UNCO Biological Sciences

10/13/2026

Join us this Friday for a seminar from Dr. Bjorn Willige from the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences in the Colorado State University College of Agricultural Sciences. Seminars are free and open to the public!

10/12/2026

We are very happy to welcome Alex Sasse to our office. Alex will provide student and faculty support services for Biology, Chemistry and NHS Advising. Come by and say hello in Ross 2480!

10/08/2026

This weekend Chloe Rylance will be competing in the WMRA Mountain Running World Cup Final in Quebec, Canada where she will represent The Trail Team. Chloe has been balancing her mountain running season, including competing in 4 countries this year, alongside completing her M.S. Thesis “Investigating Lexicon in Introductory Biology and Introductory/General Chemistry Lectures” in the labs of Dr. Holt and Dr. James. Good luck Chloe!!!

10/06/2026

Join us this Friday for a seminar from Dr. Kelsie Eichel from the department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado Boulder. Seminars are free and open to the public.

10/05/2026

10/05/2026

We love to get out into the community. Last week our science education team, led by Dr. Amy Bekins and undergraduate student Austin Mahan participated in Loveland’s Carnival on the Corner. Austin is training to be a biology teacher in our Secondary Education program.

10/01/2026

Graduate Student Spotlight: Sam Kerwin recently joined Guinean herpetologists on a research expedition to a region of primary rainforest near Kouregueli, Guinea with the non-profit Asclepius Snakebite Foundation. ASF strives to reduce the burden of snakebite in countries where resources are limited and bites are incredibly frequent. Continuing the collaboration of UNC alum Dr. Cara Smith, Sam collected venom to test treatments and aid clinicians caring for snakebite patients. Asclepius Snakebite Foundation

10/01/2026

Graduate Student Spotlight: Sam Kerwin recently joined Guinean herpetologists on a research expedition to a region of primary rainforest near Kouregueli, Guinea with the non-profit Asclepius Snakebite Foundation. ASF strives to reduce the burden of snakebite in countries where resources are limited and bites are incredibly frequent. Continuing the collaboration of UNC alum Dr. Cara Smith, Sam collected venom to test treatments and aid clinicians caring for snakebite patients.

09/29/2026

Please join us this Friday for a seminar given by Dr. Eunsook Park from the Department of Molecular Biology at University of Wyoming. Seminars are free an open to the public!

09/28/2026

Graduate student spotlight: Katie Marascio is researching native seed and soil interactions in collaboration with the Vegetation program at Zion National Park. Katie recently conducted field work at Zion to collect data in her study plots. Her work tests how roughening the soil surface might affect restoration success for native plants.

Katie is pictured with Darrin Gobble, Zion NP Vegetation Program Manager.