Six biology faculty honored for teaching excellence

Six faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Biology at Indiana University Bloomington have been awarded for their instructional skills and dedication to their students.

IU biology researchers publish study on evolution of cannibalism in tadpoles

Indiana University Bloomington assistant biology professor Cris Ledón-Rettig and graduate student Dante Nesta recently published a paper in PNAS entitled, “Cryptic genetic variation in brain gene expression precedes the evolution of cannibalism in spadefoot toad tadpoles.”

A celebration of the Department of Biology Class of 2025

During the Biology Graduate Recognition Ceremony on May 2, the department celebrated its most recent graduates.

Watch the video recording of the event here.

Mentorship at IU leads to published study, career shift for high school senior

For many students, a high school internship is a chance to shadow professionals and explore career paths. But for recent Bloomington South graduate London Mitchell, the opportunity became something much more – an opportunity that not only led to a published scientific paper but also transformed her career aspirations. Guiding her through it all was Erica Nadolski, a Ph.D. candidate in biology in Professor and Department Chair Armin Moczek’s lab in the Department of Biology at Indiana University Bloomington.

Two IU biology faculty members named 2024 AAAS Fellows

Karen Bush, professor of practice emerita of biology, and Sid Shaw, professor of biology, have been named 2024 AAAS Fellows. The American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the world’s largest general scientific societies and publisher of the Science family of journals, has named seven Indiana University faculty members to its 2024 fellows’ class, a lifetime honor within the scientific community.

Groundbreaking norovirus vaccine secures U.S. patent for global impact

A team of researchers at Indiana University Bloomington, led by biology professor John Patton in collaboration with GIVAX Inc., has developed a groundbreaking rotavirus-norovirus combination vaccine to combat norovirus, a highly contagious virus responsible for about 100,000 childhood deaths globally each year.

IU biologist awarded $2.1 million NIH grant to study RNA-binding proteins

IU biologist Heather Hundley has been awarded a five-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences to decipher the molecular mechanisms of a family of proteins that modify and regulate RNA. Abnormal function of these proteins occurs in more than 35 human diseases, including neurological disorders, metabolic diseases and cancer.

IU Bloomington Graduate Student Shefali Shefali Awarded Prestigious American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

Indiana University Bloomington graduate student Shefali Shefali has received the prestigious American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship supporting pre-doctoral and clinical health professional students pursuing careers in science, medicine, and related fields. The fellowship aims to improve global cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and brain health.

IU Researchers Identify Key Protein to Boost Soybean Resistance Against Costly Nematode Infections

A recent study led by Indiana University Bloomington graduate student Alexandra Margets and Distinguished Professor of Biology Roger Innes identifies and characterizes a key protein involved in soybean cyst nematode infection.