IU Biology is nationally recognized as an outstanding example of an integrated and unified department. We provide undergraduate and graduate students access to the full breadth of the exciting and dynamic fields within the biological sciences. Our students benefit from vibrant research programs and access to the latest technologies in research and teaching facilities.
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A study by graduate student Natalie Christian, Distinguished Professor Keith Clay, and colleagues shows exposing cacao tree seedlings to leaf litter from healthy cacao adults significantly reduced seedling pathogen damage. Article in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
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Distinguished Professor Keith Clay, former graduate student Dan Johnson (Clay lab, PhD 2013), and Associate Professor Rich Phillips in Science: Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale.
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Former graduate student Erkin Kuru (Brun/VanNieuwenhze labs, PhD 2016) received IU's University Graduate School Distinguished PhD Dissertation Award for 2017 in the Biological Sciences category. He is now a postdoc at Harvard in George Church’s lab.
The IU Grand Challenge initiative led by Distinguished Professor Ellen Ketterson will tackle major environmental threats to Hoosier health and economy.
Read moreOur 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 are world-class researchers and teachers who share an excitement for the life sciences. The diversity 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.
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