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Official account of University of Kansas Undergradaute Biology Program 🌿🧫🔬
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KU Libraries
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Trevor Rivers, associate teaching professor of
@kubiology.bsky.social
, has been named KU Libraries 2026 Textbook Hero for extending his student-centered, curiosity-driven teaching style into the creation of open educational resources (OER).
#OEWeek26
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KU has recently been awarded a $2.2 million Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) grant from the NIH that will carry on this tradition for another five years.
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KU awarded $2.2 million NIH research career training grant renewal
For almost 30 years, the Office for Advancing Success in Science at KU has provided opportunities for undergraduates to engage in research through grant support from the National Institutes of Health....
https://news.ku.edu/news/article/ku-awarded-2-point-2-million-nih-research-career-training-grant-renewal
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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl
24 days ago
✨Scholarship Opportunity for MSW at KU✨ Students are eligible for $7000 per academic year for those admitted to our 2-year Traditional MSW program on the Lawrence campus.
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Congratulations to Meredith Cole, Owen Dalton & Kennedy May, for being recognized by the University Scholars Program!
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2026 cohort of University Scholars announced
The 45th class of University Scholars and their faculty mentors were recognized during a reception hosted by the University of Kansas Honors Program on Feb. 10.
https://news.ku.edu/news/article/2026-cohort-of-university-scholars-announced
23 days ago
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🎧 Episode 2: How Ancient Primates crossed Oceans This week's episode features Dr. Christopher Beard, who is senior curator of vertebrate paleontology @kunaturalhistory
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Interview with a Biologist Podcast: How Ancient Primates crossed Oceans (ft. Dr. Christopher Beard
YouTube video by KU Biology
https://youtu.be/zcFuDW6jsiM
25 days ago
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Congratulations to Xiaoqing (Sarah) Wu, who received the Steven F. Warren Research Achievement Award! Dr. Wu helped expand molecular cancer therapy research!
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KU recognizes researchers improving cancer treatments, developing advanced electronics and exploring galaxies
Xiaoqing Wu, Nicola Minafra and Bren Backhaus received the Steven F. Warren, Research Staff, and Research Postdoctoral achievement awards, respectively.
https://news.ku.edu/news/article/ku-recognizes-researchers-improving-cancer-treatments-developing-advanced-electronics-and-exploring-galaxies
about 1 month ago
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Thanks to Liz Mays for shooting the photos for this video!
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POV: Your a Student Researcher
YouTube video by KU Biology
https://youtube.com/shorts/2sQ8-XSWwxE
about 1 month ago
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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl
about 1 month ago
A great start to the semester with
@jychoi.bsky.social
's presentation "No end in sight, mysteries of the telomeric variation in plants"!
@kubiology.bsky.social
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We are proud to present Interview with a Biologist, a new podcast from KU Biology! This week's episode features @FehrLab Dr. Fehr recently published research on PARP14, which shows major promise to target viral infections and inflammatory diseases.
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Virology: How PARP14 Regulates Virus Infection (ft. Dr. Tony Fehr)
https://open.spotify.com/show/6OFDQYi1VkHLhKdH9EU6wS
about 1 month ago
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NPR
about 1 month ago
Extreme winter weather can mean frozen pipes or roof damage. These tips can help your home weather a dangerous winter storm.
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Protect your home from extreme winter weather
Extreme winter weather can mean frozen pipes or roof damage. These tips can help your home weather a dangerous winter storm.
https://n.pr/4bi6ENz
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The Undergraduate Biology Program is pleased to provide several scholarships and awards to students pursuing a major in the program. All application materials for Undergraduate Biology Academic, Travel, or Research Scholarships and Awards are dueMarch 13, 2026.
biology.ku.edu/Spring-Scholarships
about 2 months ago
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KU News Service
about 2 months ago
A
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
book by a pair of
@universityofkansas.bsky.social
scholars is helping teachers incorporate games in learning. “We didn’t think of ourselves as gamers when we started. We were just instructors who wanted to make our courses more relevant.”
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Taking the guesswork out of gamification
New book aims to help educators embrace gamification in the classroom.
https://news.ku.edu/news/article/new-book-aims-to-make-gamification-simple-for-higher-education-professionals
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Victor Gonzalez Betancourt named KU assistant professor and curator
KU Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum appoints Victor Gonzalez Betancourt as Charles D. Michener Assistant Professor and Assistant Curator in Bee Biodiversity and Evolution, beginning in ...
https://news.ku.edu/news/article/victor-gonzalez-betancourt-named-curator-in-bee-biodiversity-and-evolution
about 2 months ago
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Learn more at
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🔬Undergraduate Majors: Biochemistry, Biology, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Human Biology, Microbiology, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology. 🌱Graduate Programs: Molecular Biosciences & Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
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This is KUbiology
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2 months ago
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Haworth Greenhouse at KU: A Secret Study Spot and Campus Escape
YouTube video by University of Kansas Admissions
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3 months ago
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Wrapped 2025! Another Great Year behind us~
#jayhawks
3 months ago
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Paulyn Cartwright
3 months ago
After three months away
@mblscience.bsky.social
I return to the lab with these notes welcoming me back. It’s nice to know I was missed.
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Join us for the KUCG seminar on Friday, December 5 at 4pm in 2048 Malott. Dr. Jennifer Gerton from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research will be presenting “ Bringing the dark matter of the genome to light”
3 months ago
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Congratulation Dr. Egan! We wish you a very happy retirement!
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Happy Retirement Dr. Egan!
YouTube video by KU Biology
https://youtube.com/shorts/qSDXDfhVghU?feature=share
3 months ago
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Lauren Spain-Eddington
3 months ago
Excited and proud of all of the work that we've accomplished in Undergraduate Biology in 2024-2025! Take a peek, you might see someone familiar. 😊 Shoutout to Maria Losito for all of her hard work designing and creating this celebration of all that KU Biology accomplishes!
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plus.ku.edu/be-peer-leader
3 months ago
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biogem.ku.edu
provides financial support for recent college graduates. Grads engage in interdisciplinary projects that study how organisms, populations & species respond to their past & present environment & how genetic mechanisms equip organisms to respond to future environmental change. Open 12/3!
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Another beautiful cover for your KU Biology Alumni Magazine designed by our own Maria Losito. Feel free to read about our amazing program, or just enjoy the image. The previous versions are archived here and have awesome covers.
biology.ku.edu/biohawk
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Due to KU campus closure, today’s MB seminar is being rescheduled on Wednesday December 3, 2025, at 3:30 pm. Light refreshments will be available starting at 3:00 PM outside room 1005.
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3 months ago
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Join KU Molecular Biosciences the final fall seminar on Monday, December 1, 2025. Light refreshments will be available starting at 3:00 PM outside Haworth 1005.
3 months ago
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈
3 months ago
Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly. Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help! 🧪🌎🦑
#SciComm
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“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
https://www.americanscientist.org/article/%E2%80%9Cwhy-are-we-funding-this%E2%80%9D
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KU researchers overturns the idea that a “risk gene” carried by millions of people worldwide influences production of Type 1 interferon, a workhorse of the immune system.
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Research challenges idea that gene PTPN22 boosts production of interferons
Click for more on research in journal ImmunoHorizons
https://news.ku.edu/news/article/research-challenges-idea-that-gene-ptpn22-boosts-production-of-interferons
3 months ago
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See you at noon for the final Coffee & Chromosomes of the semester!
4 months ago
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Eileen Hotze, William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence
YouTube video by The University of Kansas
https://youtu.be/xLF4vnP9l1g?si=Hhrk28atWPD8LuJc
4 months ago
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Jae Young Choi
4 months ago
I am looking to hire a postdoc interested in combining genetics and evolution to understand why telomeres vary so much in plants. My group has been developing Mimulus a genetic model for studying plant telomeres and we have really cool research brewing. Please check ad for detail. Deadline is 12/31.
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Join @KUMolBio for today's seminar, featuring Dr. Tomoo Iwakuma!
4 months ago
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KU researchers have discovered a human gene, the protein PARP14, plays a role in regulating interferon, part of the body’s innate immune system.
news.ku.edu/news/article/research-shows-human-gene-parp14-could-be-novel-target-for-viral-diseases-or-immune-mediated-disorders
4 months ago
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Great research from Dr. Wagner! KU study finds soil microbes help plants survive drought
www.ksnt.com/news/kansas/...
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https://www.ksnt.com/news/kansas/ku-study-finds-soil-microbes-help-plants-survive-drought/
4 months ago
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Study Abroad with Biology 🛫 Biomedical Research and Public Health in Western Europe in Summer 2026!
studyabroad.ku.edu/microbiology...
4 months ago
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This Tuesday, Nov 11, Haworth will be hosting a Bagel Fundraiser befitting @kansaspremed from 8-12:30am!
4 months ago
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This Tuesday, Nov 11, Haworth will be hosting a Bagel Fundraiser befitting @kansaspremed from 8-12:30am!
4 months ago
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Join us at Free State Brewing Company for Science on Tap with Dr. Emily Beck, Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences at the University of Kansas. Wednesday, November 12, 2025 7:30pm to 8:30pm
4 months ago
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Mary Goll
4 months ago
UGA Genetics is hiring! Please share! An ideal candidate will employ genetic models of disease in a research program with an emphasis on epigenetics, aging, chromosome biology, gene regulation, systems biology, or drug resistance mechanisms.
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/675651/a...
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Assistant Professor in Genetics - Athens, Georgia (US) job with The University of Georgia Department of Genetics | 675651
Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Genetics
https://jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/675651/assistant-professor-in-genetics/
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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl
4 months ago
Today, I officially started my new position at @ The University of Kansas as a KU Center for Genomics Fellow and NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology. I'm excited to be joining the lab of Dr. Maggie Wagner 🌱 🌽
#PlantSci
#PlantScience
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KU EEB GSO
4 months ago
Our annual fundraiser is officially open from Nov. 3–Dec. 3, 2025! These funds directly support our grad students and their amazing work in the lab, the community, and beyond! To support our students, find us at Launch KU or follow the link below!
launchku.org/campaigns/20...
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2025 KU Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Grad Student Fundraiser - LaunchKU
The Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Organization (EEB GSO) is seeking your generous support to help our student biologists pursue opportunities for professional development and eng...
https://launchku.org/campaigns/2025-ku-ecology-and-evolutionary-biology-grad-student-fundraiser
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Bruce S. Lieberman
4 months ago
Excellent write up by
@geosociety.bsky.social
describing grant funded research by former post-doc Claudia Nunez-Penichet now
@vt-invasivespecies.bsky.social
on impending
#marine
#extinction
threat
www.geosociety.org/GSA/News/pr/...
@kubiology.bsky.social
@researchatku.bsky.social
@kunhm.bsky.social
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GSA News Release 25-17
A Warming Climate Could Decimate Mollusk Populations in the Western Atlantic
https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/News/pr/2025/25-17.aspx
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Bruce S. Lieberman
4 months ago
Excited to share work by former PD Claudia Nunez-Penichet
@vt-invasivespecies.bsky.social
on
#marine
#extinction
threats: A warming climate could decimate mollusk populations in the West Atlantic
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
@geosociety.bsky.social
@kubiology.bsky.social
@kunhm.bsky.social
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A warming climate could decimate mollusk populations in the Western Atlantic
The consequences of a warming climate are known to be dangerous for marine ecosystems, with environmental changes like ocean acidification and warming, disrupted nutrient supplies, and rising sea leve...
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1103823
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New study by
@maggie-r-wagner.bsky.social
news.ku.edu/news/article...
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New study explores ‘legacy effects’ of soil microbes on plants across Kansas
Click for more on research in Nature Microbiology
https://news.ku.edu/news/article/new-study-explores-legacy-effects-of-soil-microbes-on-plants-across-kansas
4 months ago
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Calling all prospective graduate students interested in photosynthesis, the global carbon cycle, and climate change! This fall, Dr. Jennifer Johnson is recruiting PhD students to start at KU in 2026.
eeb.ku.edu/how-apply
Application deadline: 1 December 2025.
4 months ago
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Wyoming Wormboy
5 months ago
For what it’s worth, The Wyoming Worm lab has funding for 5 years along with exciting projects with solid foundations. We are is still looking for capable, dedicated, and fun-to-work-with lab members at all career stages.
[email protected]
scholar.google.com/citations?us...
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Gavin Woodruff
5 months ago
We are hiring! The School of Biological Sciences at the University of Oklahoma is seeking an Assistant Professor studying the Neurobiology of Pain. Applications are due Nov. 21. Please share with colleagues!
apply.interfolio.com/175314
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Fall 2025 Travel Award Recipients
Two students were awarded Travel Awards from Molecular Biosciences in Fall 2025.
https://molecularbiosciences.ku.edu/news/article/fall-2025-travel-award-recipients
5 months ago
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Hear what panelists enjoy about their role, how they learned about their job, & hear advice about finding full-time positions. Panelists will include individuals who work in the sciences, primarily outside of academia (working as a professor) or direct patient care in healthcare.
5 months ago
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Carlo Barnaba 🇮🇹🇲🇽
5 months ago
This was a great meeting, with outstanding speakers.
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