The Department of Biology is very proud that two of our 2016 graduates have been recognized by inclusion in the 2016 Wake Forest University senior profiles. Congratulations to Tracey Pu and Tanner DeBellis. Tracey will graduate with majors in Biology and Art and a minor in Chemistry; she is planning a career in medicine and…
Congratulations to graduating senior Taylor Ibelli, a biology major, who has been awarded her second New Investigator Award by the Society for Thermal Medicine (STM). The award included a travel grant to attend the 2016 International Congress of Hyperthermic Oncology (ICHO) which was held in April in New Orleans, LA. The STM is an international…
Think red sauce, salsa, or bruschetta is all there is to know about tomatoes? Watch Professor Gloria Muday of the Wake Forest University Department of Biology teach high school students the basics of genetics with tomatoes as her teaching tools. The results are positively delicious! Muday works together with Biology Professor Carole Gibson and Wake Forest undergraduates…
Wake Forest University homecoming events for 2015 are planned on campus for Friday, September 25, and Saturday, September 26. Of course there’s a football game, but there’s also a fun opportunity to reconnect with the Biology Department. On Saturday morning the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, and Physics will host a wild and crazy Deacon Demo…
Science students at Wake Forest University were enthusiastic participants in the first in a series of workshops titled How to Prevent a Panic Attack on Your First College Science Exam held Tuesday, September 8, in Winston 126. Professor Pat Lord of the Department of Biology served as an organizer, working alongside colleagues from the Chemistry…
Did you know that “stressed” is just “desserts” spelled backwards? Beginning science students often report feeling stressed by the mere thought of EXAMS. Wake Forest University freshmen (and any upperclassmen who need encouragement) can prepare for this fall’s exams by attending a series of workshops titled “How to Prevent a Panic Attack on Your First…
Wake Forest Biology Professor Miles Silman, holder of the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Chair in Conservation Biology, is one of the organizers and lead speakers at a workshop dedicated to the use of biochar as the basis of sustainable agriculture in Lima, Peru, held August 17-18, 2015. This workshop was co-organized by the Peruvian Ministry of Environment…
Professor Gerald W. Esch is the new President-Elect of the American Society of Parasitologists (ASP). Esch assumed his new role, which includes serving as Chair of the Committee on Priorities and Planning, at the annual meeting of the ASP held in June 2015 in Omaha, Nebraska. President-Elect Esch will become President Esch in July 2016….
Stop and think a moment about seahorse tails. Try to visualize one in your mind. Seahorse tails are prehensile, of course, and it’s easy to imagine a seahorse hanging on to whatever vegetation is handy But if you’ve ever looked closely at one, you may have noted that that the plates that form the seahorse tail are square…
Thirteen Biology majors (count ’em!) graduated with Honors on May 18, 2015. In addition to maintaining a record of academic excellence, each Honors student is required to complete an original piece of research, write a thesis, and defend that thesis before a faculty committee. The titles of these theses indicate the broad range of our majors’ interests….
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