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WFU Biology @wfubiology.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Congratulations, Graduates! 💛🎩 #Classof2026 2025/26 Ph.D. Graduates (Ellen Quinlan and Dinah Nahid) and M.S. Graduates (Haoran 'Howard' Liu, Madison DiGirolamo, and Liam Andersen) in @wfubiology.bsky.social @wakeforest.bsky.social Congratulations, #WFU26 #WFUGrad!
Congratulations, Graduates! 💛🎩 #Classof2026
2025/26 Ph.D. Graduates (Ellen Quinlan and Dinah Nahid) and M.S. Graduates (Haoran 'Howard' Liu, Madison DiGirolamo, and Liam Andersen) in WFU Biology at Wake Forest University
Congratulations, #WFU26 #WFUGrad!
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WFU Biology @wfubiology.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Congratulations #Classof2026​! 💛🎩 From @wfubiology.bksy.social: "We appreciate your dedication and efforts to support the missions of the Department and @wakeforest.bsky.social. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. Congratulations, #WFU26​ #WFUGrad!" - youtube.com/shorts/cCo_c...
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Jenny McKee @jennymckee.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
The latest @wakeforest.bsky.social @wfubiology.bsky.social Nazca booby research is LIVE! I helped lead data collection for this paper when I was a PhD student, but WFU alum '23 (now PhD student) @treyursillo.bsky.social led the analysis! 👏 Great work, Trey! doi.org/10.3389/fbir...
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Frontiers | Sex-specific colony attendance before and during the fertilization window in Nazca boobies
Nazca boobies (Sula granti), a colonial pelagic seabird, face a tradeoff before egg production between foraging at sea and mating effort on land. All individ...
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WFU Biology @wfubiology.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Happy Holidays from @wfubiology! 💛🎩❄️🎁🎀 We look forward to seeing you all in the New Year!
Happy Holidays from @wfubiology! 💛🎩❄️🎁🎀
We look forward to seeing you all in the New Year!
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WFU Biology @wfubiology.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
We're happy to have you join us, Dr. Krieg!! Welcome to @wfubiology.bsky.social at @wakeforest.bsky.social 💛🎩
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WFU Biology @wfubiology.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Congratulations, Graduates! 💛🎩 #Classof2025 2024/25 Ph.D. Graduates (Sarah Nichols and Ellen Weinheimer) and M.S. Graduates (Olutosin 'Samuel' Olusola, Lara Rudman, and Isaac Sowah Badu) in @wfubiology.bsky.social @wakeforest.bsky.social Congratulations, #WFU25 #WFUGrad!
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WFU Biology @wfubiology.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Congratulations to the Class of #WFU25! 🥳🎩 @wfubiology.bsky.social @wakeforest.bsky.social #WFUGrad 🎩🌹
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WFU Biology @wfubiology.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Happy Administrative Professionals Day/Week! 🌹🌸 Thank you, Mrs. Cindy Davis & Ms. @carajdavis.bsky.social, for everything you both do to support our department! 🌷🌺
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WFU Biology @wfubiology.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Happy Earth Day! 🌏 How do you plan to celebrate today? Follow @wakeforest.bsky.social Sustainability & #WFUEarthMonth 🐦
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WFU Biology @wfubiology.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
On Mon., March 31, 2025, at 4p in Worrell 1312, Dr. Paul J. Laurienti, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Professor of Radiology, will give a seminar talk “Neuroscience, Society, & Me.”
WFU Neuroscience seminar on Monday, March 31, 2025, at 4 pm in Worrell Hall 1312. Paul J. Laurienti, MD, Ph.D., Professor of Radiology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, will give a seminar talk titled “Neuroscience, Society, & Me.”

This talk will discuss the dynamic interplay between the brain and society. We will examine how brain networks and behavior are influenced by our social experiences as well as how Neuroscience can collaborate with Society in the performance of research.

All are welcome. Sponsored by the Boswell Presidential Chair for Neuroscience Search Committee.

To view upcoming, exciting WFU Biology in-person and/or virtual seminars scheduled for the Spring 2025 semester, please visit Departmental Seminars.
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Wake Forest University @wakeforest.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Tropical rainforests play a vital role in global climate regulation and biodiversity conservation. WFU researchers who monitor a network of forest plots stretching from the slopes of the Andes to the lowlands along the Amazon River in Southern Peru have contributed to a major new study.
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Tropical forests are struggling to keep pace with climate change | Wake Forest News
Tropical rainforests play a vital role in global climate regulation and biodiversity conservation. Wake Forest University researchers who monitor a network of forest plots stretching from the slopes o...
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WFU Biology @wfubiology.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
On Mon, March 17, at 4p in Winston 126, Dr. Ken Kishida, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Professor of Translational Neuroscience, will give a seminar “Neuroscience of Consciousness, Choice, & Computation (NC3): What’s dopamine got to do with it (i.e., Neuroscience & Society)?… Everything!”
WFU Neuroscience seminar on Monday, March 17, 2025, at 4 pm in Winston Hall 126. Ken Kishida, Ph.D., Professor of Translational Neuroscience at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, will give a seminar talk titled “Neuroscience of Consciousness, Choice, and Computation (NC3): What’s dopamine got to do with it (i.e., Neuroscience and Society)?… Everything!”
Check it out at Wake Forest University!
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This talk will explore how dopamine and other neuromodulators shape our choices, perceptions, and interactions, bridging fundamental neuroscience with broader societal questions. All are welcome. Sponsored by the Boswell Presidential Chair for Neuroscience Search Committee.
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Click link in bio to view upcoming, exciting WFU Biology in-person and/or virtual seminars for the Spring 2025 semester.
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Wake Forest Section on Infectious Diseases @wakeforestid.com · 10/01/2025
Awesome opportunity with @wfubiology.bsky.social at @wakeforest.bsky.social and the Section on Infectious Diseases to learn about Field Epidemiology and Tropical Medicine with Lima and Tumbes, Peru this summer! Contact medewitt@wakehealth.edu #idsky #medsky studyabroad.wfu.edu/program/wfu-...
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WFU/Peru: International Field Epidemiology and Tropical Medicine (Summer) - Study Abroad
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WFU Biology @wfubiology.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
@wfubiology.bsky.social faculty, staff, and graduate students enjoyed a wonderful holiday luncheon today at the Graylyn Estate. It was filled with beautiful decorations, a delicious menu, and wonderful people. 🎩💛 Happy Holidays! 💛🎩 ••••• 📷: @carajdavis.bsky.social
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WFU Biology @wfubiology.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Happy Holidays from @wfubiology.bsky.social! 💛🎩❄️🎁🎀 We look forward to seeing you all in the New Year!
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Wake Forest University @wakeforest.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Senior Jo Cai, a double major in biology and psychology and her mentor Joost Maier, a translational neuroscience professor in the Wake Forest School of Medicine used flavor perception in rats as a model system to gain fundamental insights into how the brain processes multisensory information.
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WFU Biology @wfubiology.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
A new study, co-authored by @wakeforest.bsky.social Dr. Sheri Floge, Assistant Professor of @wfubiology.bsky.social, brings together viral ecologists, chemists and physicists to find out more about marine microbes and what happens when viruses infect them. #WFU #WomenInStem
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When marine algae get sick: how viruses shape microbe interactions | Wake Forest News
By looking at the tiniest virus-infected microbes in the ocean, researchers are gaining new insights about the marine food web that may help improve future climate change predictions. The new study, c...
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