Biology News

November 2009: Tracing the Origins of Iguanid Lizards and Boine Snakes of the Pacific This article is the fourth one on the page. It is by Dr. Sites and Brice Noonan.

October 2009: Biology Students present Nematode Findings

 September 2009: BYU prof part of large team that linked two new genes to Alzheimer's disease Kauwe is part of an international research team that reports the existence of two genes associated with Alzheimer's disease in the new issue of Nature Genetics.

September 2009:First Day of Class. Dr.C. Riley Nelson and his Biology 100 class are featured in this university slide show.

August 2009:BYU honors best, brightest facutly and staff at Annual University Conference. (Dr. Sites, Dr. St. Clair, and Dr. Crandall are all mentioned)

August 2009: Cutthroat Science: Trout DNA Hold Ancient Secrets of the Rockies

July 2009: Not always best being  biggest fish in the stream

June 2009: Science Professors don't view evolution as an 'either-or' position (This was actually publish in Feb. of 2009, but it hadn't been included on the web-site)

May 2009: All that and Writing too.

May 2009: Profiles Retirees: Blaine Furniss and Duane Jeffery

April 2009: Mehemt "Cemal" Oguz is visiting BYU this month to upgrade his science in the areas of molecular biology and fine structure.

March 2009: Catching the common cold virus: BYU researchers coming down with the rhinovirus genome

February 2009: Y study: Antarctic worm makes 'antifreeze': Dr. Byron Adams and PhD student Bishwo Adhikari study nematodes in Antarctica

November 2008:New genome sequencer speeds genetic research

Nobember 2008: Conservation Biology enables students to 'go green'

October 2008: Nathan Sheffield, recent bioinformatics graduate, publishes 2 scientific papers

October 2008:Chris Hansen, recent bioinformatics graduate, receives NINDS Exceptional Student Award

September 2008:Dr. Keith Crandall receives the  Laura F. Willes Research Award

September 2008:Dr. Jerry Johnson received the Butler Young Scholar Award

September 2008:M. Kendell Clement, bioinformatics major, named Young Ambassador

September 2008:Dr. Nikki Hanegan received the Vern A Fridley Environmental Educator of the Year Award from USEE

September 2008: Dr. Rick Gill gives the fact about Climate Change

August 2008: Hojun Song leads research on improving genetic barcoding

May 2008: Dr. Riley Nelson helps organize and teach The Natural History of Utah Program (Also avail: BYU Newsnet)

May 2008: BYU-Johns Hopkins team gets inside a long-suspected HIV hideout in humans, Deseret News InBio Blurb: Graduate Newsletter

July 2007: Mormon Crickets: Undergrad Daniel Fenn's work in Dr. Michael Whiting's lab,

February 2007: Dr. Jerry Johnson studies in Patagonia

October 2006: Professor Marta Adair on the Secondary Education Redesign Committee

October 2006: Improving Biology Education Across the Nation, One Teacher at a Time

October 2006: Dr. Kent Hatch Develops Method to Diagnose Eating Disorders Using Hair, Daily Herald, BioAg News Release, Forbes.com, and many other places on the web