Interview with a Biologist · Episode

A new National Science Foundation grant will bring $1.9 million to KU to test specific types of microscopic soil fungi for their potential to build drought tolerance in wheat and rice.

Join us to collect seeds to restore prairies in the Driftless.

Numerous students received awards at the 2026 KU Molecular Biosciences Symposium

Three doctoral students successfully defend dissertations.

University of Kansas researcher Ilya Vakser and colleagues at Stony Brook University and the Stowers Institute for Medical Research will use a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to ...

Molecular Biosciences faculty presented One-KU collaborative research award

Department: SOM KC Cancer Center Clinical Trials ----- Clinical Research Position Title: Laboratory Coordinator (Correlative Lab) Cancer Center Job Family Group: Professional Staff Job Description Sum...

Victor Gonzalez grew up watching clear rivers flow through the forests of his rural Colombian hometown. But when this bee biologist at the University of Kansas returns home for visits these days, the ...

Job Details: This position prepares, maintains, and assists in the human donor acquisition, usage, and dissection procedure

Job Details: This position prepares, maintains, and assists in the human donor acquisition, usage, and dissection procedure

Michael Wolfe, interim department chair and Mathias P. Mertes Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, will lead a project exploring stalled enzymes in Alzheimer's disease.

A visual art professor is expanding extraterrestrial simulant research by partnering with a senior scientist of ecology & evolutionary biology.

The KU Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships gave out $1,000 awards to 20 Jayhawks pursuing mentored research and creative projects across all disciplines.

A visual art professor is expanding extraterrestrial simulant research by partnering with a senior scientist of ecology & evolutionary biology.

This grant funds further research to test molecular alternatives to the prevailing "Amyloid Hypothesis" of Alzheimer's Disease.

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Annalise Guthrie, a University of Kansas doctoral candidate in ecology & evolutionary biology, has been named a recipient of the Elouise Cobell Dissertation Writing-Year Fellowship. The award provides...

Click for more on research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The University of Kansas Ichthyology Division at the Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum has reached a milestone of more than 45,000 cataloged lots, aided by a substantial collection from ...

Twenty-one students have been selected to receive the University of Kansas Madison and Lila Self Memorial Scholarship for the 2026-2027 academic year. The award is given to outstanding seniors from KU...

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Molecular Biosciences Awards Graduate Student Scholarships

Two undergraduates at the University of Kansas are nominees for Udall Scholarships, which recognize students who demonstrate leadership, public service and commitment in the fields of tribal public po...

Rosana Ferreira receives 2026 Spring College Research Product Award

Thirty-Six students received Undergraduate Biology Scholarships & Awards in Fall 2025 and Spring 2026.

The Unckless Lab at the University of Kansas conducted a yearlong outreach program with Blue Valley North High School, helping students learn about microbial diversity in insects. The work was funded ...

Twenty-nine undergraduate and postbaccalaureate scholars supported by research training programs at Haskell Indian Nations University and KU will present posters of their research at the 26th annual H...

Variously horrific- or alien-looking, many female anglerfishes sport long, protruding lures used for enticing prey or signaling during mating. Now, research from the University of Kansas is giving new...

The University of Kansas Center for Chemical Biology of Infectious Disease (CBID) will host Vincent Racaniello, virologist and podcast host, at 3 p.m. April 3.

Three graduate students received Bell Travel Awards from the Department of Molecular Biosciences at the University of Kansas

Eileen Hotze was awarded a Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-INBRE) for a CURE award.

For almost 30 years, the Office for Advancing Success in Science at KU has provided opportunities for undergraduates to engage in research through grant support from the National Institutes of Health....