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Emily Mayer - Support, leadership opportunities and friends for life

May 13, 2025 Originally from Tennessee, moving across the country was daunting, but it also...

Denise Dearing Awarded Governor's Medal

May 7, 2025 Salt Lake City—The office of the Governor of Utah announced that University...

Broader antibiotic use could change the course of cholera outbreaks

May 2, 2025 Cholera kills thousands of people and infects hundreds of thousands every year—and...

Humans of the U: Marlon Lopez

"Growing up in an immigrant household where my parents instilled the importance of education." “Language...

Humans of the U: Chelsea Bordon

April 23, 2025 “After I got out of the military, I was planning on going...

Innovative Research and New Questions

“I have learned that research is hard and that it does not always work,” Kayla...

Science, Art, and the Smile: Mimi Tran’s Unique Journey

“As the first in my family to pursue a college degree, I carry with me...

Woodrats’ immunity to snake venom changes with the weather

Adapted from a press release produced by the University of Michigan. The power of a rattlesnake’s...

Finding My Stride—On the Track and in Life-Veronic Boire

I am from Quebec, Canada, and will be the first in my family to earn...

Nehal Bakshi- Science can be a powerful tool for change

My experiences at the U have shown me how science can be a powerful tool...

Humans of the U: Sydney Brooksby

"People only get brave when they have nothing to lose. Be brave anyway.” Tanya Vickers -...

Annabelle Rockne - It's about experiences and the people

“I've met so many different people interested in so many things. I have been able...

A rigorous, collaborative approach to science

March 19, 2025 Above: Stanley Maloy "The atmosphere in the lab was really phenomenal," post-doctoral...

Cecil Samuelson: U Honorary Doctorate

March 13, 2025 Above: Cecil O. Samuelson Equal parts University of Utah and Brigham Young...

College of Science Student Research on Capitol Hill

Last week, a select group of students from the University of Utah and Utah State...

Biology Student Stories: Angelina Skedros

Angelina Skedros and Professor (Lecturer) Emeritus, Mark Nielsen, looking for brine shrimp at the Great...

National Donor Day: A student’s transplant journey

Sophie Hansen received her first liver transplant as a teenager, an experience that drives her...

Humans of the U-Megan Duval, Longino Lab

January 29, 2025 Above: Megan Duval in the Longino lab, School of Biological Sciences “Through...

Biology professor shaping study of chromosome dynamics

2024 GSA Awards Seminar Series. Parental chromosomes separate during meiosis and segregate into sex cells,...

Biden Honors Early-Career Scientists

January 23, 2025 Above: William Anderegg In his last week in office, President Biden awarded...

New Bio Faculty: Plant Ecologist Luiza Aparecido

January 13, 2025 Above: Luiza Aparecido Luiza Aparecido is a new assistant professor in the...

Riley Peck BS'09 named new DWR director

January 13, 2025 Above: New DWR Director Riley Peck Utah Department of Natural Resources Executive...

Woodrats use ‘quantity over quality’ as a Detox plan

January 9, 2025 Above: A woodrat (N. lepida) between two food staples; juniper (left, ancestral...

Coyote numbers are often higher in areas where they are hunted

January 9, 2025 Above: Trap camera photo of a coyote recorded in the Wasatch Mountains...

2024 Lark Lecturer - Paul Keim

In October, Paul Keim, one of the longest-serving postdoctoral researchers in the lab run by...

Finding Success in Biology and Science as an Undergrad

Photo Credit: Annabelle Rockne The average American spends about 90,000 hours...

2024 OurDNA Magazine

Our DNA has now been posted on the college website here and the full screen...

Tailocins: The next generation of antibiotics

Talia Backman - Ph.D. student, School of Biological Sciences, shares a micrograph of tailocins. From...

Access Scholar-Ella Bleak

November 18, 2024 Above: Ella Bleak Ella Bleak’s journey as a self-proclaimed science nerd started...

As climate warms, California wildfires are becoming more severe, killing more trees

California’s Caldor Fire burned more than 220,000 acres in the Sierra Nevada in 2021, destroying...

Christmas trees and climate change

Small choices can make a big impact this holiday season, starting with your Christmas tree!...

Biology Student Stories: Mia Sheneman

Finding Success as a Transfer Student: Support Systems and Determination “I am a transfer student...

SACNAS STEM

University of Utah SACNAS cohort in Puerto Rico. Left to Right: Benning Lozada, Palepoi Gilmore, Parker Guzman,...

New Faculty - Avila-Lovera

September 25, 2024 Above: Eleinis Ávila-Lovera Like all living things, plants have to respond and adapt to...

How Harmful is Great Salt Lake Dust

September 17, 2024 As Utah’s Great Salt Lake shrinks, exposing more of its playa, concerns...

Scientists Awarded 1U4U Seed Grants

Above: Microbiolites at Bridger Bay on the northwest corner of Antelope Island. Credit: Utah Geological...

Biology and innovation, preparing for biotech and life science careers

“Innovation in biotechnology is touching on every aspect of our lives, from climate change and...

How Symbiosis Helps Define Evolution

September 3, 2024 Above: Colin Dale, 2012 “We’re looking at how deterministic the process of...

Dream Big and Take the Initiative

September 3, 2024 “Dream big and take the initiative to put yourself out there. If...

Of Ants and Trees: 'Evolutionary deja vu' in the Tropical Rainforest

Ants are famous for their regimented and complex social behaviors. In the tropics, they are...

Rethinking the Carbon Offsets Market

July 18, 2024   Around 1989 an energy company was trying to see if they...

A FRAMEWORK FOR CANCER ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

July 17, 2024 Why do the vast majority of cancers arise late in subjects’ lives?...

Shared Landscapes Wolves, Humans in Rural Turkey

May 30, 2024 Above: Photo of the wolf captured by Çağan Şekercioğlu on eastern Turkey’s...

LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS … AND IN A STUDENT’S MIND

June 13, 2024 Above: Mary Fairbanks BS'23, biology A DNA repair system known as the...

The Promising World of Bacteriophages

Bacteriophages, viruses that attack and destroy bacteria, are everywhere in the natural world where they...

A TALE OF TWO WORMS : ADVANCING EPIGENETICS

Have you ever wondered how a cell knows whether it’s supposed to be skin or...

Utah's Ant Man Found A New Species In His Backyard

June 5, 2024 Above: John "Jack" Longino, in the tropics University of Utah professor Jack...

Establishing a “Wildfire Resilience Collective” Wilkes Center Hackathon, 2024

By Hannah Meier , PhD Student, School of Biological Sciences Caption: [from left to right]: Tegan Lengyel,...

SBS Student Commencement Speaker

For the 2024 University of Utah student commencement speaker Eron Powell, a love of learning...

THE BEAUTY OF MATHEMATICS

April 2, 2024 by Fred Adler After listening to an egregiously (and quite uncharacteristically) dull...

Why can zebrafish regenerate damaged heart tissue

A heart attack will leave a permanent scar on a human heart, yet other animals,...

UTAH SYMPOSIUM IN SCIENCE AND LITERATURE

March 27, 2024 Poet Claudia Rankine, physicist Brian Greene, and neuroscientist and artist Bevil Conway...

FINDING NEMO (THAT IS, NEMATODES) IN THE GSL

March 13, 2024 Brine shrimp and brine flies aren't the only animals inhabiting the Great...

Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Just Got More Interesting

March 13, 2024 Above: Post-doctoral researcher (Werner lab, School of Biological Sciences) examines nematodes recovered...

Excellence In Teaching and Mentoring Award

Sophie Caron, associate professor in the School of Biological Sciences, is the recipient of the...

Nematode proteins shed light on infertility

  We have two copies of each chromosome in every cell in our bodies except...

Christmas trees and climate change

Small choices can make a big impact this holiday season, starting with your Christmas tree!...

PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR AWARD

Associate Professor of biology Sophie Caron is a 2023 awardee. The University of Utah Presidential...

OUR DNA 2023

Read the full issue of OUR DNA 2023, the magazine of the School of Biological...

MECHANISMS OF PLANT MICROBES

'Plants do have immune systems or immune responses, and a lot of people don’t realize...

Nadkarni named NatGeo Explorer at Large

NADKARNI NAMED NATGEO EXPLORER AT LARGE   The National Geographic Society has appointed famed University...

Epiphytes Face Growing Threats

Orchids, mosses, ferns—or epiphytes, defined as nonparasitic plants that grow on other plants—are crucial for...

Fall's Flamboyance

FALL'S FLAMBOYANCE   To many, Utah’s fall leaves are a dazzling display of nature’s beauty....

Thliveris

ANDY THLIVERIS: 'REMEMBER THE UNDERGRADS'   In December 2022, Andrew Thliveris BS’83 made a special...

Rowntree Right Whales

DOING RIGHT BY RIGHT WHALES   More than 50 years ago, Victoria Rowntree, research professor...

CLENCHED FISTS AND FULL BEARDS

CLENCHED FISTS AND FULL BEARDS Humans have not evolved to do any one thing. We...

Spider mite toxin evolution

HOW SPIDER MITES QUICKLY EVOLVE RESISTANCE TO TOXINS Although mites are arthropod-like insects, they have...

MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY ADDS UP

MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY ADDS UP The intersection between biology and math may seem like a large...

Stark Message from Maui

A STARK MESSAGE FROM MAUI Earth’s rapidly changing climate is taking an increasingly heavy toll...

Tree-top Barbie Nadkarni

WHAT THE INSPIRATION FOR ‘TREETOP BARBIE’ THOUGHT OF THE ‘BARBIE’ MOVIE The canopy scientist (a.k.a....

Shared Resistance in Breast Cancer

“Cancer cells are often thought of as maverick cells that break the rules and by...

Zundel Admin

HERE COMES TROUBLE SHOOTING That portion of the foliage of trees forming the uppermost layer...

Nadkarni-Bright Red Arrow

WHEN THE ‘BRIGHT RED ARROW” TURNS EARTHWARD “[P]retty much all my adult life I’ve been...

Nature for Everyone

BRINGING NATURE TO EVERYONE A walk in the woods, in the desert, or even a...

GADUSOL: A MORE “E-FISH-ENT” SUNSCREEN

As temperatures rise, and outside activities become more popular, many people are thinking about protecting...

Nobel Winner Capecchi Discovers New Brain Mechanism

The pandemic and its aftermath have raised anxiety to new levels. But the roots of...

Lissy Coley National Academy

“I first stepped foot in a tropical rainforest in 1975 and have been back every...

Jon Wang

Vulnerable forests and the carbon budget   Jon Wang is an Earth systems scientist and...

Rog Undergrad Mentor Award

2023 OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH MENTORS The Office of Undergraduate Research has created a faculty award to honor...

Anderegg Allergy Article

If you’ve been itchy, congested, and sneezy for months, you’re not alone. This year’s spring allergy...

Jesus Aguayo

Jesus Eduardo Aguayo's  interest in Biology was fueled during his high school experience. He recalls...

Humans @ the U: Jessica Venegas

“I was born prematurely at the University of Utah Hospital. My parents would tell me...

Bailey Young

“A lot of people assume that pigeons are garbage birds and look at them with...

Seeing the forest for the trees

SBS's "Highly-Cited" researchers spur collaboration in forest science Banner Photo Credit: Rob DeGraff via Flickr...

Remembering K. Gordon Lark

SBS gathered December 15, 2022 to remember the life and legacy of the late K....

Anatomy Education Relies on Body Donor Program

I sat down in a fluorescent plastic chair in an ice cold, windowless room. I...

Paying it Forward: Clarissa Henry

It's generally not a good idea (or even allowed) to take biochemistry as your first...

A Serendipitous Path to Pharmacology

A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW by Baldomero Olivera I have no formal academic training in pharmacology. It's...

OUR DNA Fall 2022

Hot off the press! Fall 2022 issue. Read the full issue of OUR DNA, the...

Haylee Mathews

“Many people who [do] not have previous experience with plant biology,” says Haylee Mathews, “don’t...

Ty Mellor: Taking the Leap

A few more than 2,000 people currently live in Salina, Utah just north of Interstate...

Mario Capecchi Endowed Chair: Ofer Rog

The School of Biological Sciences has appointed Ofer Rog, assistant professor of biology, as the...

A Tale of "Terroir": Porcini Mushrooms Evolved

The Dentinger Lab at the Natural History Museum of Utah has published a provocative new...

The BioKids ethic

Earlier this year, when BioKids was awarded a half-million-dollar stabilization grant, where those monies were...

Meet your new anatomy professor

“I took two years off following my bachelor’s in education,” says Jon Groot, PhD. “All...

Veteran Appreciation Lunch

All veterans in the College of Science and the College of Mines and Earth Sciences...

Stolen Ivory

Isotope data strengthens suspicions of ivory stockpile theft | Science shows the ivory dates to...

A best case scenario that wasn’t planned

A cracker jack team of U of U undergrads works with principal investigator Ben Myers...

Why Bio Majors Love Chem: Meet the TAs

It's de rigeur these days to talk about cross-over science. And to do it. Physicists...

Remembering Norman Curtiss Negus (1926-2022)

Norman Negus passed away just shy of his 96th birthday, after a busy and productive...