Mussels adapt to climate change due to genetic variation
Mark Bitter (PhD student, Ecology and Evolution) is the lead author on a study about mussels and their genetic makeup. Seawater pH levels are declining due to carbon emissions which could cause population decreases among aquatic species. The study found, however, that mussels are adapting more...
The Human Cell Atlas
Assistant Professor Oni Basu (Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology), Assistant Professor Sebastian Pott (Human Genetics), Professor Matthew Stephens (Human Genetics), and Martin Boyer Professor Eugene B. Chang (Microbiology) received funding from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley...
UChicago Biosciences Alum finds that birds are shrinking in size due to climate change
Alumni Benjamin Winger (PhD, Evolutionary Biology, 2015), now an assistant professor at the University of Michigan, and assistant curator at the Museum of Zoology, co-authored a study that found that increasing climate temperatures could be affecting the size of birds. Winger stated, "Warming...
The Committee on Evolutionary Biology celebrates it's 50th anniversary
The Committee on Evolutionary Biology, known for it's interdisciplinary work, is celebrating 50 years of "breaking down barriers between University departments and forging deep relationships with six world-class scientific institutions. The CEB is unique in that it does both of these things well...
UChicago SACNAS Chapter honored for supporting students
Congratulations to the UChicago SACNAS chapter for being named chapter of the year. The chapter received the honor for their accomplishments in five categories--recruitment and membership retention, professional development, community outreach, chapter development and fundraising.
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TA prize awarded to Maryn Carlson and Adam Zmyslowski
The 2018-2019 Dean’s Outstanding Teaching Assistant Prize for the best performance by a BSD graduate student who is TAing in fulfillment of the Divisional Teaching Requirement was awarded to both Maryn Carlson and Adam Zmyslowski. In addition, a Divisional Teaching Assistant Award went to...
Two UChicago Bioscience alumni and faculty member discover that ancient sharks are much more like modern sharks than predicted
Alumni Aaron Olsen (PhD, Integrative Biology, 2016, now at Brown University) and John Finarelli (PhD, Evolutionary Biology, 2007, now at the University College Dublin, Ireland) worked with Professor Michael Coates, Department of Organismal Biology on a study about ancient shark feeding methods....
Recent Integrative Biology alum finds that alligator gars catch prey in a unique way
Justin Lemberg (Integrative Biology, Summer 2018) recently published an article in the Journal of Morphology. His research led him to discover that gars capture their prey by using their jaws and suction to keep their prey...
Kaitlin Kentala (left), Simone Rauch (middle), Bryan Dickinson (right)
Collaborative work leads to progress
Graduate students Simone Rauch (Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics) and Kaitlin Kentala (Chemistry) in Associate Professor Bryan Dickinson's lab (Chemistry) worked together alongside others to create a biosensor in order to record measurable output of RNA during various protein binding events...
Genentic "shooting stars" impact risk for disease
Professor Yoav Gilad (Human Genetics) along with graduate students Katie Rhodes (Human Genetics) and Reem Elorbany (Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program) identified hundreds of sections of DNA that are associated with differences in gene expression between individuals. These differences...