SJU Biology Department

Huge congratulations to the entire Class of 2026!

A special shoutout to our brand-new Phi Beta Kappa inductees for their incredible academic dedication, and to the many different award recipients who were recognized for their outstanding achievements this week! Your hard work and unique talents have truly shone through.

To every single graduate: you have left an undeniable mark here. As you step out into the world, may your futures be bright, your adventures be bold, and your impact be limitless. The world is so lucky to have you. Cheers to the next chapter!

The late nights, the endless caffeine, and the "is this actually due tomorrow?" panics are officially behind you. You didn’t just finish; you conquered. Now, it's time for our Hawks to spread their wings and soar into this next chapter.
Congratulations to our undergraduate class of 2026!

Bridget Magee ('26) and Nouhad Khoury ('26), undergraduate students in Dr. Tudor's lab, presented their work at the Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society and Society for Neuroscience Annual Meetings in San Diego. They also got to catch up with SJU alumni Sierra Feeney ('25) and Bella Succi ('20). Sierra is in her first year in the University of Iowa Neuroscience PhD program. Bella is in her fourth year in the Columbia University Biology PhD program.

It was great to see so many of our undergraduate and graduate students presenting their research at the 35th Annual Sigma Xi Symposium on Friday, November 21st.

Another year of the BEAGLE early arrival program came to a successful completion yesterday. We are looking forward to the many accomplishments that these new Hawks will achieve in the next four years.

Many thanks to those who made the program possible, and special thanks to our undergraduate student leaders, Tara and Abby.

MS Biology students and LIMR Fellows, Lauren Hino, Sara Forsey, and Aaron Nickie, presented their research at the 2025 Research Day at Lankenau Institute for Medical Research. LIMR graduate fellows conduct their thesis work under the mentorship of a LIMR Research Faculty. Lauren, Sara, and Aaron recently completed their first year of the 2-year fellowship program.

Scenes from last week's awards ceremonies and commencement exercises.

Congratulations to the Class of 2025!

This semester we hosted third and fifth graders from Robert Morris and General Philip Kearny schools as part of the GeoKids LINKS program. Lessons and hands-on activities were led by Dr. Brian Foster, Dr. Clint Springer, GeoKids fellow and MS student, Cecilia Ouyed, and staff from Wagner Free Institute of Science.

Tara Miller and Sophia Kim, Saint Joseph's University undergraduate students in Dr. Li's lab, presented their work at American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology annual meeting in Chicago. They also got a chance to meet former biology undergraduate and master's student Ryan Schuck ('18,' 20), and learn about his work in the Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology PhD program University of Tennessee, Knoxville.