Biology News Birds at risk of extinction The lush forests and more than 7,000 islands of the Philippines hold a rich diversity of life, with... Read More Scientific Discovery Illustrated Biology Under Cover is a permanent exhibit in the lobby of the Aline W. Skaggs Biology Building. The... Read More Caralyn Flack For some, doing scientific research is the be-all and end-all. To be “at the bench” is to enter... Read More Pan-Amphibian Viral Vectors Ayako Yamaguchi and a team of amphibian neuroscientists awarded a one-million-dollar prestigious National Science Foundation EDGE grant to develop pan-amphibian... Read More Kyle Kittelberger For graduate students, getting research published in a peer-reviewed journal is arguably the gold standard and the kind... Read More Todd Alder Todd B. Alder contracted COVID-19 early on in the pandemic and today still suffers from residual effects. But... Read More Nikhil Bhayani “Every time I come to the U with my kids,” says Nikhil K. Bhayani, MD, FIDSA (BS’98), “I... Read More Rachel Jones While Rachel Jones has wanted to do medical research since 3rd grade, it wasn’t until high school during her... Read More COVID-19: Just a Seasonal Nuisance? University of Utah scientists model possible COVID-19 futures. March 20, 2021 – Within the next decade, the novel... Read More Diana Montgomery “Perhaps my favorite experience at the University of Utah is when I started working in a biology lab... Read More Alli Hoffman For a scientist it might seem counter-intuitive to value the notion that there is never a correct or... Read More Sahar Kanishka, Undergrad Research Award Sahar Kanishka, recipient of the 2021 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award, remembers daily where her family came from, where... Read More T. Mitchell Aide, PhD’89 Distinguished Alumnus Following his graduation with a bachelor’s from University of Texas – San Antonio, California native... Read More Mary Beckerle Elected to NAS April 21, 2021—Mary C. Beckerle, chief executive officer and director, Huntsman Cancer Institute (HC); and distinguished professor of... Read More Nitin Phadnis, Fly Genetics One of 3 for ’20. February 19, 2021 – Nitin Phadnis, SBS Associate Professor, and his colleagues won an... Read More Ace Madsen, MD The Department of Biology, now the School of Biological Sciences, was a bit of a boot camp for... Read More Ed Groenhout All that was needed to become a doctor was to be told at graduation he would never get... Read More A Glimpse of the Startup Life Reshma Shetty Distinguished Lab Alumna It all started with venomous snails. University of Utah alumna Reshma Shetty,... Read More Swing Out (Meiotic) Sister March 20, 2021 – Sexual reproduction shuffles the parental genomes to generate new genetic combinations. To... Read More Tracking Wildlife During the Pandemic March 30, 2021 -For scientists, especially graduate students, who conduct fieldwork, every day is precious. Researchers meticulously prepare... Read More Fast Track Designation for Denali Diagnostics March 22, 2021 – When Ryan Watts, BS’00, steps into the classroom at the University of Utah to... Read More The Gandhi Effect The Gandhi Effect Distinguished Alumni Awards Rajesh Gandhi, BS’86 Monica Gandhi, BS’91 Leena Gandhi, BS’92 Last December,... Read More Karrin Tennant, Research Award For Karrin Tennant, recipient of the College of Science Undergraduate Research Award, the never-ending story of environmental science... Read More Jim Ehleringer, Academy of Sciences Distinguished professor of biology James R. Ehleringer, who has pioneered applications of stable isotopes, was elected in May... Read More Jeanne Novak, BS’87 Jeanne Novak Distinguished Alumna 2020 In 2014 alumna Jeanne Novak found herself at Ebola ground zero. She was... Read More Allergy Season & Climate Change With spring around the corner, here’s some bad news for allergy sufferers: Human-caused climate change has both worsened... Read More Going with the Flow Retiring botanist studied how plant’s xylem tissue carries phenomenal amounts of water to tree leaves where it evaporates... Read More Adam Madsen, BA’06 Adam Madsen Adam Madsen, BA’06 in Biology, was the quintessential student-athlete. To be a student-athlete requires extraordinary talent... Read More Dalley Cutler Biology senior Dalley Cutler’s personal hero is Greta Thunberg, the young Swedish activist invited to the United Nations... Read More Beckman Scholar U Biology’s Sonja Sehgal accepted a Beckman Scholarship this past spring to add to the trove of awards... Read More Student Veteran 2018-19 Student Veteran of the Year, Craig L. Hanson “When I first came to the U, I didn’t have... Read More Quaid Harding From beekeeping to biology, Quaid Harding is looking for a buzz. Name: Quaid Harding Major: Biology Year: Senior Hometown: Garner, North... Read More Connor Morgan, BS’19 What does a former Student Body President and Biology alum do after graduating from the U? You start... Read More Sahar Kanishka Sahar Kanishka Biology student, ACCESS member, College of Science Association for Women in STEM member, and recipient of... Read More Crocker Science House Living a Science Dream Nestled in Officers’ Circle, at the base of the Wasatch foothills and the Shoreline... Read More Ana Rosas Every student’s story is one-of-a-kind, and Ana Rosas’ is no exception. Rosas’ desire to become a doctor was... Read More Alex Acuna Alexandra “Alex” Acuna doesn’t even remember her native Venezuela, as she arrived in the U.S. with her parents... Read More Bridget Phillips As one of the University of Utah College of Science‘s Ambassadors, sophomore Bridget Phillips regularly appears at College events... Read More Leslie Sieburth: Associate Dean The College of Science is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Leslie Sieburth from the School of Biological... Read More Associate V.P. for Research The College of Science is pleased to announce the appointment of Diane Pataki, Ph.D., as the Associate Vice... Read More TreeTop Barbie When Nalini Nadkarni was a young scientist in the 1980s, she wanted to study the canopy – the... Read More Running with Scissors One could argue that the age of genomes is divided between before CRISPR-Cas9 and after CRISPR-Cas9 (commonly referred... Read More Courtship Condos Playing to the ethic of pursuing pure science, new faculty member Dean Castillo is driven by research questions not... Read More Karl Gordon Lark Karl Gordon Lark, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Utah, passed away on April 10, 2020, after... Read More Biological Invaders Science Research Initiative Fox Squirrel Biology Research STREAM Denise Dearing, PhD, Distinguished Professor, School of Biological Sciences Tess... Read More Forest Futures Forest Futures Know the risks of investing in forests. Given the tremendous ability of forests to absorb carbon... Read More Julia Bailey-Serres, BS’81 SBS Distinguished Alumna 2020 Julia Bailey-Serres, BS’81, is known for her research on mechanisms of plant adaptive responses... Read More Michele Lefebvre, PhD’05 Michele Lefebvre Michele Lefebvre, PhD’05, knows exactly what graduate students in the School of Biological Sciences need to... Read More Edward Meenen, BS’86 Edward Meenen Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic began last spring, the School of Biological Sciences checked in with... Read More Nancy Parry, BS’63 Nancy Parry When Dr. Nancy Parry, BS’63, was eight years old, she talked her mother into taking her... Read More Lee Roberts, BS’72 LEE K. ROBERTS Last year the College of Science celebrated its 50-year anniversary. When the College... Read More Gameil Fouad, BS’93 Gameil Fouad As an undergraduate student at the U, Gameil Fouad, BS’93, had some big decisions to... Read More Arie Sitthichai Mobley, BS’00 When Arie Sitthichai Mobley (BS’2000) began teaching at a small liberal arts university in a department for undergraduate... Read More Carol Blair, BA’64 Carol Blair (BA’64) is a testament to not only the value of providing research opportunities for undergraduates,... Read More George Elliott, PhD’81 “Always be open to unforeseen possibilities and opportunities; never be afraid to fail, and learn from your failures,”... Read More Steve Mimnaugh, BS’73 Most people get to live one life. So far, Steve Mimnaugh has lived at least three. “I was... Read More Jason Allen, BS’01 Jason Allen knew early on of the opportunities the state’s flagship research university could offer him just an... Read More Dale C. Larsen, BS’59 Dale C. LARSEN In the mid-1950s, when Dale C. Larsen (BS’59) first enrolled at the U there were... Read More Amy Davis, PhD’03 “I enjoy learning about how infectious diseases have shaped human history because I find it inspiring to frame... Read More Ryan Watts, BS’00 Ryan Watts Distinguished Alumnus Dr. Ryan Watts, BS’00 in Biology, is the CEO and Co-Founder of Denali... Read More James Detling, PhD’69 James K. Detling James K. Detling (PhD’69) arrived at the University of Utah from Ohio State University where... Read More Ole Jensen, BS’72 On the surface, Ole Jensen’s start as an undergraduate biology major, angling for medical school, didn’t appear particularly... Read More David Hillyard, BS’73 David Hillyard When David Hillyard, BS’73, was recognized in November with a Healthcare Hero Award, he was... Read More Alumni Panel Frontiers of Science – Distinguished Alumni Panel Homecoming 2019 brought a number of alumni and friends back to... Read More The Daines Medical Dynasty The Daines Medical Dynasty Joseph Daines BS’68 Michael Daines BS’99 Brad Daines BA’05 The School of Biological... Read More 2020 Churchill Scholar Five for Five. Michael Xiao brings home the U’s fifth straight Churchill Scholarship. Five years after the University... Read More Anna Vickrey, PhD’20 Anna Vickrey Anna Vickrey who graduated from the School of Biological Sciences with a PhD in 2020 has... Read More Jeffrey Webster, BS’81 A native of Chagrin Falls, OH, Jeff Webster, MD, FAAOS, found himself as an undergraduate at the... Read More Griffin Chure, BS’13 Griffin Chure’s favorite memory of his time at the U was working in Dr. David Blair’s research lab.... Read More Clifford Stocks, BS’80 In these uncertain times when “the new normal” of our lives has yet to emerge, SBS alumnus Clifford... Read More Emily Bates, BS’97 It just so happened that the day that the University of Colorado closed down its labs, including Dr.... Read More Jessica Stanley Jessica Stanley Jessica Stanley, undergraduate research scholar in the Clayton/Bush Lab), will tell you that one of the... Read More Brennan Mahoney Brennan Mahoney “As a child I always seemed to have an interest in animals,” says Brennan Mahoney, HBS’20,... Read More Jordan Herman Few encounter a fer-de-lance snake and walk away unscathed. While working in Costa Rica recent School of Biological... Read More Staff: Jose Rojas Facilities manager at the School of Biological Sciences for 20 years, Jose Rojas, probably knows more about the... Read More John “Sandy” Parkinson, Academy of Sciences December 9, 2019 – John S. Parkinson was one of two fellows from the University of Utah named to... Read More
