Read the latest news and updates from the Biology department.
![Portrait of Chris Hunter](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing/public/bccc7d18-f94b-456f-a9e4-d38603ddf25b.jpeg?h=bd545f04)
The Fall 2019 Biology Seminar Series continues with Chris Hunter's talk, "Tracking host-pathogen interactions."
![Carlos de la Rosa portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing/public/carlos_de_la_rosa_by_benjamin_drummond_medium.jpg?h=329839a1)
The Fall 2019 Biology Seminar Series continues with Carlos de la Rosa's talk, "20/20 Vision and the Nature of the Conservation Conversation."
![Maren Arling in front of plants and brick wall](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing/public/maren_arling.png?h=3d9dc76d)
The Fall 2019 Biology Seminar Series continues with Maren Lillian Arling's talk, "Chemical-induced Gene Expression System to Activate Embryogenesis."
![Joe Parker with specimen](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing/public/joeparker_faculty-spotlightfeature-1000x300.jpg?h=9f40b843)
The Fall 2019 Biology Seminar Series continues with Joe Parker's talk, "Convergent Evolution of a Social Symbiosis: Beetles vs Ants."
![Stephen Smith portrait with trees](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing/public/s._smith.jpg)
The Fall 2019 Biology Seminar Series continues with Stephen Smith's talk, "The Thought Process of a Cell: Modeling Information Flow Through Signal Transduction Networks."
![Allison Schultz with tanager specimens](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing/public/5o1a6313.jpeg)
The Fall 2019 Biology Seminar Series commences with Allison Schultz's talk, "Male and female plumage evolution in the tanagers: a mosaic of natural and sexual selection."
![Carly Phillips in front of mountains](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing/public/brooks_range.jpg?h=a5eb5da0)
The Biology Seminar Series of Spring 2019 concludes with Carly Phillips' talk, "Climate change science in a rapidly warming Alaska."
![Melissa DeBiasse with laptop in server room](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing/public/server_room.jpg?h=664a8c6a)
The Biology Seminar Series of Spring 2019 continues with Melissa DeBiasse's talk, "Boring sponges and glowing ctenophores: using genomes to understand how marine invertebrates respond to their environment within minutes and over millions of years."
![List of Biology Honors Presentations](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing/public/2019_biology_honors_flyer_-1.jpg)
Seven of our Biology seniors will be presenting their honors theses to the department.
![Gretchen North and students spelling BROME out](/sites/default/files/styles/news_listing/public/brome-2016.jpg)
The Occidental Weekly newspaper featured an article on the Biology department's research.