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Research

Biology Awards & Recognitions Roundup - Summer 2026

June 16, 2026
Mosquito on human skin

Andrea Durant, Willem Laursen, and Jeff Riffell discuss what it’s like to study mosquitoes ‘all day and all the time’

June 16, 2026
Students in Kane Hall

UW News Q&A with Elli Theobald, Carly Busch, & Madison Meuler on biology education guidelines lacking connection to society - and why that's a problem

June 11, 2026
African wild dogs

Tracking how lions and African wild dogs in Botswana are responding to climate change

June 9, 2026
Jennifer Ruesink uses experimental concrete vibrator while standing in water

Jennifer Ruesink in UW News on research that could help Washington shellfish farmers control a pesky shrimp

May 14, 2026
2026 BioFest Poster Presentations

2026 UW BioFest

May 11, 2026
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Marie-Pier Poulin and Laura Quinche awarded UW Graduate School International Research Fellowships!

May 4, 2026
SciPos logo. The text is depicted as bubble letters with "Sci" on top of "Pos" where the "o" in "Pos" is a paw print. Around the text in a circle are various organisms as well as a microscope. The surrounding elements are connected by a strand of DNA.

SciPosPod Episode 10: Isiah Newbins [VIDEO]

May 4, 2026
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Annie Colgan receives AAUW Fellowship!

April 29, 2026
SciPos logo. The text is depicted as bubble letters with "Sci" on top of "Pos" where the "o" in "Pos" is a paw print. Around the text in a circle are various organisms as well as a microscope. The surrounding elements are connected by a strand of DNA.

SciPosPod Episode 9: Edú Guerra [VIDEO]

April 27, 2026
SciPos logo. The text is depicted as bubble letters with "Sci" on top of "Pos" where the "o" in "Pos" is a paw print. Around the text in a circle are various organisms as well as a microscope. The surrounding elements are connected by a strand of DNA.

SciPosPod Episode 9: Melissa Leon Noreña [VIDEO]

April 13, 2026
Biology Associate Professor Briana Abrahms at the International Parliamentary Roundtable

Briana Abrahms gives keynote speech at the International Parliamentary Roundtable on Human-Wildlife Coexistence

March 30, 2026
SciPos logo. The text is depicted as bubble letters with "Sci" on top of "Pos" where the "o" in "Pos" is a paw print. Around the text in a circle are various organisms as well as a microscope. The surrounding elements are connected by a strand of DNA.

SciPosPod Episode 7: Elissa Khodikian [VIDEO]

March 23, 2026

Horacio de la Iglesia awarded 2026 HFSP Research Grant

March 20, 2026
"How Plants Know When To Bloom" text over picture of pink flowers

Takato Imaizumi in UW News video on spring flowering

March 17, 2026
SciPos logo. The text is depicted as bubble letters with "Sci" on top of "Pos" where the "o" in "Pos" is a paw print. Around the text in a circle are various organisms as well as a microscope. The surrounding elements are connected by a strand of DNA.

SciPosPod Episode 6: Tori Armitage [VIDEO]

March 16, 2026
Mosquito on human skin

Jeff Riffell in UW News on research revealing how mosquitoes detect a common compound in mosquito repellent

March 16, 2026
SciPos logo. "Sci" sits atop "Pos" with the "o" as a paw print. Various biology elements connected by a strand of DNA circle the text.

SciPosPod Episode 5: Leigh West [VIDEO]

March 9, 2026
SciPos logo. The text is depicted as bubble letters with "Sci" on top of "Pos" where the "o" in "Pos" is a paw print. Around the text in a circle are various organisms as well as a microscope. The surrounding elements are connected by a strand of DNA.

SciPosPod Episode 4: William Albers [VIDEO]

March 2, 2026
Seagrass on the northeast side of Willapa Bay

Jennifer Ruesink explains the 'prairies of the ocean' on World Seagrass Day to UW News

February 26, 2026
SciPos logo. The text is depicted as bubble letters with "Sci" on top of "Pos" where the "o" in "Pos" is a paw print. Around the text in a circle are various organisms as well as a microscope. The surrounding elements are connected by a strand of DNA.

SciPosPod Episode 3: Vaibhav Chhaya [VIDEO]

February 23, 2026
SciPos logo. The text is depicted as bubble letters with "Sci" on top of "Pos" where the "o" in "Pos" is a paw print. Around the text in a circle are various organisms as well as a microscope. The surrounding elements are connected by a strand of DNA.

SciPosPod Episode 2: Glorianna Gutierrez [VIDEO]

February 23, 2026
SciPos logo. The text is depicted as bubble letters with "Sci" on top of "Pos" where the "o" in "Pos" is a paw print. Around the text in a circle are various organisms as well as a microscope. The surrounding elements are connected by a strand of DNA.

SciPosPod Episode 1: Anthony Garcia [VIDEO]

February 23, 2026
Lauren Buckley at the Picardo Farm P-Patch Community Garden in Seattle

Lauren Buckley on "functional resurvey" experiments helping us understand how organisms change over time

February 9, 2026
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Three Biology junior scientists awarded Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation funding

February 5, 2026
Emma Guerrini Romano is pictured applying baking soda to a test plot in Willapa Bay.

Emma Guerrini Romano in the Chinook Observer on unlocking shrimp biology

January 25, 2026
Wing specimens at Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology

Two generations of great ornithology: featuring Sievert Rohwer, Biology Professor Emeritus

January 21, 2026
Portrait of Chris Law in front of trees, Biology Acting Instructor & Burke Museum Affiliate Curator

UW News Q&A with Chris Law on how changes in Earth's climate shaped carnivorans

December 16, 2025
Lab equipment

Q&A with Chair Marti Bosma: What to know about the UW biology degree that launched Nobel Prize laureate Mary Brunkow

October 6, 2025
UW Campus quad from the air

New grants and fellowships awarded to UW Biology community! October 2025

October 5, 2025
Adam Steinbrenner, wearing a face mask and GoPro camera.

Adam Steinbrenner in Nature on adapting to make hybrid academic research work

March 16, 2022