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Research from the Rasmussen Lab identified the direct precursors of Merkel cells during zebrafish skin development and regeneration. The manuscript was published in Development. Congratulations, "Team Merkel"!Read more
Jay Falk, Biology postdoctoral scholar, led a study examining why a minority of female white-necked jacobin hummingbirds mimic the colorful plumage of males. The research found that while...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
UW Biology undergraduate students, Sunny Dighe (Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology) and Roxanne Madden (Physiology) were named 2025-26 Levinson Scholars.
The Levinson Emerging Scholars (LES) Program is designed to support...Read more
Alyssa Sargent, Biology graduate student, was featured on the first episode of the "Write for You" podcast. The "Write for You" podcast from the UW Odegaard Writing and...Read more
A new study of grasshoppers in the mountains of Colorado shows that, while the answers are complicated, biologists have much of the knowledge they need to make these predictions and...Read more
In a study published February 19 in Animal Behaviour, a team of researchers from the UW and Carnegie Mellon University have discovered the reason: They’re mimicking males. That trickery...Read more
Many congratulations to Janet Germeraad, UW Biology Director of Academic Services, and Dave Hurley, UW Biology IT Director, who both recently celebrated their UW milestone anniversaries. Janet celebrated 25 years...Read more
UW Biology Professor Emerita Billie Swalla was recently honored with the Society for Developmental Biology's Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Society confers yearly the SDB Lifetime Achievement Award to a...Read more