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The Department of Biological Sciences has research strengths in Ecology and Evolution; Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology; and Neurobiology.

Committed to educational excellence on undergraduate and graduate levels
Join us next Tuesday for an E&E Seminar by Dr. Gerald Carter! #UICEcoEvo
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November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Join us next Tuesday for an E&E Seminar by Dr. Marilia Freire! #UICEcoEvo
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November 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Join us this Thursday for a #LINSeminar by Dr. Lex Kravitz!
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November 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Join us next Wednesday for a #LINSeminar by Dr. Diana Bautista!
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October 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Join us Thursday, October 30th for the 2025 Comer Undergraduate Seminar in Neuroscience, featuring Dr. Diana Bautista! #LINSeminar
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October 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Join us next week for an E&E Seminar by Dr. Johana Goyes Vallejos! #UICEcoEvo
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October 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Join us this afternoon for a #LINSeminar featuring Kelsey Anbuhl (Creighton University) lin.uic.edu/events/lin-s...
October 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Last week, the research of Rui Gao and lab was published by
@Science.org and featured on the issue's cover! Dr. Rui Gao is an Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences and Chemistry.

science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A new method called VIPS enables organ-wide nanoscale reconstruction for quantitative mapping of connectivity and molecular landscape in intact tissue.

Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/4n4GKPm
October 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Join us 10/14 for an E&E Seminar featuring Dr. Ülo Niinemets (Estonian University of Life Sciences) #UICEcoEvo bios.uic.edu/events/ee-se...
October 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Join us next week for a #LINSeminar by Dr. Daniel Kerschensteiner! lin.uic.edu/events/lin-s...
October 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Join us Tuesday, 9/30 for an E&E seminar by Dr. Bruno Soares (University of Regina)! bios.uic.edu/events/ee-se...
September 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Join us next week for a #LINSeminar with Dr. Mel Wohlgemuth! lin.uic.edu/events/lin-s...
September 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
We are excited to introduce the three newest faculty members of UIC Department of Biological Sciences.

🔗 Meet the Faculty: go.uic.edu/BIOSNewFaculty
Meet the Faculty | Biological Sciences | University of Illinois Chicago
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September 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Checkout this recent article featuring Polikanov Lab! today.uic.edu/how-do-cells...
How do cells prevent premature protein release? UIC study cracks the case | UIC today
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August 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#HiringNow Visiting Research Specialist- Keyhani Lab Requisition ID: 1035238
Posting Close Date- 7/25/25
Link to apply and full posting: go.uic.edu/VstResSpec-K...

#Genomics #microbiology #Bioinformatics #fungalgenetics
July 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Join us next week for an E&E Seminar with Dr. Seth Magle (Lincoln Park Zoo)! #UICEcoEvo bios.uic.edu/events/ee-se...
April 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Join us Tuesday, 4/15 for an E&E Seminar with Dr. Fabiany Herrera (Field Museum)! #UICEcoEvo bios.uic.edu/events/ee-se...
April 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Join us Thursday 4/10 at 4pm for a #LINSeminar with Dr. Norman Lee (St. Olaf College)!
April 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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The 2025 Careers in Neuroscience Seminar has been rescheduled for 4/10! lin.uic.edu/events/2025-...
April 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Join us tomorrow for the 2025 Careers in Neuroscience Seminar! #LINSeminar lin.uic.edu/events/2025-...
April 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Join us Tuesday, 4/1 for an E&E Seminar featuring Dr. Gordon Getzinger (Loyola University)! #UICEcoEvo bios.uic.edu/events/ee-se...
March 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Check out "A broad-spectrum lasso peptide antibiotic targeting the bacterial ribosome", which was recently published by @nature.com and co-authored by Yuri Polikanov! There's also a great writeup on UIC Today: today.uic.edu/lasso-shaped...
March 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Join us Tuesday, 3/18 for an E&E Seminar featuring Dr. Nick Medina (Morton Arboretum)! #UICEcoEvo bios.uic.edu/events/ee-se...
March 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Join us Thursday for a #LINSeminar featuring Dr. Mark Sheffield (University of Chicago)! lin.uic.edu/events/lin-s...
March 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Join us Tuesday, 3/4 for an E&E Seminar featuring Dr. Daniela Drummond-Barbosa (UW-Madison)! #UICEcoEvo bios.uic.edu/events/ee-se...
February 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM