The philosophy of the Biology Department is to create an environment in which many areas of biology are represented, and interactions with a diverse group of colleagues provide opportunities to broaden your thinking and make connections between different fields and scientific approaches.
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Evolutionary Systems Biology of Species Interactions
Dr. Simon C. "Niels" Groen, New York University
Retracing relationships between DNA sequence evolution, phenotype, and fitness allows us to uncover the genetic mechanisms of adaptation. Knowledge of adaptive genomic loci is important for…
Parental conflict, parent of origin effects, and the evolution of reproductive isolation in Mimulus
Dr. Jenn Coughlan, University of North Carolina Chapel-Hill
Theory predicts that intra-genomic conflicts may play a central role in the evolution of hybrid sterility and inviability, but…
Biodiversity forecasting for plant populations & communities
Dr. Will Petry, Princeton University
Understanding the rules that generate the common patterns of biodiversity is a grand challenge in ecology, a goal that spans levels of ecological organization and is fundamental to effectively responding to the…
Coral reef resilience
Professor Katie Barott is examining the strategies that may enable corals to survive climate change.
Putting mussels to the test
Dr. Byron Sherwood, Senior Fellow in the Department of Biology, teaches a new field biology course.
Flowers all year long
James G. Kaskey Memorial Park's three acres provide a green oasis on the south end of Penn’s urban campus.
Mia Levine
Mia Levine recently joined the Biology faculty after completing her postdoctoral research at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in
Hands-On, Minds-On Professional Development for Local Teachers
For more than 20 years, Dr. Ingrid Waldron, Dr.
News
Josh Plotkin named as new AAS Fellow
Dec. 4, 2018
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In memoriam: Dorothy Cheney (1950-2018)
Dec. 13, 2018
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Award winning voodoo lily
Mar. 12, 2018
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