In cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, UW News has posted a story about new research on the plight of southern resident orcas in the Salish Sea....Read more

Biology Professors Alex Paredez and Sharlene Santana, and Biology Assistant Professor Alejandro Rico-Guevara were recognized in the Fred Hutch Cancer Center's Atlas of Inspiring Hispanic/Lantix Scientists....Read more

In new research from the University of Washington in Seattle, a novel LED light that emits alternating wavelengths of orange and blue outpaced two other light devices in advancing melatonin...Read more

In a collaborative research project funded by the Washington Sea Grant, Jennifer Ruesink, UW Biology Professor, and Kerry Naish, UW Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Professor, seek to protect...Read more

Jeffrey Riffell, Professor in the UW Department of Biology, and Joel Thornton, Professor in the UW Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science, were awarded the first Kavli-NSF...Read more

New research on mosquito mating from the Riffell Lab was recently featured in UW News. In a paper published Aug. 30 in Current Biology, a team led by ...Read more

The Rasmussen Lab was recently awarded a prestigious 2-year grant from the LEO Foundation. The Denmark-based LEO Foundation provides grants supporting international research in skin biology and disease....Read more

Two UW Biology members were honored this past June at the Botany 2024 Conference held in Grand Rapids, Michigan:

UW Biology Professor Emeritus Dick Olmstead received the 2024 Asa...Read more

UW Biology Affiliate Professor Susan Parkhurst was named a 2024 Fellow by The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB). Election as a Fellow of ASCB is an honor bestowed...Read more

Briana Abrahms, UW Biology Assistant Professor, was recently featured in UW News for a collaborative study by scientists at the University of Michigan, the University of Washington, and University...Read more