Department of Biology: Indiana University Bloomington

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We offer several B.A. and B.S. degrees in the fields of Biology, Biotechnology, Microbiology, and Molecular Life Sciences.

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Our graduate students conduct cutting-edge research and receive specialized training in many key research areas.

Internationally acclaimed evolutionary biologist named to organization’s elite honorary lifetime membership

The American Society of Naturalists has chosen Distinguished Professor Ellen Ketterson as its newest Honorary Lifetime Member.

Researchers discovered a dicentric bacterial chromosome and revealed the genetic requirement for its stable maintenance

The chromosome resulted from the fusion of the circular and linear chromosomes in a plant pathogen.

A honey bee stands on a white, 5-petalled flower among a cluster of flowers.

Microbe protects honey bees from poor nutrition, a significant cause of colony loss

Researchers, led by Professor Irene Newton, have identified a specific bacterial microbe that, when fed to honey bee larvae, can reduce the effects of nutritional stress on developing bees.

A white-tailed deer strolls by the Biology Building on the Indiana University Bloomington campus.

Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Graduate Program listed as one of the "Best Ecology Programs" in U.S.

IU Biology's Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Graduate Program has been ranked #10 in "Ecology/Evolutionary Biology" programs in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

Biodiversity module challenges students to connect climate change impacts to their local environment

Professor Armin Moczek and high school teacher Kirstin Milks have developed a simultaneously locally relevant and globally applicable module to teach students about effects of climate change.

Three young women pose next to their research project poster "Seed Predation Rates in Native and Exotic Plant Species Across an Environmental Gradient."

Science CORPS connects community college students to research opportunities

To help address the need for more equitable research opportunities for community college students, Ph.D. student Lana Bolin and Professor Jen Lau founded Science CORPS.

A range of research strengths

Our 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.

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Expertise + scientific approach

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.

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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.

Department of Biology

World-class teaching + research

See our undergraduate degree options

Pursue your graduate degree

Internationally acclaimed evolutionary biologist named to organization’s elite honorary lifetime membership

Researchers discovered a dicentric bacterial chromosome and revealed the genetic requirement for its stable maintenance

Microbe protects honey bees from poor nutrition, a significant cause of colony loss

Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Graduate Program listed as one of the "Best Ecology Programs" in U.S.

Biodiversity module challenges students to connect climate change impacts to their local environment

Science CORPS connects community college students to research opportunities

A range of research strengths

Expertise + scientific approach

You are welcome here

Ready to take the next step?

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Current IU students

Prospective graduate students

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World-class teaching + research

See our undergraduate degree options

Pursue your graduate degree

Internationally acclaimed evolutionary biologist named to organization’s elite honorary lifetime membership

Researchers discovered a dicentric bacterial chromosome and revealed the genetic requirement for its stable maintenance

Microbe protects honey bees from poor nutrition, a significant cause of colony loss

Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Graduate Program listed as one of the "Best Ecology Programs" in U.S.

Biodiversity module challenges students to connect climate change impacts to their local environment

Science CORPS connects community college students to research opportunities

A range of research strengths

Expertise + scientific approach

You are welcome here

Ready to take the next step?

Incoming freshmen

Current IU students

Prospective graduate students

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The College of Arts & Sciences