Department of Biology
Brigham Young University
401 WIDB
Provo, Utah 84602
Phone: 801-422-2582
Fax: 801-422-0090
Email: biosecretary@byu.edu
Workshops Faculty Spolight

Iguanas Walked to Tonga - Thursday, January 21, 2010
Scientists have long puzzled over how iguanas, a group of lizards mostly found in the Americas, came to inhabit the isolated Pacific islands of Fiji and Tonga. read more ...
BYU Students Make Microscopic Worms Even More Deadly - Friday, January 15, 2010
BYU Biology professor Byron Adams and his grad student Bishwo Adhikari led a team that identified the genetics behind the worms deadliness. the duo also researches nematodes in Antartica. read more ...
Studying a failed vaccine to combat AIDS - Monday, November 16, 2009
After early reports of a modestly successful experimental AIDS vaccine in Thailand this fall, a BYU researcher hopes his new analysis of an earlier AIDS vaccine trial will help researchers understand how to make the new vaccine work better.
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