Department of Biology at UMass Amherst
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Department News
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Two Biology Department Members Receive Manning/IALS Innovation Awards
The UMass Amherst Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) has announced that six campus research teams have been named recipients of the fifth annual Manning/IALS Innovation Awards. Two of the recipients are Biology department members! -
Paul Katz Awarded Grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke
Paul Katz has been awarded a $3.1 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke to study how new neurons are added to functional neural circuits. -
Join us for the First BioBlitz!
You are invited to join the first ever Biology Department Bioblitz on campus. To be held on Saturday, 9/23 from 11 to 3 pm, starting at our base camp in Morrill Science Center. -
Healey Leads UMass to Delphi Awards Finialist Round
The Office of the Provost has announced that UMass Amherst has been recognized as a 2023 Delphi Award finalist for the university's successful work toward supporting non-tenure track, contingent and/or adjunct faculty.
Biology Spotlight
Biologist Lynn Adler awarded the Mahoney Life Sciences Prize
Lynn Adler has been awarded the Mahoney Life Sciences Prize for her pioneering work, which illuminates the relationship between pollinators, flowers and disease.
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