Biological Sciences

 

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Graduate Students & Postdocs

- Biological Sciences Grad Office

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In The News

October 8, 2024

PhD Student Offers New Perspective into Altitudinal Migration
Exploring Altitudinal Migration

October 4, 2024

College of Science Welcomes New Faculty Members
Meet New Biological Sciences Faculty

October 3, 2024

Asteroid that doomed dinosaurs created ant agriculture, LSU researchers say
In the Journal Science

September 25, 2024

Trailblazing in the Andes: Flavia Montano-Centellas Earns Maxwell-Hanrahan Award in Field Biology
Maxwell-Hanrahan Award

September 4, 2024

Lost to Evolution: LSU's $1.2M Quest to Rediscover Limb Regeneration
Assistant Professor Igor Schneider's Research

July 18, 2024

Redpoll Revelation: Uniting Two Birds into One Species
Studying Redpolls

June 5, 2024

Professor Patrick DiMario Named Department of Biological Sciences Interim Chair
Interim Chair

June 17, 2024

Trisha Ball: The Nucleus of LSU's Life Sciences Buildings
LSU Staff Stripes Award

June 12, 2024

Bringing Knowledge Home: Abdul Ada's Journey to Inspire Mozambican Youth on Climate Change and Sustainability
Inspiring Mozambican Youth

May 24, 2024

2023-2024 Promotion & Tenure
Promotion & Tenure

May, 14, 2024

2024 Choppin Honors Convocation Award Winners
Choppin Honors Convocation Awards

May 9, 2024

Two Biological Sciences Students, LAGNiAppE Scholar Receive NSF GRFP
NSF GRFP Awardees

May 8, 2024

Assistant Professor Chosen as 2024 Ecological Society of America Early Career Fellow
Ecological Society of America Early Career Fellow

May 6, 2024

Sounding the Alarm on Fire Safety in the Community
Fire Safety

April 25, 2024

Two Lovebirds: One Unexpected Love Story in Biological Sciences
Meet the Lovebirds

July 20, 2023

The True Cost of Science's Language Barrier For Non-native English Speakers
Language Barrier Cost For Non-Native Speakers

June 30, 2023

PhD Student Named one of '30 Under 30' by the Arab America Foundation
Arab America Foundation '30 Under 30'

June 21, 2023

Recent LSU graduate selected for the Arrupe Global Scholars program at Creighton University
Arrupe Global Scholars Announcement

June 2, 2023

LSU Researchers Show Mobile Elements Monkeying Around the Genome
Batzer, Colleagues Publish New Research on Genome-wide Coancestery

June 2, 2023

Doctoral Student Receives P.E.O. Scholar Award
P.E.O. Scholar Award Announcement

May 3, 2023

Congratulations to the Choppin Honors Convocation Award Winners
Honors Convocation Award Winners

May 2, 2023

Three Students Research Featured in Wiki Education
Read the Wiki Education Article

April 28 2022

Chung Receives LSU Alumni Association Rising Faculty Research Award
Rising Faculty Research Award

March 7, 2023

Professor Lattin Receives NSF Career Award
Lattin NSF Career Award

January 18, 2023

LSU Announces Largest-ever Investment in Seed Funding for Faculty Research
Learn more about the Provost's Fund

 

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