![Radin wins Olympus Image of the Year award for the region of Americas](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Radin%20winning%20image.jpg?itok=edCQj7Cv)
Radin wins Olympus Image of the Year award for the region of Americas
![Science research roundup: May 2022](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/avgimage_afmhot_us_edit_760.png?itok=yFIyegTm)
Science research roundup: May 2022
![Women’s Society honors students with awards, scholarships](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/2022-HKS-Leadership-Award-Recipients.jpg?itok=nQFUVSQo)
Women’s Society honors students with awards, scholarships
![Class Acts 2022](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Home%20Slides/130312_jwb_rebstock_hall_023.jpg?itok=Q66YaJ1I)
Class Acts 2022
Wallace wins 2022 Spector Prize
![Lowder wins 2022 Quatrano Prize](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Lowder.jpg?itok=Oh4FGThH)
Lowder wins 2022 Quatrano Prize
![Dutton wins Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Dutton.jpg?itok=bLrc1mKA)
Dutton wins Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award
![Damato wins 2022 Ceil M. DeGutis Prize](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/damato.jpg?itok=iGbWOug_)
Damato wins 2022 Ceil M. DeGutis Prize
![Smith wins Switzer Leadership Award](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/BN5A8015.jpg?itok=ryAFKIov)
Smith wins Switzer Leadership Award
![Arts & Sciences announces first cohort of SPEED grant recipients](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/eleonore-kemmel-IJ7HG4woGlk-unsplash.jpg?itok=PpbzqHYS)
Arts & Sciences announces first cohort of SPEED grant recipients
![Science research roundup: April 2022](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Ampersand/2618235697_1b375441c3_k.jpg?itok=0bYY8bmd)
Science research roundup: April 2022
![Champion for equitable education, May honored with Ethic of Service Award](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Home%20Slides/130312_jwb_rebstock_hall_023.jpg?itok=Q66YaJ1I)
Champion for equitable education, May honored with Ethic of Service Award
![Researchers honored as outstanding mentors](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/stroud.jpeg?itok=I1eIWmJ2)
Researchers honored as outstanding mentors
![Jez installed as the Spencer T. Olin Professor of Biology](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Ampersand/ASCI-11603_0036.jpg?itok=3NpyK7U4)
Jez installed as the Spencer T. Olin Professor of Biology
![Four students win Goldwater Scholarships](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Home%20Slides/130312_jwb_rebstock_hall_023.jpg?itok=Q66YaJ1I)
Four students win Goldwater Scholarships
![Board grants faculty appointments, promotions, tenure](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Botero_C_P1044637.jpg?itok=1RMgU8Gj)
Board grants faculty appointments, promotions, tenure
![Miriam Silberman chosen for Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Miriam%20Silberman1.jpg?itok=YlAx-dri)
Miriam Silberman chosen for Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)
![Science research roundup: February 2022](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Ampersand/P1002124.jpg?itok=VKe4kPBY)
Science research roundup: February 2022
![Chalker Lab and ISP to expand and sustain hands-on science in K-12 classrooms using Tetrahymena](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Chalker_D_P1044669_0.png?itok=YB_I8kPr)
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](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Cesarone_D3_soccer_copy.jpg?itok=K7ppeyoG)
Cesarone named defender of the year January 28, 2022
![Herzog to test how cortical neurons, hormones regulate daily patterns of behavior](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Herzog_E_P1044395.jpg?itok=LrcpFNcj)
Herzog to test how cortical neurons, hormones regulate daily patterns of behavior
![AAAS names eight Washington University faculty as 2021 fellows](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Home%20Slides/130312_jwb_rebstock_hall_023.jpg?itok=Q66YaJ1I)
AAAS names eight Washington University faculty as 2021 fellows
![Chalker to expand hands-on science in K-12 classrooms](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Chalker_D_P1044669_0.png?itok=YB_I8kPr)
Chalker to expand hands-on science in K-12 classrooms
![Levin wins NIH grant](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/140214_jjn_jez_levin_010_2500.jpg?itok=GF_4jzCm)
Levin wins NIH grant
![Vierstra receives NIH grant](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Vierstra_R_P1044708.jpg?itok=D0ldWMtF)
Vierstra receives NIH grant
![2021: A year of outstanding accomplishment](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Ampersand/CU18-0385_0002.jpg?itok=B7zuUIaL)
2021: A year of outstanding accomplishment
![Science research roundup: November and December 2021](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Ampersand/brainbowpvnvipneurons-maxip1-1fnpoep-660x529.jpeg?itok=CF6RvnlK)
Science research roundup: November and December 2021
![Arts & Sciences faculty among world’s most highly cited researchers](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Ampersand/Clarivate_HCR_EndFrame_02.jpeg?itok=aEF0CyYz)
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](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Antony.png?itok=XwUoZnyb)
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](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Miriam%20Silberman1.jpg?itok=YlAx-dri)
Q&A with Promega D.O.O.R.S. scholarship winner Miriam Silberman
Recognizing outstanding faculty and staff
![A&S Faculty and Staff Awards](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Screen%20Shot%202021-09-01%20at%209.31.12%20AM.png?itok=1GGJiQzd)
A&S Faculty and Staff Awards
![Bose awarded Anant Fellowship for Climate Action](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Screen%20Shot%202021-09-01%20at%209.31.12%20AM.png?itok=1GGJiQzd)
Bose awarded Anant Fellowship for Climate Action
![Pakrasi to work on positive farming effort](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Pakrasi_H_0217.jpg?itok=10btwwax)
Pakrasi to work on positive farming effort
![Rising senior Irene Antony accepted into Astronaut Scholarship Foundation](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Ampersand/Irene%20Antony%20astronaut%20scholar.png?itok=BMeQW06z)
Rising senior Irene Antony accepted into Astronaut Scholarship Foundation
![Living Earth Collaborative announces 2021 seed grant recipients](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/bird.jpg?itok=nXVzjup9)
Living Earth Collaborative announces 2021 seed grant recipients
![Science research roundup: May and June 2021](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Science research roundup: May and June 2021
![Zaher wins NIH grant](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Zaher_H_P1044594.jpg?itok=123veoVR)
Zaher wins NIH grant
![Ralph Quatrano will be 2021 Honorary Grand Marshal](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/ralphQ.jpg?itok=aL2LYheG)
Ralph Quatrano will be 2021 Honorary Grand Marshal
![Irene Hamlin wins 2021 Stalker Award](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Hamlin.jpg?itok=GTNgdA3M)
Irene Hamlin wins 2021 Stalker Award
![Dani Wilder wins 2021 Quatrano Prize](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Dani%20Wilder.png?itok=9-JIG7X_)
Dani Wilder wins 2021 Quatrano Prize
![Ella Ludwig wins 2021 Spector Prize](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/EllaLudwigHeadshot.jpg?itok=TguWTo7v)
Ella Ludwig wins 2021 Spector Prize
![Yehuda Ben-Shahar wins 2021 Outstanding Faculty and Staff Award](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Vernier%201.jpg?itok=sfS2A5Uv)
Yehuda Ben-Shahar wins 2021 Outstanding Faculty and Staff Award
![Environmental Biology Major Alexis Tinoco featured in Class Acts](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Alexis%20Tinoco.jpg?itok=LAQnD8-Y)
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](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/bose_0.jpg?itok=87RbWzOt)
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](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/bose_0.jpg?itok=87RbWzOt)
Meacham, Bose receive university’s first DEPSCoR grant since 1996
![Biology department wins HHMI ‘Driving Change’ grant](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Rebstock-cropped.jpg?itok=ZN7tmkjf)
Biology department wins HHMI ‘Driving Change’ grant
![Association of Women Faculty honors Andreea Stoica with 2021 Annual Student Award](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/pic-Andreea-Stoica-2ag258g-458x458_0.jpg?itok=clyrxAW0)
Association of Women Faculty honors Andreea Stoica with 2021 Annual Student Award
![Stroud honored with American Society of Naturalists award](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Biology_Stroud_J-1311016_760.jpg?itok=aKOLh1el)
Stroud honored with American Society of Naturalists award
![Biology Undergraduate Awards](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Home%20Slides/130312_jwb_rebstock_hall_023.jpg?itok=Q66YaJ1I)
Biology Undergraduate Awards
![Washington People: Barbara Kunkel](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/070724_jaa_Kunkel-Lab_0022_1400-1400x700.jpg?itok=FA-OSB1W)
Washington People: Barbara Kunkel
![Biology Faculty Promotions](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Rebstock-cropped.jpg?itok=ZN7tmkjf)
Biology Faculty Promotions
![A conversation with Barbara Kunkel - 2020 AAAS fellow - on being a woman scientist](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/lab1.jpg?itok=RxwtLJXa)
A conversation with Barbara Kunkel - 2020 AAAS fellow - on being a woman scientist
![AAAS names 7 Washington University faculty as 2020 fellows](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Kunkel_B_P1044459.jpg?itok=ikZKi6sw)
AAAS names 7 Washington University faculty as 2020 fellows
![The future of STEM education: engaging our undergraduates in doing science](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Elgin_S_P1044056.jpg?itok=NXgu2Zra)
The future of STEM education: engaging our undergraduates in doing science
![Hengen awarded $1.8M to study sleep’s contribution to brain function](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/sleep.jpg?itok=QSvPqiC7)
Hengen awarded $1.8M to study sleep’s contribution to brain function
![Living Earth Collaborative announces 2020 seed grant recipients](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Atelopus_guanujo-copia-2_760-300x214.jpg?itok=nus0N8cb)
Living Earth Collaborative announces 2020 seed grant recipients
![Elizabeth Mueller, graduate student in the Levin lab, wins the Nat L. Sternberg Thesis Prize.](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Mueller_E-1311248.jpg?itok=a8H4Pi0T)
Elizabeth Mueller, graduate student in the Levin lab, wins the Nat L. Sternberg Thesis Prize.
![Yehuda Ben-Shahar promoted to professor of biology](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Ben-Shahar_Y_P1044402.jpg?itok=R-05EgY7)
Yehuda Ben-Shahar promoted to professor of biology
![Ram Dixit promoted to professor of biology](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Dixit_R_P1044616.jpg?itok=I_4RGugf)
Ram Dixit promoted to professor of biology
![Scientists take part in Ecology publication](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Myers_Jcrop.jpg?itok=-wrISCJT)
Scientists take part in Ecology publication
![Nikhil Aggarwal wins 2020 Quatrano Prize](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/aggarwal.jpg?itok=4Wzsi5f_)
Nikhil Aggarwal wins 2020 Quatrano Prize
![Lily Xu wins 2020 Stalker Award](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Lily%20Xu.jpg?itok=RNH1hAif)
Lily Xu wins 2020 Stalker Award
![Manasvi Verma wins 2020 Spector Prize](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/verma.jpg?itok=R9Nu6ose)
Manasvi Verma wins 2020 Spector Prize
![Biology alumnus awarded prestigious fellowship for graduate school studies](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/SP2016%20Quatrano%20Prize%20winner%20Shyam%20Akuly%20headshot.jpg?itok=cmATZiIE)
Biology alumnus awarded prestigious fellowship for graduate school studies
![Four College of Arts & Sciences students named Goldwater Scholars](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Home%20Slides/130312_jwb_rebstock_hall_023.jpg?itok=Q66YaJ1I)
Four College of Arts & Sciences students named Goldwater Scholars
![$1.2M grant to study evolution of Central American lizards](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/lizard.jpg?itok=-dcx7MXz)
$1.2M grant to study evolution of Central American lizards
![New grant awards in the Biology Department](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Home%20Slides/130312_jwb_rebstock_hall_023.jpg?itok=Q66YaJ1I)
New grant awards in the Biology Department
![Arts & Sciences students, alumni among finalists for Skandalaris award](https://artsci.wustl.edu/sites/artsci.wustl.edu/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Engine%202%20Photonics%20%28l-r%20Saer%20Kocsisova%20Wolf%29.jpg?itok=s2MOWcOb)
Arts & Sciences students, alumni among finalists for Skandalaris award
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](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Wedger_M-1333665.jpg?itok=dFuRZfKW)
Marshall Wedger, grad student in the Olsen Lab, wins Stephen J. O'Brien Award
![Schaal named to agricultural research foundation](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/schaal.jpg?itok=KkoKn3O8)
Schaal named to agricultural research foundation
![Joshua Blodgett named to the Early Career Reviewer Board at Journal of Biological Chemistry](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Blodgett_J_P1044699.jpg?itok=JafjRdoK)
Joshua Blodgett named to the Early Career Reviewer Board at Journal of Biological Chemistry
![Joseph Jez named Spencer T. Olin Professor of Biology](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Jez_J_P1044177%20copy.jpg?itok=WIKvwWbS)
Joseph Jez named Spencer T. Olin Professor of Biology
![Annual Holiday Cookie Baking and Ugly Sweater Contest](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/arabidopsis%20gingerbread1.jpg?itok=MKySkI0g)
Annual Holiday Cookie Baking and Ugly Sweater Contest
![EEPB graduate student wins Afro-Colombian of the year award in the Youth category](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Pic_1.jpeg?itok=eVgQuDQQ)
EEPB graduate student wins Afro-Colombian of the year award in the Youth category
![Erik Herzog named Viktor Hamburger Professor of Biology](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Herzog_E_P1044395.jpg?itok=LrcpFNcj)
Erik Herzog named Viktor Hamburger Professor of Biology
![Bose wins new grant for Gateway Science Summer Program](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/PIs%20and%20interns.jpg?itok=0n8U2Agx)
Bose wins new grant for Gateway Science Summer Program
![Jez awarded patent for work on engineered plants](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Jez_J_P1044177%20copy.jpg?itok=WIKvwWbS)
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.](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Arpita%20Bose.jpeg?itok=S7-A3LFW)
L’Oréal USA Awards 11 Female Scientists With Grants to Support Mentorship Efforts Across the U.S.
![NSF funds research on nitrogen fixation](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/180713_jaa_pakrasi_lab_0076_760.jpg?itok=lPvnafqk)
NSF funds research on nitrogen fixation
![Recognizing excellence in teaching and service](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Dean%27s%2520faculty%2520awards%25202019.jpg?itok=xE15A1uX)
Recognizing excellence in teaching and service
![Stan Braude: Stories from the Classroom](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Stan_Braude%20copy.jpg?itok=bwL4zm78)
Stan Braude: Stories from the Classroom
![Haswell and Carlsson receive NSF grant](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Haswell and Carlsson receive NSF grant
![Undergrad Maya Samuels-Fair wins Goldwater Scholarship](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Maya%20Samuels-Fair.jpg?itok=TgeGcxep)
Undergrad Maya Samuels-Fair wins Goldwater Scholarship
![Congratulations PhD graduates!](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/grad%20yehuda.jpg?itok=iVsx-9bZ)
Congratulations PhD graduates!
![Mather wins Harrison D. Stalker Award](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Rory%20Mather%20pic.jpg?itok=ipjbehdO)
Mather wins Harrison D. Stalker Award
![Hsu wins Spector Prize](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Hsu_Eric_78087763_PHOTO_UPLOAD.jpg?itok=0thKCuQW)
Hsu wins Spector Prize
![Chin wins Quatrano Prize](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Iris%20Chin%20pic%20for%20record.jpg?itok=lNAPrVEF)
Chin wins Quatrano Prize
![Biology Professors inducted into National Academy of Sciences](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Biology Professors inducted into National Academy of Sciences
![MySci's "From Sun to Food" earns Achieve award](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
MySci's "From Sun to Food" earns Achieve award
![Barbara Schaal to receive NSB Public Service Award](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/schaal.jpg?itok=KkoKn3O8)
Barbara Schaal to receive NSB Public Service Award
![Biology students receive NSF Fellowships](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Biology students receive NSF Fellowships
![Congratulations to Neuroscience Track major Sabrina Wang on the Switzer Leadership Award!](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Congratulations to Neuroscience Track major Sabrina Wang on the Switzer Leadership Award!
![Jonathan Losos receives 2019 Sewall Wright Award](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/DSC01573_cropped.jpg?itok=DqUdfOKc)
Jonathan Losos receives 2019 Sewall Wright Award
![Vierstra wins Stephen Hales Prize](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Vierstra_R_P1044708.jpg?itok=D0ldWMtF)
Vierstra wins Stephen Hales Prize
![Three faculty members named microbiology fellows](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/levin-25.jpg?itok=JeevmXM5)
Three faculty members named microbiology fellows
![Annual Holiday Cookie Baking and Ugly Sweater Contest](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/ugly%20sweater%20sam.jpg?itok=qI1CYND_)
Annual Holiday Cookie Baking and Ugly Sweater Contest
![Biology Chair Joseph Jez elected as AAAS Fellow](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Biology_Jez_J_P1044177%20copy.jpg?itok=WIKvwWbS)
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](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/180124_jwb_keith_hengen_lab_022.jpg?itok=mB3IP2oY)
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)](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/Erik%20Herzog%20award%202018.jpg?itok=4AQyZa5d)
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](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/staffawards.jpg?itok=SAfIT0tR)
Melissa Evers received the 2017-2018 Arts & Sciences Outstanding Staff Award
![Kings of the Eisendrath Garden](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Kings of the Eisendrath Garden
![Bacteria in a changing environment](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Shutterstock_Levin_handwash%202.jpg?itok=RTMbhssq)
Bacteria in a changing environment
![Strassmann/Queller Lab receives NSF grant](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Strassmann/Queller Lab receives NSF grant
![Jonathan Myers and collaborators awarded NSF EAGER grant](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Jonathan Myers and collaborators awarded NSF EAGER grant
![Student Spotlight: Ali Wilkening receives award from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Student Spotlight: Ali Wilkening receives award from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation
![ISP’s Victoria May honored for work with students](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
ISP’s Victoria May honored for work with students
![Haussler wins Harrison D. Stalker Award](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/haussler.jpg?itok=KlJ8jdeB)
Haussler wins Harrison D. Stalker Award
![Chen and Wang share Quatrano Prize](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Chen and Wang share Quatrano Prize
![Three biology faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/NAS-3-copy_0.jpg?itok=5NY-j75a)
Three biology faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences
![Jordan Shaker receives this year's Spector Prize](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Jordan Shaker receives this year's Spector Prize
![Sally Elgin: Lessons learned in a life of science](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/elginhistorical.jpg?itok=KrgB5O5j)
Sally Elgin: Lessons learned in a life of science
![Sally Elgin receives the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Sally Elgin receives the Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award
![Four Biology Students Awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/Campus%20Photos/14802365567_1867ec488f_k.jpg?itok=tWWamb2m)
Four Biology Students Awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
![Yehuda Ben-Shahar awarded $770,000 by the National Science Foundation](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/articles/475px140314_wcc_yehuda_ben_shahar_011.jpg?itok=s5wsdUYV)
Yehuda Ben-Shahar awarded $770,000 by the National Science Foundation
![The Green Office Program at Wash U](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/articles/green_office_award.jpg?itok=Qmg4YFDt)
The Green Office Program at Wash U
![Congratulations 2018 Bunche Scholars!](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Congratulations 2018 Bunche Scholars!
![Haswell elected council delegate for AAAS](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/People/liz_haswell_most_recent.jpg?itok=vkxLPMpj)
Haswell elected council delegate for AAAS
![Brain power on display at annual WashU Brain Bee](/sites/all/themes/olympian/images/default-article.png)
Brain power on display at annual WashU Brain Bee
![David Kirk receives 2018 Science Educator Award from the Academy of Science – St. Louis](https://biology.wustl.edu/files/biology/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/kirk.jpg?itok=ofnwqi5s)
David Kirk receives 2018 Science Educator Award from the Academy of Science – St. Louis
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