Department of Biology

A recent article in the Georgetown College News features senior Biology major Jess Hebert, who works with Professor Richard Schlegel in the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researching HPV and its connection to cancer.

Biology Major Wins Goldwater Award for Cancer Research

Recent Neurobiology major graduate Jackie DesJardin (Class of 2011) was featured in Georgetown University News for her leading role in ongoing research on depression, anxiety, and autism related to interactions between brain structures in Prof. Ludise Malkova's lab at Georgetown University Medical Center.

New Research May Help Explain Depression, Other Disorders

In a recent article published in the Georgetown College News, Professor Maria Donoghue is featured for her research surrounding brain development and the cerebral cortex.

Neuroscientist Studies Brain Development

Congratulations to Assistant Research Professor Kristine Willis, whose recent study on the nuclear pore complex and its role in the development of leukemia and other cancers was recently published in the online journal PLoS ONE.

New Study Sheds Light on Origins of Leukemia
 

Congratulations to Professor Anne Rosenwald, who has been named a 2011 BEN Scholar. The BEN Scholars Program strives to promote the use of digital library resources and student-centered teaching and learning methods in higher education.

GU Biologist Gets Award to Promote Classroom Digital Resources

In a recent article published in the Georgetown University Medical Center News, four researchers in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology are featured for their work on the viruses hepatitis B, C, and D.

Hepatitis Affects Everyone, Everywhere

Kudos to Professor Janet Mann and graduate student Eric Patterson, whose study on dolphins' use of marine basket sponges as a foraging tool was published in the July 20 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE. News of this exciting discovery has now spread far and wide, with articles appearing in such media outlets as Wired Science, Science Magazine, and even The New York Times!

The New York Times    Wired Science    Science Magazine    AnimalWise     Machines Like Us    California Academy of Sciences

Check out the recent article from Georgetown News, which highlights the Georgetown-Hughes Summer Research Scholars Program (funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute).

Summer Research Program Immerses D.C. Youth in Sciences

Congratulations to Professor Heidi Elmendorf, who was recently honored by the Georgetown College Academic Council for being voted by her students as a professor who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to undergraduate teaching.

College Academic Council Honors Professors

The New Science Center at Georgetown University will be a state-of-the-art research and teaching center for Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. Ground has been broken and construction is projected to be completed in 2012.

Supporting a new place for science at Georgetown – and for Georgetown in science

The sciences are a core element of Georgetown's liberal arts education, where innovative programs address social issues and build leaders in science research, policy, and education.

Forging a Georgetown Scientist

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