NNU Biology

NNU students will be using Nanopore sequencing technology in Genetics and in Wellness starting next fall!

NNU & C of I Receive NIH-Funded Grant to Enhance First-Year Wellness and Genetics Courses - Northwest Nazarene University Northwest Nazarene University and College of Idaho have been awarded an NIH grant through Idaho INBRE to develop an innovative program for NNU’s first-year wellness and genetics courses.

General Biology means “general” and our students recently finished up the first quad of the semester that ranged from protists to plants.

The Animal Care TAs (Jackie and Katie) helped round up froglets to ship out to Josh’s Frogs (NNU is a Certified Breeder with them). Great learning opportunity and helps subsidize our costs.

Our cadaver dissection team (Pre-Med and Pre-PT undergrads) is hard at work with their own deep dive on human anatomy while also prepping the cadavers for Human A&P lab. An invaluable experience!

Proud of our NNU Engineering and Physics colleagues who work on solving agriculture challenges!

New technology aims to take a bite out of apple farming labor issues With a decreasing labor force, the "Orbot" and its creators hope to help with future apple crops.

Two great biology students!

Congrats to Kate and Savanna on All-GNAC honors!

https://nnusports.com/news/2024/11/12/womens-soccer-bleffert-herz-garner-all-gnac-honors.aspx

Biology’s own faculty emeritus, Dr. Leon Powers, was honored today by family, friends, former colleagues, and former students. Thank you Dr. Powers (Doc Hawk) for all your love and and life that you invested into us all.

NNU Biology alumna Danielle (Rodgers) Montgomery facilitated a homeschool visit and brought along some future NNU Nighthawks!

Dr. Cossel sharing his passion and knowledge of reptiles and amphibians with a visiting homeschool group. He says “it is so rewarding to see the kid’s enthusiasm, excitement and eagerness to learn!”

What did Dr. Hille say about creation care?! Give a listen to this engaging conversation on the Ditching Perfection podcast that interviews Dr. David Hille and Rev. J.D. Henry. They talk environmental challenges, theological perspectives, and practical actions. Catch all four episodes on the 4-part series.

Episode 121: Caring for Creation Part 1 | Dr. David Hille & Rev. J.D. Henry We are kicking off our new four part series today! Each week in September, we will be unpacking the idea of caring for creation. We will be talking about how to

Bio BBQ fun! Every fall we gather as a department for some food, fun, and fellowship. Thanks everybody for joining us!

Our new freshmen are here and classes are in full swing! We welcomed our freshmen during Launch Week with some Bio themed activities. Welcome to Bio!

We have so many students to be proud of, and Dylan Breuer is no exception with what he did as an INBRE Summer Fellow.

At the recent Idaho INBRE conference he won 1st place Fast Pitch for his research titled “Hiding in Plain Sight: Stopping Group A Streptococcus from Evading the Immune System.”

The project described was supported by an Institutional Development Award (IDeA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Grant . The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NIH.

Congatulations, Kellee (NNU Biology '23) as you start this next phase towards your dreams! (Remember to pray for her... many of you know how those first months of med school are!)

We are always so proud of our students as they take on that ever so important stage of science, COMMUNICATION! Several Bio students recently participated in the Idaho Conference on Undergraduate Research. Way to go Tamar and Dylan!

SUMMER RESEARCH: Marissa and Tamar have been in the thick of endocrinology research, studying the effects of hormones, inhibitors, and drugs on the uterus during early stages of pregnancy.

SUMMER RESEARCH: A summers day of rafting on the Payette River is a great tradition for our CNAS students. (Thank you Dr. Hamilton and Dr. Poe)