University of Chicago Division of Biological Sciences

Julia Shangguan (Sosnick lab, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics) depicts research talks with a comic book flair -

Julia Shangguan, PhD Student in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, has created a research comic to commemorate and celebrate the work of the twelve PhD student presenters who shared their research at the Field Museum this past April. Check out a sneak peak above and check out the full comic to relive the event! https://heyzine.com/flip-book/b3f53952e6.html. Want to learn more about Research Speaks? Check out UChicagoGRAD’s Oral Communications programming (https://grad.uchicago.edu/academic-support/oral-communication/?tab-section=researchspeaks) and keep an eye out for future events. #oralcommunication #researchspeaks #innovation #humanities #socialsciences #biologicalsciences #molecularengineering #dinosaurs #UChicago #FieldMuseum #gallerytalks #research #UChicagoGRAD #PhD #publicscholarship

Congratulations Nazik Elmekki, 2024 HHMI Gilliam Fellow.

Nazik is a PhD candidate in the microbiology graduate program, conducting research on the protective mechanisms against stress in gut bacteroidales. Laurie Comstock (Professor, Dept of Microbiology) is her advisor.

Melissa Lindberg is retiring today! Melissa has touched every single PhD student record since she started her career in graduate affairs in BSD: in the early days it was the admissions process, then technology narrowed her job to every teaching assistant (twice), every student in first-year ethics, every student in qBio bootcamp and then expanded to include every student who graduated. Melissa has also worked with Dean’s Council since a very long time ago. Please join OGPA in wishing her the very best now that she no longer has to set her alarm for the crack of dawn to drive through all that construction on the Kennedy and DuSable L*D to get to Hyde Park. You can connect with Melissa on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Faces of Convocation: Meet the people who play vital roles in UChicago’s celebration Meet a bagpiper, University Marshall and planners of the annual event

Former Dean for Graduate Affairs, Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy Victoria Prince serves as the University Marshal for Convocation - this describes what she does as University Marshal.

Faces of Convocation: Meet the people who play vital roles in UChicago’s celebration Meet a bagpiper, University Marshall and planners of the annual event

Congratulations to Prof. Nicholas Hatsopoulos (Organismal Biology and Antamy) for winning a Quantrell Award for Undergraduate Teaching, and to Professor Marcus Clark (Medicine, Director of the Medical Scientist Training Program) for winning a PhD Teaching and Mentoring Award:

UChicago announces 2024 winners of Quantrell and PhD Teaching Awards UChicago announces 2024 winners of Quantrell and PhD Teaching Awards May 15, 2024 The transformative education offered at the University of Chicago begins in the classroom, with the teachers who inspire, engage and inform their students.  UChicago annually recognizes faculty for their incredible te...

BSD graduate students Laura Hunter (Integrative Biology), Mia Paletta (Computational Neuroscience), and Maddie Kelly (Integrative Biology) are featured in this article on the "Research Speaks" event series.

Museum talks give UChicago graduate students’ research a new audience Unique experience allows them to share their unique work—ranging from Chinese textiles to the neuroscience of birdsong

Artists who are also scientists, check this out!

Submit your images from UChicago research to 2024 Science as Art contest In the course of scientific research, beautiful images can appear in simulations, under microscopes or in photography. They can offer a window into the process of scientific research to the public, as well as inspiring a moment to step back and consider the beauty of the world.

Professor Ursula Storb has died. Our condolences to all her colleagues, students, and loved ones.

Ursula Storb, immunologist and role model for women scientists, 1936-2023 Storb was a Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology for more than 29 years.

Public Health Sciences graduate student Jincong "Jason" Freeman is studying health disparities in breast cancer patients (Black women are 42% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women). One outstanding issue is palliative care discrepancies.

Seeking solutions to make breast cancer care equitable A University of Chicago graduate student hopes to bring attention to breast cancer disparities and improve care through his research.

Recent graduate Shivang Sullere (Neurobiology) is first author on a paper identifying alternative pathways in the brain that relieve pain. He and his advisor, Prof. Daniel McGehee, are hoping this creates a way forward for developing pain treatment that is non-opiod and non-addictive.

Alternative pain control circuits in the brain produce relief similar to opioids without the downsides Targeting a receptor for the neurotransmitter acetylcholine produces powerful analgesic effects in mice, even in animals with tolerance to opioids, suggesting a promising path to developing non-opioid painkillers.

Beloved Botany Pond getting sustainable upgrades Inviting space on campus being restored to original glory as 'wonder of biodiversity,' with sustainability, faculty expertise central to effort