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Som Ale weighs in on snow leopard debate

Whether the snow leopard should be delisted from the IUCN RedList (Endangered) to Vulnerable is being fiercely debated.  The world’s biologists are currently divided. Som Ale, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor, along with many…

Winners of BIOS research photo competition

BIOS held a competition to find great photographs of research being done by our graduate students. Over 40 pictures were entered. A committee reviewed the entries and picked these 10 finalists. They also…

News from the Saxena Lab

News from the Saxena lab A lot of exciting things having been happening in Ankur Saxena’s Lab the past few months. Here are a few of them: – Ankur Saxena, along w/ Co-PI…

Jarrad Hampton-Marcell wins uBiome research grant competition

PhD candidate Jarrad Hampton-Marcell is the joint winner of uBiome’s recent public-voted Microbiome Research Grant Competition. He will receive up to $100,00 of uBiome testing kits and full laboratory analysis. A former high…

Donald Morrison named University Scholar

Professor Donald Morrison has been named University Scholar for 2016-2017.  This recognition comes with a $15,000 per year award, for three years, for his demonstrated excellence and to show the University’s commitment to…

Brian Kay named UIC Inventor of the Year

Professor Brian Kay has been named UIC Innovator of the Year. The Inventor of the Year Award honors an outstanding innovator or team of innovators at the University of Illinois at Chicago who through their…

NSF blog highlights research by Professor Dave Stone and lab

The National Science Foundation’s MCDBLOG featured Professor David Stone and his research group in a blog post entitled “Sharing Science: Cellular Polarization in Yeast”.  It details their recent discovery of mechanisms that underlie…

Congrats to our recent BIOS graduates!

Commencement for LAS students was held on Sunday, May 8th. 316 students graduated with a Biology Major, 86 with Distinction and 19 with Highest Distinction.  In addition, 97 BIOS majors graduated in December.…

Jarrad Hampton-Marcell is finalist in research competition

First year BIOS graduate student Jarrad Hampton-Marcell is the only Ph.D. candidate among scientists named as finalists for a citizen-science grant sponsored by uBiome. The winner will be selected by public voting, which ends…

BIOS Graduate Student Recognition Day held on April 21

BioS graduate students received awards for excellence in teaching and research achievement at the annual Biology Graduate Student Recognition Day held on April 21, 2016.  A comprehensive booklet of achievements including fellowships, publications,…