Wake Forest Biology Students: Please know that the Department of Biology’s top priority is your health and the well-being of your families, friends, and communities. But be aware that our concern for your education is also a top priority. In the coming days we will be announcing specific plans for online advising and online pre-registration,…
Congratulations to Dr. Arbogast! Dr. Brian Arbogast (B.S., Biology, ’92, Ph.D., Biology, ’99), WFU Biology Alumni from Dr. Peter D. Weigl‘s lab, has received the 2019 Distinguished Teaching Professorship Award at UNC Wilmington, where he is a Professor in the Department of Biology and Marine Biology. The purpose of this prestigious award is to recognize…
POSITION FILLED Assistant Professor in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology The Department of Biology at Wake Forest University invites applicants for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor who will complement our existing research strengths by developing a thriving, extramurally-funded research program. Candidates whose expertise includes cell signaling, mechanisms of differentiation, cell…
A recent article by Alex Abrams features how the advanced microscopy facilities of Wake Forest Department of Biology are a strong resource for teaching and research. An important aspect of having such advanced facilities and training equally available to students and Faculty is interaction, engagement, and cross-mentorship. Dr. Floge’s cutting-edge research is part of WFU’s…
POSITION FILLED, May 2019 The Department of Biology is currently searching for a Teacher-Scholar Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbiology to join our staff. If you are interested in this opportunity, please visit the following link for further information. This position offers opportunities to gain and refine expertise in teaching and mentoring undergraduate students while also pursuing…
September 13, 2017 by Alicia Roberts | media@wfu.edu | 336.758.5237 Science educators at Wake Forest University are testing how automated feedback combined with new one-on-one teaching methods can improve scientific writing from STEM undergraduates – and result in better explanation of research to the public. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the research team…
Professor Gloria Muday, and students Bethany Pan, and Par Ranjbar recently won a national contest sponsored by the American Society of Plant Biologists to develop teaching tools that can be used in K-12 and college level biology which teaches about the effects of climate change, drought, and water deficit on plants. Their teaching tool is…
By WILL FERGUSON Office of Communications and External Relations Victoria Erb stood in the back of the boat with her classmates and watched three sharks cut through the crystal clear water of Belize’s Great Blue Hole. The senior biology major then did the one thing the vast majority of people in this situation absolutely would not…
Where Science meets Art, you will find Biologists! Biology professor Kathy Kron and the 11 students enrolled in her course Biology 105: Plants & People incorporate the study of plants and their stylized depiction in art. Students are given the chance to study excellent examples of artistic still life paintings and sculpture and compare to…
The Winston Salem Journal recognized Department of Biology outreach efforts directed by Gloria Muday and Carole Browne engaging WFU undergraduates to become teachers of science classes in the local schools. WFU students Kathleen Quigley (PhD. candidate) and Ashlyn Whitlock (senior) were also interviewed. Click the link to read the article at the Winston Salem Journal…
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