Biology has a new staff member! Meet Stella Rusel, who is Biology's new student coordinator. bit.ly/3mWQEtc

Seeking later-stage PhD students & Postdocs to speak at our #FutureLeaders in #Mechanobiology Series for the next year! It's a great chance to make connections, share your work & practice your research talks! Nominate yourself or your colleagues here: bit.ly/CEMB-Future-Le…

I am thrilled to have been awarded the 2023 Outstanding Postdoc Mentor award from WashU Bears & @WUSTLPostdoc! Thank you to my amazing mentees Jenny, Lauren, Kaitlyn, & Camille Block for nominating me. It has been a pleasure and honor working with each of you.

“This is a book I’ve wanted to write for about 30 years. Slow Birding talks about five places I bird regularly in the St. Louis area” - Professor Joan Strassmann talks about her book Slow Birding. bit.ly/40oxvhU

Kudos to undergraduate Joshua Blodgett member Grace DeKoker for publishing her public-facing summary of pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… on TheScienceBreaker WashU Biology #SciComm #OpenScience

Congratulations, Dr. Fox!

My first student, Daisy, submitted her undergrad thesis WashU Biology! I am so proud of her for designing & conducting this research on pigeons during her study abroad in Madrid! Photos: submitting, immediately after submitting, & celebrating with Finn.

new paper about the tempo & mode of evolution in ornaments vs eco-morphological traits in dragonflies! This was the senior honor's thesis of WashU Biology superstar undergrad Kaitlyn Hersch! WashU Living Earth Collaborative academic.oup.com/biolinnean/adv…

Congratulations to graduate student Cheyenne Anderson on being awarded an NSF GRF!

Congratulations to all of Biology's NSF-GRF recipients: Cheyenne Morris (grad student), Lauren Reena (undergrad), Raymond Castillo (incoming EEPB grad student), Ella Ludwig (alum), Jackie Reu (alum), Suyash Ray (alum) & Savannah Fuqua (alum).

We are excited to welcome Ben Mansfeld to Biology as our newest Assistant Professor!

In “The Science of Cats,” a course for senior biology majors, WashU students use what they’ve learned about evolution, ecology and behavior to get to know one of the most popular pet animals in America. 🐱 bit.ly/3MCaZ1L

How do #sensory systems detect behaviorally relevant ⚡ stimuli when the environment constantly changes? 🥼 Dr. Bruce Carlson's team at WashU Biology studied spike-timing-dependent plasticity in driving changes in #synaptic strength! Journal of Nephrology | bit.ly/3Ai7oP1

.Jasmine interviewed practicing Black women physicians for her book TWICE AS HARD. In fact, researching the book was the first time she had met a Black woman physician—despite being a Black woman pursuing medicine. #RepresentationMatters WashU buff.ly/3opQc7w

We are thrilled to announce Biology's undergraduate award winners for 2023: Larissa Rays Wahba & Xiyun Zhang win the Spector Prize Award. Congratulations, Larissa and Xiyun! bit.ly/3piBvn7

We are thrilled to announce Biology's undergraduate award winners for 2023: Julian Ginzburg Abt wins the Quatrano Prize. Congratulations, Julian! bit.ly/3LHnDdt

We are thrilled to announce Biology's undergraduate award winners for 2023: Sindhuri Ivaturi and Maya Ambre Tsingos win the Harrison D. Stalker Award. Congratulations, Sindhuri and Maya! bit.ly/42m06pS

We are thrilled to announce Biology's undergraduate award winners for 2023: Miriam Silberman wins the Garland Allen Prize in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Biological Sciences. Congratulations, Miriam! bit.ly/3B36Mgo

Congratulations to @WUSTLArtSci professors Ursula Goodenough and William McKinnon on their election to the National Academy of Sciences! Election to the academy is one of the highest honors that can be bestowed on a U.S. scientist or engineer. bit.ly/41gtpZe