Welcome!The academic endeavors of the faculty, staff and students as well as the courses and the research activities of the Department of Biological Sciences cover a broad spectrum of biology, from molecules and cells to tissues and organisms to populations and ecosystems. The Department is composed of over 30 faculty, about 50 postdoctoral fellows, over 30 research technicians, over 60-70 graduate students, about 200 undergraduate majors, and 11 administrative staff. The Department is housed in the Biological Sciences Building, the adjoining Molecular Biology Stevenson Center and the Learned Lab buildings. These buildings are integrated with the Medical Research Building III and the Medical Center North building, a manifestation of the overlapping research interests of the Department of Biological Sciences and the Medical School. Congratulations to Alicia Goostree and Carol Wiley on passing and graduating from the Vanderbilt Program In Research Administration Development, level 1. Journal covers featuring BSCI faculty research
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OUR DEPARTMENT AT WORK
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Professor Wally LeStourgeon has been named Professor of Biological Sciences, emeritus.
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Biological Sciences undergraduates Shayam Murali and Claire Cato have been named Beckman Scholars to support their research endeavors during the next two summers and intervening academic year. Shayam will be working in the Friedman lab, and Claire will be working in the Eichman lab.
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Summer is a time for research at least for many Biological Sciences undergraduates. Michael Pritchett (Eichman lab), Ryan Khodadadi (Janetopoulos lab), Holly Elmore (Rokas Lab), Una Nattermann (Stubbs Lab), Sam Friedman (Broadie lab), and Boting Ning (Kaplan Lab) are each recipients of a VUSRP award to carry out research this summer. Ann Ding is one of four Littlejohn Summer Research Scholars within the VUSRP program, and Ann will be working in the Friedman lab. Aneesh Tyle received an A&S Honor Scholarship Summer Research Award to carry out research in the Gamse lab. Sushma Boppana will be an NSF REU fellow this summer in the Hillyer lab.
DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS
- Aug. 20, 2012
Josh Gamse, Vanderbilt University - Aug. 27, 2012
Antonis Rokas, Vanderbilt University - Sep. 3, 2012
Seth Bordenstein, Vanderbilt University