An article about Gloria Muday appears in “Featured Faces of Wake Downtown”. Dr. Muday is the Coordinator of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major, the Director of the Center for Molecular Signaling, and the Charles M. Allen Professor of Biology. Dr. Muday’s research focus is on understanding hormone and reactive oxygen species (ROS) signaling. Her…
The WFU Department of Biology is proud to celebrate the career of Professor Kathy Kron on the occasion of her retirement. Congratulations, Kathy! We are delighted that several of Kathy’s former graduate students (Emily Gillsepie and Tanja Schuster) shared their memories with us. Read more on Dr. Kron’s career below… Teacher-Scholar Legacies: Kathleen Kron
The WFU Department of Biology is proud to celebrate the career and extraordinary service to Wake Forest of Professor Carole Gibson on the occasion of her retirement. Thank you, Carole! Follow the link below to read more… Teacher-Scholar Legacies: Carole Gibson
Elizabeth Sarkel, a junior biochemistry and molecular biology major from Columbus, Ohio has been named a 2017 Barry S. Goldwater Scholar for excellence in science. Sarkel was one of 240 students from around the country to earn a Goldwater Scholarship for the 2017-18 academic year. THE GOLDWATER SCHOLAR Sarkel was selected as a Goldwater Scholar…
The 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Day held at Wake Forest on Friday, October 7, 2016, featured so many presentations by Biology majors and other students working on projects in Biology labs that it is hard to be certain that the list is complete! Congratulations to all students who participated in this celebratory event, which provided…
The 32nd annual Perspectives in Biology Symposium (PIB 32) is scheduled for November 4-5, 2016. The invited speakers are Professor Stuart Pimm of Duke University, Professor Michelle Barton of the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Professor Franz Goller of the University of Utah. This stellar line-up will offer the latest perspectives on biodiversity, epigenetics,…
Assistant Professor James Pease is the newest faculty member in the Department of Biology! He will teach genetics, bioinformatics, genomics, and his research is in the area of computational evolutionary biology. Pease received his Ph.D. from Indiana University and was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Michigan before joining the faculty at Wake Forest….
The Wake Endophyte Legacy Lab (also known as the WELL, headed by Professor of Biology Brian Tague) took a scientific road trip to Wake Forest’s Old Campus on a hot day this August. The Lab is interested in fungal endophytes – fungi that live asymptomatically within the tissues of plants – from the leaves of magnolia…
WFU Biology PhD student Scott Cory, and undergraduate researchers Taylor Catalano and Denas Kisonas (rising sophomores, class of 2019), spent their summer at Roan High Bluff in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. They were studying the ecophysiological mechanisms of mortality of Fraser fir (Abies fraseri) and red spruce (Picea rubens) seedlings. Their research is yielding important insights into…
Biology Professor David Anderson’s lab was well represented at the NAOC (North American Ornithological Conference) August 16-20, 2016 in Washington DC. Over 2,000 people attended the NAOC, making it the largest bird conference ever! The titles of the presentations give a good indication of this lab’s seabird expertise, which is now being paired with studies of global change….
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