University of Chicago Division of Biological Sciences

26/07/2024

Julia Shangguan (Sosnick lab, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics) depicts research talks with a comic book flair -

10/07/2024

Congratulations Nazik Elmekki, 2024 HHMI Gilliam Fellow.

Nazik is a PhD candidate in the microbiology graduate program, conducting research on the protective mechanisms against stress in gut bacteroidales. Laurie Comstock (Professor, Dept of Microbiology) is her advisor.

01/07/2024

Melissa Lindberg is retiring today! Melissa has touched every single PhD student record since she started her career in graduate affairs in BSD: in the early days it was the admissions process, then technology narrowed her job to every teaching assistant (twice), every student in first-year ethics, every student in qBio bootcamp and then expanded to include every student who graduated. Melissa has also worked with Dean’s Council since a very long time ago. Please join OGPA in wishing her the very best now that she no longer has to set her alarm for the crack of dawn to drive through all that construction on the Kennedy and DuSable L*D to get to Hyde Park. You can connect with Melissa on Facebook and LinkedIn.

31/05/2024

Meet a bagpiper, University Marshall and planners of the annual event

30/05/2024

Former Dean for Graduate Affairs, Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy Victoria Prince serves as the University Marshal for Convocation - this describes what she does as University Marshal.

Meet a bagpiper, University Marshall and planners of the annual event

17/05/2024

Congratulations to Prof. Nicholas Hatsopoulos (Organismal Biology and Antamy) for winning a Quantrell Award for Undergraduate Teaching, and to Professor Marcus Clark (Medicine, Director of the Medical Scientist Training Program) for winning a PhD Teaching and Mentoring Award:

UChicago announces 2024 winners of Quantrell and PhD Teaching Awards May 15, 2024 The transformative education offered at the University of Chicago begins in the classroom, with the teachers who inspire, engage and inform their students.  UChicago annually recognizes faculty for their incredible te...

26/04/2024

BSD graduate students Laura Hunter (Integrative Biology), Mia Paletta (Computational Neuroscience), and Maddie Kelly (Integrative Biology) are featured in this article on the "Research Speaks" event series.

Unique experience allows them to share their unique work—ranging from Chinese textiles to the neuroscience of birdsong

15/03/2024

Artists who are also scientists, check this out!

In the course of scientific research, beautiful images can appear in simulations, under microscopes or in photography. They can offer a window into the process of scientific research to the public, as well as inspiring a moment to step back and consider the beauty of the world.

26/01/2024

Professor Ursula Storb has died. Our condolences to all her colleagues, students, and loved ones.

Storb was a Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology for more than 29 years.

14/12/2023

Public Health Sciences graduate student Jincong "Jason" Freeman is studying health disparities in breast cancer patients (Black women are 42% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women). One outstanding issue is palliative care discrepancies.

A University of Chicago graduate student hopes to bring attention to breast cancer disparities and improve care through his research.

21/09/2023

Recent graduate Shivang Sullere (Neurobiology) is first author on a paper identifying alternative pathways in the brain that relieve pain. He and his advisor, Prof. Daniel McGehee, are hoping this creates a way forward for developing pain treatment that is non-opiod and non-addictive.

Targeting a receptor for the neurotransmitter acetylcholine produces powerful analgesic effects in mice, even in animals with tolerance to opioids, suggesting a promising path to developing non-opioid painkillers.

15/09/2023

Inviting space on campus being restored to original glory as 'wonder of biodiversity,' with sustainability, faculty expertise central to effort