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Department of Biology

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  • After a bad winter in the ocean, female Magellanic penguins suffer most, study shows

    Every autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, Magellanic penguins leave their coastal nesting sites in South America. For adults, their summer task — breeding, or at least trying to — is complete. Newly fledged chicks and adults gradually head out to sea to spend the winter feeding. They won’t return to land until spring.

    11/13/2018
  • UW study on marine mussels has implications on aquaculture and biomedical industries

    A paper published in the Royal Society’s journal Interface explores the effects of seawater on protein-based adhesives produced by marine mussels (bivalve mollusks). According to the study conducted by UW researchers, low pH and oxygen conditions in seawater cause the mussel’s adhesive plaques to weaken.

     

    10/30/2018 | College of Arts & Sciences
  • Volunteer scientists study flowers to battle climate dread

    UW Biology Professor Janneke Hille Ris Lambers' research on the effect of climate change on plants is described in a recent article.

    10/04/2018 | High Country News
  • CO2 levels, leaf thickness and climate change

    Two UW scientists, Abigail Swann (assistant professor, biology and atmospheric sciences) and Marlies Kovenock (biology doctoral student),  have discovered that plants with thicker leaves may exacerbate the effects of climate change because they would be less efficient in sequestering atmospheric carbon, a fact that climate change models to date have not taken into account.

    10/01/2018 | UW News
  • Burst of morning gene activity tells plants when to flower

    Research team led by UW Professor Takato Imaizumi discovers gene activity in plants that leads to flowering.

    09/25/2018 | UW News
  • In a five-person submarine, scientists in Friday Harbor unravel the mysteries of the Salish Sea

    UW Biology students and researchers have discovered new information about sea urchins on a recent submarine expedition. 

    09/21/2018 | The Seattle Times
  • Elephant Tusk DNA Helps Track Poachers

    A team of researchers led by Sam Wasser (Director of UW Center for Conservation Biology) is examining the genetic data in seized elephant ivory to trace it back to the animals’ homelands and connect it to global trafficking crimes.

    09/20/2018 | UW News
  • A Campaign, A Professorship, an Iguana

    Jodi Green and Mike Halperin discuss their personal inspiration for creating an endowed professorship in biology.

    September 2018 Perspectives
  • New Building for Most Popular Major

    Biology faculty and students will soon fill the UW's new Life Sciences Building along Stevens Way. 

    September 2018 Perspectives
  • New Life Sciences Building is a nexus for modern-age teaching and research at the University of Washington

    The University of Washington opened the doors to a new Life Sciences Building that will transform learning, teaching and research for generations.

    UW News
  • Life Sciences Building : giant firs & bird songs offer a one-of-a-kind elevator ride

    At the University of Washington, biology is the most popular STEM major at the Seattle campus, with more than 600 bachelors’ degrees awarded annually.

    09/05/2018
  • PSBJ First Look at the LSB

    Expected to open in early September, the 207,000-square-foot building will be ready to host students in the fall. 

    Puget Sound Business Journal
  • The World’s Largest King Penguin Colony Is Catastrophically Shrinking—and We Don’t Know Why

    UW Biology professor Dee Boersma weighs in on the alarming and overwhelming evidence of the penguin population shrinkage.

    Gizmodo
  • And then there was (more) light: Researchers boost performance quality of perovskites

    Researchers from the UW Clean Energy Institute and Molecular Engineering & Sciences show that perovskite is amongst one of the best materials for thin-film solar cells.

    UW News
  • Atlantic Ocean circulation is not collapsing – but as it shifts gears, global warming will reaccelerate

    Corresponding author Ka-Kit Tung, UW professor of applied mathematics, newly published paper explains why air temperatures will rise more quickly than the rate since 2000.

    UW News

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