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The Teacher-Scholar Model
We have over 20 graduate faculty members that represent the breadth of the biological sciences.
Our faculty and our graduate curriculum is organized loosely into four research focal groups: Cell and Molecular Biology; Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics; Neuroscience and Behavior and Integrative Plant Biology. These focal groups provide graduate courses within each area. We encourage you to contact individual faculty with whom you share interests. Additionally, some biology faculty members participate in the interdepartmental Structural and Computational Biophysics Certificate Program and play prominent roles in the Center for Molecular Communication and Signaling, the Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability, and the Center for Bioethics, Health, and Society.
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Dr. Miles Silman created a ‘cloud curtain’ in Peru’s tropical forests to mimic the future
The elevational gradient of flora in these forests is small, limiting species to a very narrow climatic range. “When we look at individual tree species, we can see them starting to shift themselves upslope,” said Dr. Miles Silman. In the past, cloud forests have…
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Dr. Pat Lord discusses Coronavirus with USA Today
Dr. Pat Lord discusses the Coronavirus with USA Today in the article “Everything you need to know about coronavirus, the deadly illness alarming the world” published on January 29, 2020. The coronavirus (which has nothing to do with Corona beer) is a word that…
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Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World
The Museum of Anthropology’s new exhibit ‘Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World‘ will be open through May 15, 2020.
Stop by to learn about diseases and epidemics showcased in this exhibit by Dr. Pat Lord’s first-year seminar students!
Gerald W. Esch
We are saddened to announce that Gerald W. Esch, Charles M. Allen Professor Emeritus of Biology, died December 18, 2019.
Dr. Esch joined Wake Forest’s biology faculty in 1965. He retired in 2017. At Wake Forest, he held a number of academic and administrative positions,…
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WFU Snakehead Research by Noah Bressman, Ph.D. Candidate
In a new study published October 21, 2019, in the Integrative Organismal Biology peer-reviewed journal, WFU researcher Noah Bressman reported for the first time the water conditions that could drive snakeheads onto land.
Snakeheads move more quickly and erratically than once…
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