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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Immersed Elastic Structures in Stokes Flow
Dr. Yoichiro Mori, University of Minnesota
Problems in which immersed elastic structures interact with the surrounding fluid abound in biology, physics and engineering. Despite their scientific importance, analysis and numerical analysis of such problems are…
Mathematical methods in evolutionary dynamics
Dr. Natalia Komarova, University of California Irvine
Evolutionary dynamics permeates life and life-like systems. Mathematical methods can be used to study evolutionary…
Why don't baboons have culture?
Alecia Carter, PhD
Josh Plotkin named as new AAS Fellow
Dr. Josh Plotkin, Professor of Biology, has been named a Fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Flowers all year long
James G. Kasey 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.
David Roos and Colleagues Awarded Large, Continuing NIH Contract for Big Data in Biomedical Research
Over the past two decades, research in the Roos laboratory has pioneered the integration of diverse large-scale datasets to explore eukar
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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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