The Department of Biology is a thriving, diverse academic unit dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in research and teaching. We offer a core curriculum for all of the “biological sciences” taught at Western and exceptional graduate and undergraduate programs in Biology and sub disciplines. The Department, like the discipline, is diverse, offering both undergraduate and graduate students opportunities to study living systems at the level of genes and proteins to entire ecosystems.
Our faculty members are innovative researchers, conducting internationally recognized research in areas as different as the genetics of aging in mice to predicting the impacts of climate change on habitat loss, using theoretical and experimental approaches performed in state-of-the-art research facilities. There is real synergy between research and teaching as our best researchers are also in the classroom – as well, we offer many opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students to actively engage in research activities in the Department.
Students in our programs acquire the knowledge, tools and skills that allow them to succeed in a wide range of careers, including research in academia, government, NGOs and industry, consultancy, medicine and law, to name a few.
Events
Undergraduate
Intent to Register March 1-31.
Biology Undergraduate Thesis Presentation Day Sat. Apr. 1 8:45 am-12:30 pm, NCB
Flexibility in Higher Education, Student survey ongoing.
Weekly Seminars
Gonçalo Ferraz "Population density and site-occupancy dynamics of understory birds across an Amazon forest disturbance frontier" Fri. Mar. 24, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, on Zoom.
Graduate Seminars
Friday Philosophicals
Aaya Aboulnaga "The effect of species reintroduction on the genetic diversity of the mottled duskywing butterfly (Erynnis martialis)"
Eileen Reinke "Utilizing cover crop mixtures to promote resilient soil health and potato yields"
Pedro Conceicao "Post-glacial patterns of predatory mites across a peatland latitudinal-successional gradient"
Fri. Mar. 24, 3:30 - 4:20 pm, Kresge Building K106
Thursday Physiologicals
Alexander Harrison "Mite Adaptation to Polyphenolic Defense Compounds in A. thaliana"
Lauren Rego "Posttranslational modifications of mitochondrial proteins in hibernating thirteen-lined ground squirrels"
Lorena Yeung "Soybean Root Suberin: Enzyme Characterization and Plant Disease Resistance" Thurs. Mar. 23, 12:30 - 1:30 pm Kresge Building Room K 103.
Cell and Molecular Biology
No seminar this week.
Doctoral Lecture
No seminars scheduled at this time.
Special Seminar
Brendon Samuels "Protecting Birds Against Population Decline" Thurs. May 11, 12:00 - 1:00 pm on Zoom.
News
Dr Keith A. Hobson | Mapping Animal Migration with Isotopic Tools
Dr Keith A. Hobson at the University of Western Ontario and his colleagues have been using a special class of molecules and advanced scientific methods to uncover the secrets of animal migration.
- Vineyard-attacking insect invader on SW Ontario 'doorstep'
- On campus, a ‘secret’ structure gives the barn swallow a second chance
- Adjunct Biology professor Amanda Roe talks about how the spotted lanternfly causes damage to agriculture.
- Bats use the same techniques as death metal singers to vocalize, study finds
- Postdoctoral scholars named Banting Fellows
- To hibernate or not? How Canadian critters sleep the winter away
- Major investment in top talent in ALS research
- Threat
- Expert explainer: How the spotted lanternfly could wreak havoc on Canadian farmers
- Research explores how dryland dynamics change due to climate change
- Western University student hosts stem cell drive to ethnically diversify Canada's blood supply
- Are London's trees under stress this fall? How you can tell
- Olivia Lutfallah’s TikTok videos are helping destigmatize ADHD, one post at a time
- Fall Leaves Are Actually More Colourful in Ontario This Year – Here’s Why
- The school by the river: Redefining Western’s relationship to the Deshkan Ziibiing
- PhD candidate turns to soil to better understand how boreal forests store carbon
- Tumi Olaoye is shaping communities one experience at a time
- London Bug Day returns to the London Children’s Museum after a two year hiatus
- Avian flu suspected in deaths of 3 swans in Stratford, Ont.
- The Godwit’s Long, Long Nonstop Journey
- Hot fall temps negatively affecting monarchs, armyworms: Western researchers
- Researchers from Ontario Conduct Study on Newfoundland Mushrooms
- New Western research demonstrates effects of hotter fall temperatures on insects
- Biology MSc student discusses her research looking at how high temperatures due to climate change affect armyworms
- Student TikToker raises awareness around ADHD
- How Animals Survive in a Savanna Full of Predators
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