Join us tomorrow for a special Biology Graduate Student Seminar presentation by Taiaba Afrin, Heidi Johnson, and Elise Keister.

#Algae enthusiasts in the department explore the Hobcaw Barony estuary after a successful Southeastern Phycological Colloquy Stacy Krueger-Hadfield CofC Biology #PhycologyFriday #PhotoPhriday

Tired of counting sheep? Why not try cells! Oh wait, they build machines for that. This one counted melanocytes for Team Hair-US! By Melissa Harris

Dr. Sami Raut, along with her research team members and course enrolled Biology Learning Assistants, have published a peer reviewed article in CourseSource addressing podcasts as a classroom tool.

Promotions call for new ONE Card badges! Congratulations to Melissa Harris (left) & Stacy Krueger-Hadfield (right) on their promotions to Associate Professor with Tenure & Dr. Karolina Mukhtar (middle) on her promotion to Professor. If you see them around campus, be sure to tell them congrats!

Through Plant GIFT McWaneScienceCenter Science Center hosted by Karolina Mukhtar and Shahid Mukhtar labs, high school teachers went on a scavenger hunt at Railroad Park to identify plant structures #PhotoPhriday

Join us on Monday, October 10th for a UAB Biology Seminar presented by Dr. Rebecca Spokony

Happy #PhotoPhriday ! Big or small, we’ve got cells for every day of the week. By Melissa Harris

Join us on Monday for a Biology Seminar presented by Dr. Yuanyuan Li Rose Li

Join us next Wednesday for Forrest Collins' master's defense presentation.

Dr. Sami Raut has been named a Community Superhero by AAAS - the American Association for the Advancement of Science!

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In his new book “Methuselah’s Zoo,” Dr. Steve Austad poses a fundamental question: What can we learn from nature — animal species, specifically —about their longevity and sustained health? Can we apply that to human beings?

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#PhotoPhriday brought to you with microscopy. With just a little contrast and brightness you can see the amazing world of the skin. By Melissa Harris

Taylor Williams, PhD student in the Stacy Krueger-Hadfield Lab, was recently named a 2022 Dr. Nancy Foster Scholar by the NOAA Climate.gov Office of National Marine Sanctuaries!
This scholarship will help fund her research on Chondria tumulosa, a cryptogenic invasive alga.
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From books to lectures to arctic cruises, Dr. Jim McClintock continuously seeks ways to spread the public's knowledge of climate change and prompt real action.

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Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield Stacy Krueger-Hadfield is offering a fully-funded Field Phycology study away course in summer 2023. Deadline to apply is February 1st!

Dr. Drew Gentry, UAB Biology alum, and a team of researchers have discovered an ancient, previously unknown species of giant freshwater turtle that roamed Alabama during the time of the dinosaurs.
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For their first fieldtrip, Laboratory in Environmental Science students took to the trails to identify trees by their leaves #PhotoPhriday

Dr. Nicole Riddle, assoc prof of biology, is the PI on a new five-year, $12.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation that aims to better understand aging differences between males and females.
Dr. Peggy Biga, assoc prof of biology, will serve as a second investigator alongside Dr. Riddle.