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2023

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Accepting Applications: Assistant Teaching Professor of Biological Sciences
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Accepting Application: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Plant-Microbe Interactions
Members of Elizabeth King's lab include, from left to right, Esdras Tuyishimire, Adam Albright, Elizabeth King, Chuck Miller and Victoria Hamlin. (Source: Pate McCuien/University of Missouri)
Biologists to create ‘toolbox’ for understanding complex genetic traits
Dr. Tom Phillips next to new sign for facility named in his honor
Marking Dr. Tom Phillips' Legacy
Dr. King in front of MU columns
Elizabeth King Awarded MIRA Grant
Dr. Libby King with her hand in a cage of fruit flies
Research Models of DBS: Fruit flies
Kathy Newton and David Braun receiving their awards at the Maize Conference
Newton and Braun Honored at Maize Genetics Conference
Dr. Paula McSteen
Dr. Paula McSteen lauded for her research and mentoring excellence
Group photo showing the Mizzou 39 and Mizzou 18 Award winners from Mizzou Biology
Six Biology Students Selected for Mizzou 18 and Mizzou 39 Awards
Shawn Thomas
Shawn Thomas Selected as a Mentee for the Bayer University Mentoring Program
Joe Santin
New PLOS Biology paper from Santin lab on regulating firing rate
Image showing cover of PLOS Genetics issue
Image from Brown Lab selected for journal cover
Dr. Caroline Grunenwald
Welcome Dr. Caroline Grunenwald

2022

Lauren Sullivan in prairie
Division Bids Farewell to Dr. Lauren Sullivan
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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Organism-Environment Interactions
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Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Organism-Environment Interactions
Image is a drawing showing the location of the major pelvic ganglion below the laminectomy site in the mouse. It also lists the four properties of the major pelvic ganglion measured; namely, the post-synaptic potential, firing property, cholinergic current, change in nicotinic
Study sheds light on overlooked effects of spinal cord injuries on downstream neurons
Dr. Pamela Brown looking at the results of one of her student's agar streak plate
Dr. Pam Brown Appointed STEM Faculty Fellow
two researchers sampling in mountains
Mizzou biologists link climate change to bumblebee decline in Rocky Mountains
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Division welcomes four new faculty
Tom Phillips inside the ALM Core
Tom Phillips' 32-year legacy to ALM Core
John Faaborg holding two birds
Professor John Faaborg Given Lifetime Achievement Award
Blood samples in test tubes
Joining the fight against non-small cell lung cancer
Student Training for Advancing Research
Congratulations to these S.T.A.R. undergraduates
A group photo of all six Outstanding Scholar Award Winners
2022 Outstanding Scholar Award Winners
Joe Gunn with Libby King and Lauren Sullivan
Joe Gunn Wins Postdoctoral Teaching Award
confocal image of an early developing maize leaf
Janlo Robil Wins Experts Choice Award for Confocal Image
Adam Albright with fellow Mizzou student
Adam Albright receives URCAMP Fellowship
Marissa LaMartina
Mizzou Biology Sophomore Receives Discovery, Cherng Awards
Juliann Leak
Mizzou Biology Senior Wins Hesburgh Award
Rex Cocroft
Dr. Rex Cocroft selected for Byler Award
Congrats!
Beyond Happy
Yves and Libby with their awards
Libby King and Yves Chabu Win Faculty Awards
Mizzou 39 and Mizzou 18 Reveal
8 Biology Students Selected for Mizzou 39 and Mizzou 18 Awards
Enoch Ng'oma and Libby King
Dr. King Wins Postdoctoral Faculty Mentor Award
Microscope image of the maize B chromosome (red signal)
New research reveals an active role of the maize B chromosome in the modulation of gene expression

2021

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Accepting Applications: Student Support Specialist II
D Cornelison
D Cornelison Receives Faculty-Alumni Award
First Generation Celebration Day 2021 logo
Mizzou Biology Celebrates National First Generation Week
Gustavo Santiago
This Is Me, and This Is My Science
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DBS Welcomes Dr. Li and Dr. Best
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Accepting Applications: Assistant/Associate Teaching Professor of Biological Sciences
Anand Chandrasekhar
Anand Chandrasekhar selected as a UM Presidential Engagement Fellow
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Mizzou Biology invites applications for a postdoctoral-to-faculty transition fellowship in the area of cell biology
Sherryl Henderson
Sherryl Henderson celebrated for neuroscience research, activism