The Department of Biology at Wake Forest is a diverse team of scientists and students investigating the processes of life at all levels. While many other research universities contain specialized and isolated departments based on biological sub-disciplines, we value the interdisciplinary atmosphere and advances that a full-spectrum department promotes. The full-time faculty currently stands at 22 professors, and the student body includes 35 Master’s and Ph.D. students and approximately 200 undergraduate Biology majors. Research is central to our mission, with almost all majors joining faculty and graduate students outside of class in our laboratories and field sites. Much of our research is supported by federal grants, permitting ambitious approaches that prepare graduate and undergraduate students for careers in academics, medicine, biotech, and other areas.
Proposals funded: William Smith
by Department of Biology September 18, 2011
Congratulations to Bill Smith, whose proposal entitled “Collaborative RUI Proposal: Effects of Contrasting Cloud Regimes on Plant Carbon/Water Relations at Treeline” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Proposals funded: Silver
by Department of Biology September 1, 2011
Congratulations to Wayne Silver, whose proposal entitled “Undergraduate neuroscience training cooperative between WFU and WSSU” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Esch featured by the BBC
by Department of Biology March 28, 2011
WFU News Service Gerald Esch read an excerpt from his book, “Parasites and Infectious Disease: Discovery by Serendipity, and Otherwise” for a program on BBC Radio. His 2007 book deals with the role of serendipity in discovery as it applies to parasitism and infectious disease. The segment on the weekly Read more »
Mutant green tomatoes
by Department of Biology October 6, 2010
TECHJOURNAL.ORG recently published and article entitled “Mutant green tomatoes show research is key to tougher crops” which focuses on the work of Biology professor Gloria Muday’s laboratory. Excerpt: As fat summer tomatoes dangle in profusion from vines in gardens and farms across the country, researchers at Wake Forest University Read more »
Proposals funded: Zeyl
by Department of Biology September 30, 2010
Clifford Zeyl, professor of biology, has received funding from the National Science Foundation for his proposal “Collaborative research: The genomics of adaptation in experimental yeast populations during short and long-term selection on invasive growth.”
