The Department of Biological Sciences has the mission of advancing human and environmental health at the national and international level through excellence in research, education and outreach.
News
- Cardiology researcher to speak at Global Health Colloquium
- August 23, 2010
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Events
- PhD Defense: Natalie Griffiths
- Wed Sep 8, 2010 • 1:30PM - 2:30PM
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- President's Annual Address to the Faculty
- Tue Sep 14, 2010 • 4:00PM - 5:00PM
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Faculty Spotlight
Crislyn D'Souza-Schorey
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
A new study by a team of researchers, led by Crislyn D’Souza-Schorey, sheds light on the molecular basis by which tumor cells modulate their surroundings to favor cancer progression.
Giles Duffield
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
The Duffield laboratory identifies new links between Circadian and metabolic systems in a recently published paper.
Jessica Hellmann
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Hellmann and her students and researchers study how the world is changing due to global warming. They ask where species will live in the future, how species and ecosystem are molded by changing climate, habitat loss, and invasive species, and what humans might do to help counteract negative impacts of these changes. Her work includes field research, modeling, genomics, bioinformatics, and policy studies.
David Hyde
Professor of Biological Sciences
David Hyde's research with adult stem cells avoids ethical concerns and shows promising results.
David Lodge
Professor of Biological Sciences
Director of Notre Dame’s Center for Aquatic Conservation, Lodge is a world-renowned expert on invasive species. He served as the first chair of the national Invasive Species Advisory Committee and was the lead author of the Ecological Society of America’s paper calling for a stronger government response to the problem of invasive species.
Molly Duman Scheel
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Molly Duman Scheel studies nervous system development in a variety of arthropods, including vector mosquitoes.
Gary Belovsky
Professor of Biological Sciences
Director Environmental Research Center (UNDERC), one of twenty core sites for the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). A well-known population/community/conservation ecologist, Belovsky conducts long-term (> 15 years) projects on grasshoppers in Montana and brine shrimp in Great Salt Lake, Utah. Other projects in his lab involve rainforests, pitcher plants, grasshopper diseases, tadpoles, stream insects, small mammals, wolves, mountain lions and birds.
