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Collaboration with HCI: Shaping Future Experts in Cancer Research

By Hannah Murdock, HCI Communications April 23, 2025 09:00 AM
Sarah Fund and other BYU Bioinformatics students are collaborating with the University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Institute on innovative research projects.

BIO Honored Graduate: Maia Boggess Overcomes the Unexpected with Faith

By Gabe Mills April 21, 2025 08:00 AM
Maia Bingham Boggess embraced several different opportunities at BYU, combining faith, service, and mentorship to shape her unique college experience.

Paving Her Own Path: Hannah Boekweg's Journey to Proteomics Research

By Keira Dooley April 10, 2025 08:00 AM
Hannah Boekweg's trailblazing academic journey began with an invitation to find a research question that interested her.

Crossing Continents: How Service, Faith, and Basketball Are Rebuilding Shaka’s Healthcare

By Gillian Garmon March 24, 2025 08:00 AM
For Christian Rich, the path to building a clinic in Kenya began with a game of basketball.

Meet Our Biologists

Student Spotlight: Erica Conley

July 15, 2022 12:09 PM
Erica is a junior majoring in Biology. She enjoys the variety of directions there are to go with a biology degree. She said, "Everyone can have their own path and choose to do something they really enjoy doing. I am choosing to do cosmetic science, where I make cosmetic products in a lab."

Student Spotlight: Eva Jasinski

July 15, 2022 12:03 PM
Eva recently returned from a study abroad in Vietnam where she studied dragonflies and damelflies with Dr. Seth Bybee! She is majoring in biology and minoring in environmental science. Eva grew up in Seattle and will be a senior this fall. She plans to continue working in environmental research after graduation.

Student Spotlight: Badí Quinteros

July 15, 2022 11:54 AM
Badí is a junior from Cuenca, Ecuador double majoring in bioinformatics and genetics, genomics, and biotechnology. He loves meeting new people and doing research within his major. He plans to go into genetic counseling or a PhD program when he graduates from BYU.
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BYU scientist explains how dirt holds the secrets of our atmosphere's future

BYU biologist Richard Gill joined colleagues at Duke and the USDA's Agricultural Research Service in a study published in the current issue of Nature Climate Change that looks at the role of soil in the future of earth's atmosphere.

Biological Science Education Major

Dr. Josh Stowers discusses the Biological Science Education Major