Professor Tom Jurik is offering a new seminar in the Spring 2020 semester for students interested in exploring how climate change impacts biology. The seminar will count as an advanced biology course for Biology majors and is graded on
The Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology has recently received a generous gift that enables the Biology Program and Genetics Program to offer a new scholarship. The donors created this fund to honor the legacy and profess
Topics in Cell Biology (BIOL 428) will be offered again for the Spring 2020 semester! This course will be co-taught by Dr. Mohan Gupta and Dr. Diane Bassham.
This past summer, the Biology faculty voted on two proposals brought forward by the Biology Program Committee. The results of these votes mean a few changes in Biology Program degree requirements for students.
Dr. Xun Gu will be teaching an undergraduate-level introduction to transcriptome genomics this coming Fall 2019. For more information about this opportunity, see here.
All biology majors must complete ecology (BIOL 312) to complete their Bachelor of Science in the program. It includes both lecture and laboratory components in a single course.
Dr. Robert Wallace will be offering a BIOL 495 seminar this coming Spring 2019 that explores the tree of life. The course is intended for upperclass Biology majors and will be limited to 16 students. Sign-up is required in Bessey Hall 103.
This coming Fall, Dr. Xun Gu will be offering a BIOL 495 seminar on topics related to comparative genomics of transcriptomes (gene expressions) at an introductory level.
A new seminar course (BIOL 495) taught by Steven Howell will be offered in Fall 2018. The course will discuss the challenges of feeding a growing human population over the next several decades.
The Department of Biomedical Sciences, housed within the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University, offers a one-year, non-thesist master's program in Biomedical Sciences.
In Spring 2018, Amy Toth and the ISU Bee Laboratory will be offering a 1 credit course called "Current Topics in Bee Biology" (BIOL 490 AT). The course will begin March 5th with meeting times to be determined based on student schedules. Attend ten lectures on bee biology and current issues in bee health, discuss the latest research with experts in the field, take a trip to the ISU Bee Research Facility, and earn advanced biology credit.
Our peer mentors are ready and able to assist students taking BIOL 211+L and BIOL 212+L during the Fall 2017 semester, as well as with other introductory courses such as chemistry.
This coming Fall 2017 a new seminar (BIOL 495) will be offered. The course will be structured like a journal club and involve weekly meetings with discussions led by classmates on the topics of ecology and evolutionary biology.
The Faculty Senate recently approved the addition of a new minor: Pharmacology and Toxicology. This minor will be overseen by the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technology (BMS) and is especially appropriate for students considering post-graduate professional programs such as human medicine or vetrinary medicine. Courses will focus on the effects of drugs and toxins on both animal and environmental systems. The minor will require completion of 15 credits.
Dr. Jean Serb will be offering her BIOL 495 seminar "Sensory Biology" for Spring 2017. This course will explore how various organisms sense and navigate their environments.