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.

"High-throughput and quantitative approaches for mapping fitness at single-nucleotide resolution"February 16, 2026 — NoonHutchison Hall, 140, Lander Auditorium
"Conserved Systems, Novel Niches: Biological Conflicts Associated with Ecological Transitions in Fungi"February 19, 2026 — 3:30 p.m.Hutchison Hall, 140, Lander Auditorium
"When are two mutations epistatic?"February 23, 2026 — NoonHutchison Hall, 140, Lander Auditorium

November 12, 2025

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

August 26, 2025

In a study published in Molecular Biology and Evolution, University of Rochester biologist Justin Fa ...

August 7, 2025

Congratulations to Amanda Larracuente, the Nathaniel and Helen Wisch Professor of Biology. Larr ...

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The Presgraves lab uses flies as a model organism to explore selfish genetic elements...

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