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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Study by Assistant Professor Irene Garcia Newton, graduate student Tamanash Bhattacharya (Hardy lab), and Professor Rich Hardy may explain why mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria don't transmit diseases such as Zika.
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The paper “Drosophila Pax6 promotes development of the entire eye-antennal disc thereby ensuring proper adult head formation” (authored by members of Professor Justin Kumar's lab) was selected for the cover of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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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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