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Dr. Heinrich and his team just received news that their proposal “Evolving the culture of biology: Promoting graduate teaching assistant professional development to foster inclusion, efficacy, and evidence-based practices” was funded by the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education. The project focuses on developing training for graduate teaching assistants (TAs) to engage in intentional, […]

Read Moreabout Dr. Kaleb Heinrich and colleagues awarded $2.9M NSF Institutional and Community Transformation, Level 2, Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Grant

Congratulations to Dr. Greg Starr who was selected as an Alabama Water Institute Distinguished Faculty Fellow! His fellowship will start August 16, 2022 and end August 15, 2025. […]

Read Moreabout Dr. Greg Starr 2022-2025 Alabama Water Institute Distinguished Faculty Fellow

A new study in the journal npj Parkinson’s Disease co-authored by BSC PhD student Jenny Thies and Drs. Guy and Kim Caldwell has identified an enzyme in fatty acid production as a new target to help fight Parkinson’s Disease. Read UA News coverage of the paper and the paper itself. Congratulations to the Worm Shack! […]

Read Moreabout BSC Researchers Identify Potential Parkinson’s Therapeutic

Dr. Kaleb Heinrich, assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, will be recognized by The College of Arts and Sciences during the first A&S faculty meeting of the fall semester. As a member of the A&S Teaching Fellows Committee, Dr. Heinrich will be part of a teaching advisory board, serve as a mentor for […]

Read Moreabout Dr. Kaleb Heinrich named Distinguished Teaching Fellow for 2022-2025

Over 60% world’s streams and rivers go dry on annual basis. Even here Alabama, one of the wettest places in the US, at least 40% of our stream miles go dry regularly.  However, compared to their perennially flowing counterparts, we know very little about streams that go dry and how they impact downstream  aquatic biodiversity, […]

Read Moreabout Global analysis reveals gaps in stream gauge networks

Biology Majors Teach Hands-on Biome Lesson to 8th Grade Northridge Middle School Students To Celebrate Earth Day 2022 […]

Read Moreabout Biology Majors Teach Hands-on Biome Lesson to 8th Grade Northridge Middle School Students To Celebrate Earth Day 2022

Congratulations to Jacob Dybiec, who was selected for the new class of NOAA’s Margaret A. Davidson Graduate Fellows! As part of the Fellowship, he will conduct research at the Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Read more about the fellowship here. […]

Read Moreabout Jacob Dybiec selected as NOAA Margaret A. Davidson Graduate Fellow

Aquatic biology has long been a strength of the Department of Biological Sciences. This year the department was represented by 29 presentations at the Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM) in Grand Rapids, MI! A photo of the UA BSC crew at the conference and the schedule of talks from the meeting are below. […]

Read Moreabout 29 presentations by BSC researchers at JASM 2022!

In 1976, The University of Alabama National Alumni Association began to annually recognize four faculty members at the Capstone who demonstrate “Outstanding Commitment to Teaching.” The awards are based on the faculty members’ commitment to teaching and the impact they have had on students through the teaching and learning process. Dr. Michael McKain is an […]

Read Moreabout Congratulations to Dr. McKain for being awarded Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award!