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Instead of taking a “flu-like approach” to creating a new vaccine, Associate Professor John Patton and his team are leveraging the lab’s ongoing work exploring rotavirus to develop a vaccine that will protect children against COVID-19.
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Professor Justin Kumar and his lab will investigate the role that inductive signals play in specifying the fate of the compound eye of Drosophila melanogaster.
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Roger Innes, professor of biology, has been appointed as distinguished professor by Indiana University trustees.
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IU Bicentennial "Women who built IU" series celebrates botany faculty member Barbara Shalucha.
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Read Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Hughes Hub interview with Craig Pikaard, "Get to Know Craig Pikaard"—discussing his research, hobbies, and grandkids.
Read the interviewOur faculty, research scientists, and graduate and undergraduate students are exploring everything from ecosystems to microbiology and developmental biology; evolution to cell biology; molecular biology to systems biology, bioinformatics, and genomics. Together, we explore the breadth of biological questions and experimental systems.
Our faculty members are world-class researchers and teachers who share an excitement for the life sciences. The multiplicity of expertise and scientific approach, combined with our exceptional collegial culture, is what makes IU Biology stand out and has made IU a premiere place for performing research.
The IU Department of Biology is a community of diverse academic scientists, students, and staff from a wide range of cultures, nationalities, races, and social backgrounds. We are committed to celebrating diversity and inclusion as well as maintaining a culture of respect and kindness.
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