Department of Biology : University of Rochester

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Biology is one of the most popular undergraduate programs at Rochester.

Our graduate program is designed to foster advanced biological research.

We unify the academic and research strengths of the University and its Medical Center.

"An oskar-worthy debut: The somatic and caste-biased co-option of an essential germline gene in ants"April 3, 2026 — 3 p.m.Dewey Hall, Room 2110D
"Genomic scope of adaptive mutations in the face of environmental challenges"April 6, 2026 — NoonHutchinson Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
“The origin and maintenance of island bird species: Selection, introgression, and hybrid incompatibilities in Myzomela honeyeaters”April 10, 2026 — 3 p.m.Dewey Hall, Room 2110D

February 27, 2026

Graduate student, Logan Edvalson was awarded an NIH F31 fellowship (https://grants.nih.gov/funding/a ...

February 25, 2026

A new URochester-led research effort will test whether a drug originally developed to treat HIV can ...

November 12, 2025

Airat Ibragimov, a postdoctoral research associate in the Gorbunova/Seluanov lab was awarded a ...

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Our lab leverages multi-omics and molecular approaches in ants to understand fundamental aspects of molecular and cellular biology...

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