The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute on Monday awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Mary E. Brunkow — an alum of the...Read more

On Monday, October 6, 2025, Mary E. Brunkow - an alum of the University of Washington - was jointly awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or...Read more

Christian Sidor, UW Biology professor and curator of the Burke Museum's vertebrate paleotology department, was recently featured in a UW Magazine article on a new giant clam fossil...Read more

Horacio de la Iglesia, Biology professor, was recently a guest on an episode of the "Science Vs" podcast. On the episode, Horacio discusses his research on how the full moon affects...Read more

Sam Wasser, Biology Research Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Environmental Forensic Science (CEFS), was featured in an article in BBC on how scientists are leveraging...Read more

Berry Brosi, UW Biology professor, was recently interviewed by UW News in a Q&A on how habitat is important to two types of bees native to Washington. Berry...Read more

Biology professor Sharlene Santana was awarded an Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award from the UW Office of Undergraduate Research. This award honors mentors for "excellence in guiding undergraduates in their...Read more

Biology professor Adam Summers was awarded the 2025-2026 Rome Prize in Environmental Arts and Humanities from the American Academy in Rome. The Rome Prize is among the world’s most...Read more

Alejandro Rico-Guevara, Biology Assistant Professor, received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award of $1,200,000 from the Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems. The NSF CAREER Award is the agency’s most prestigious...Read more

The Merkel Cell Carcinoma Collaborative (MC3) Institute recently featured a Q&A with Biology Associate Professor Jeff Rasmussen about his lab's most recent Merkel cell paper published in...Read more