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Polikanov lab research published in Science

Research by the Polikanov Lab was published in the journal Science this June. Their work reveals the molecular mechanism of one of the most fundamental processes in all cells of all living organisms…

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Ignacio Escalante Meza receives LAS Diversity Award

Ignacio Escalante Meza, Assistant Professor, received an LAS Diversity Award for his project proposal, “The Eight-Legged Bugs Around Us.” LAS Diversity Awards provide resources for initiatives to promote and support meaningful diversity, equity,…

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Alex Daemicke awarded the 2025 Silver Circle Award!

Congrats to Alex Daemicke, who was selected to receive the 2025 Silver Circle Award! The Silver Circle Awards have been given each year since 1966 to honor UIC faculty members chosen by the…

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Sage DeLong receives grant from Animal Behavior Society

Sage Delong, a grad student in Escalante Meza lab, has been awarded a Student Research Grant by the Animal Behavior Society. This grant will support Sage’s research project titled “The internal and external…

BIOS accepting applications for 25-26 Postbac TA Fellows

Are you interested in research? Would you like to get more research experience after you graduate? The Department of Biological Sciences at UIC is calling for applications to its PostBac TA Fellowship Program.…

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Escalante Meza lab: Changing our notion of daddy long-leg spiders

Ignacio Escalante Meza’s UIC’s Behavioral Ecology & Biomechanics lab recently conducted research on daddy long-leg spiders, a species of Opiliones. While much research exists on larger animals like birds and mammals, there is…