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Meet the Chair, Dr. Rob Donaldson
To learn more about Dr. Donaldson and his research, visit his faculty page!
Biology Seminars
Each Friday during the academic year the department offers a seminar featuring special speakers and visiting scholars. Seminars are held at 3:30 pm in SEH B1220.
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To contact specific faculty, staff, graduate students, and postdocs, please visit our People pages!
About the Department
Degree programs in the Department of Biological Sciences are offered at the BA, BS, MS, and PhD levels. Courses and ongoing research programs are focused in:
In addition to research facilities in Bell Hall and Science and Engineering Hall, many of our faculty and students conduct research in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution.
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Department of Biological Sciences
In Hunt for Zika Vaccine, Tiny Fruit Fly may be Missing Link
New Research Grants Propel Columbian College Discoveries
Meet the Chair, Rob Donaldson
Biology Faculty Featured in the CCAS Newsletter!
Move-In Plant Sale, August 27th!
dmvCAPS Now Accepting Abstracts
Seminar Schedule Now Posted
In Hunt for Zika Vaccine, Tiny Fruit Fly may be Missing Link
In an SEH biology laboratory, Ioannis Eleftherianos and a team of student researchers are putting the common fruit fly under the microscope in a global race against time to find a Zika virus vaccine.
New Research Grants Propel Columbian College Discoveries
From a search for malaria and tuberculosis treatments to advances in nuclear physics and mathematical knot theory, it has been a banner year for major new research grants at Columbian College. Faculty and student researchers have charted pulsars, uncovered fossils and investigated Arctic climate change.
Meet the Chair, Rob Donaldson
As the Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences, Rob Donaldson has a lot of responsibilities.
Biology Faculty Featured in the CCAS Newsletter!
Jim Clark and Keryn Gedan were featured in this week's
Move-In Plant Sale, August 27th!
Looking to bring some life to your apartment, dorm room, office, house, or lab??
dmvCAPS Now Accepting Abstracts
The Greater Washington Area American Physiological Society (dmvCAPS) invites all GWU researchers who are interested in physiology to submit an abstract
Seminar Schedule Now Posted
Every semester, the Department of Biological Sciences hosts speakers from all over the world, as well as speakers from our very own department for our Departmental Friday Seminar Series.
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Department of Biological Sciences
Bell Hall
2029 G Street NW
Room 302
Washington, DC 20052
Phone: 202-994-6090 | Fax: 202-994-6100
biology@gwu.edu
