The Biology Pre-Registration Information Session for majors, prospective majors, and students interested in taking Biology courses in Fall 2024 will take place Monday, April 22th at 12 noon. Join the Biology faculty and our BMAC members in the first-floor study area of the Morley Science building to discuss major requirements and Fall 2024 course offerings. … Continue reading »
A new paper from work in the Williams lab has been published in Animal Behaviour – Clint Robins is a former honors student who received his Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Washington in 2023. His thesis data were collected before foreign songs were broadcast on our study… Continue reading »
Save the date! This year’s Honors & Summer Research Info session will be held in-person on Wednesday, January 17 at 7:00pm in TBL 112. Interested students can learn about honors research opportunities and/or summer research directly from faculty who will be taking students for… Continue reading »
Williams alum Maia Hare ’19 published work this month in the Journal of Comparative Physiology B titled “Activation of oxytocinergic neurons enhances topor in mice”. Hare’s research showed that oxytocin neurons in mice are active during a bout of torpor, a state of suppressed metabolic rate in response to fasting. … Continue reading »
The Gill lab recently published a paper titled “Biophysical Controls on Soil Carbon Cycling in a Northern Hardwood Forest”, now available online at Ecosystems. The Gill Lab works to understand how carbon (C) and nutrients are stored and cycled across Hopkins Memorial Forest, and how these important C pools… Continue reading »
Please use this link to access the Spring 2024 application. The deadline for applications is Tuesday, November 28. Continue reading »
Professor Luana Maroja was recently part of a large collaboration looking at phenotypic variation across Gryllus firmus and G. pennsylvanicus (and hybrids) in the USA. The researchers measured 4221 crickets across 337 localities and also looked at their life history and environments. Read the published work here: https://jor.pensoft.net/article/90713/… Continue reading »
Ward, Z., Upton, C., Iyer, M., and Williams, H. (2023) Physiological constraints and cognitive chunking: Sequence organization in the songs of zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). J. Comp. https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2023-97697-001.html The researchers asked whether zebra finches organize their songs around physiological constraints (pausing to take a breath) or cognitive… Continue reading »
Holland lab researchers Miriam Li ’23, Hisham Tadfie ’23, and Cameron Darnell ’25 have published a paper in the Journal of Biological Chemistry on a key enzyme in tryptophan production in plants. Their experiments connected enzyme structure to function and regulation in citrus, pistachio, walnut, mosses, and the model plant Arabidopsis. Continue reading »
Assistant Professor Ryan Nett, PhD will be on campus as the BIMO Class of 1960s Scholars seminar speaker. Dr. Nett is a member of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University and will present a talk titled “Understanding and harnessing the complexities of plant metabolism.” The seminar… Continue reading »
The Loehlin lab has a new paper out that tests the hypothesis that different-sized duplications of the same gene will output the same expression level. Georgia, Manting, Ria and Elise are all Williams undergraduate students that contributed to the paper in G3! Demonstration of in vivo engineered tandem… Continue reading »
Yale University Professor Elena Gracheva, PhD will be on campus this Friday as the Biology Class of 1960s Scholars seminar speaker. Dr. Gracheva will present a talk titled “Cellular, Molecular, and Physiological Adaptations of Hibernation: The Solution to Environmental Challenges.” The seminar begins at 1:10pm in TBL 112. Continue reading »
Associate Professor of Biology Matt Carter will discuss “Strategies for designing and delivering a scientific presentation.” In this presentation, we will discuss three aspects of designing an outstanding scientific talk: (1) organizing complex scientific information into a clear narrative; (2) using software to visually communicate scientific concepts; and (3) improving… Continue reading »
Charlotte Barkan is a neurobiologist interested in how brains generate behavior and evolve. Her research program explores how evolution tinkers with neural circuits to lead to behavioral diversity across species. The lab will investigate the evolution of vocal communication in… Continue reading »
Click here to view a recording of the information session covering Fall 2023 offerings. View the advising schedule and connect with a Biology faculty member about your course selections: REGISTRATION HOURS Fall23 … Continue reading »
The Biology Pre-Registration Info Session for majors, prospective majors, and students interested in taking Biology courses will take place Monday, April 24th at 12 noon in TBL 112. Join us as we cover major requirements, course offerings (Fall23-Spring24), and the advising process. All are welcome – pizza will be available for attendees!… Continue reading »
The Biology Department welcomes Dr. Emily Hatch ’03 back to Williams as this week’s Class of 1960’s Scholars seminar speaker. As a member of the Fred Hutch Cancer Center in Seattle, Emily studies the nuclear envelope — the membrane that encases the nucleus of the cell — and how changes… Continue reading »
Save the date! This year’s Honors & Summer Research Info session will be on Wednesday, January 18 (time and location TBD). Biology Majors can learn about honors research opportunities and/or summer research directly from faculty who will be taking students. The deadline to apply to the honors program… Continue reading »
Dr. Rebecca Dutch from the University of Kentucky will join us to speak about “Human metapneumovirus: Lessons from the virus you haven’t heard of” Friday, November 18 @ 1:10pm in Thompson Biology 112 Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a non-segmented, negative strand RNA virus that is a major cause of respiratory… Continue reading »
Please click here to watch a recording of the Pre-Registration Information session held Monday, October 31. https://williams.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=32b0d907-34d3-4a59-ad12-af3f0109d010… Continue reading »
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