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Lynn Adler
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R. Craig Albertson
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Courtney C. Babbitt
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Madelaine E. Bartlett
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Tobias Baskin
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Jeffrey Blanchard
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Steven D. Brewer
Bruce Byers
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Ana L. Caicedo
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Elizabeth A. Connor
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Cristina Cox Fernandes
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Gerald B. Downes
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Michelle Facette
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Karine Fenelon
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Laura I. Francis
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Lillian Fritz-Laylin
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Alexander R. Gerson
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Samuel P. Hazen
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Christiane I. Healey
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Peter W. Houlihan
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Duncan J. Irschick
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Elizabeth M. Jakob
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Jody Jellison
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Abigail Jensen
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Rolf O. Karlstrom
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Paul S. Katz
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Jeffrey Laney
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Kari D. Loomis
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Thomas J. Maresca
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Rosa Moscarella
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Benjamin Normark
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Akiko Okusu
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Stephanie L. Padilla
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Sarah Pallas
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Randall W. Phillis
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Jeffrey Podos
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Adam Porter
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Margaret Riley
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Jessica M. Rocheleau
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Caleb M. Rounds
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Lawrence M. Schwartz
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Tristram G. Seidler
Rachid Skouta
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Andrew J. Spracklen
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Andrew Stephens
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Elena Vazey
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Patricia Wadsworth
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Elsbeth Walker
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Amanda Woerman
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Caralyn Zehnder
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Where Science Meets Business
The Genetics of Flower Power
Healey to Join UMass Amherst Leadership Team in the Bay View Alliance
Katz Lab Members Present at Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting
New Book by Norman Johnson Published
Jakob Lab Featured in Science News
Peg Riley and Team have STEM Ambassadors Book Published
Peg Riley Interviewed by David Pakman
Pallas Appointed Associate Editor
Albertson lab Awarded NSF Grant to Study the Evolution and Genetic Basis of Rest-Activity Patterns in Fishes
Baskin uses new software tool to investigate root growth
Justin Roch's Photo Selected in Calendar Contest
Caro Munoz Agudelo awarded an NE SARE Grant
Lynn Adler selected as STRIDE Fellow and Receives NSF Grant
Tobias Baskin Receives NSF Grant for Dynamic Zonation in the Plant Root
Christiane Healey Selected as ADVANCE Fellow and STRIDE Fellow
Margaret Riley Receives 2021 Mahoney Life Sciences Prize
Downes and Pak Win 2021 Armstrong Fund for Science Award
Biology Department Faculty and Staff Win Awards
Hazen Garners NSF Grant

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  • About
    • Department at a Glance
    • Announcements
    • Current News
    • Job Openings
    • How to Contact Us
    • How to Find Us
    • Directories
    • Administrative Services
    • Governance and Best Practices
  • Undergraduate
    • Advising
    • Major Requirements
    • Major Requirements Checklist (PDF)
    • Recommended Course Sequences
    • Courses Approved as Major Electives
    • Declaring a Biology Major
    • Integrative Experience
    • Minor Requirements
    • Departmental Honors
    • Study Abroad
    • Course Catalog
    • Course Offerings 2021-22
    • Learning Goals
    • Research Opportunities
    • Awards & Scholarships
    • Residential Programs
    • Undergrad Handbook (PDF)
    • Petitions and Forms
    • 2022 Senior Celebration
    • Majors Week
  • Graduate
    • Graduate Programs
    • Graduate Students
  • Faculty
    • Current faculty
    • Adjunct/Research faculty
    • Emeriti
    • Faculty Faces
  • Research
    • Molecular and Cellular Faculty Research
    • Neuroscience and Behavior Faculty Research
    • Organismal and Evolutionary Faculty Research
    • Plant Biology Faculty Research
    • Life Sciences Seminars
    • Undergraduate Opportunities
  • Facilities
    • Biology Computer Resource Center
    • Central Microscopy
    • Genomics & Bioinformatics
    • Herbarium
    • William S. Clark and David P. Penhallow
    • Natural History Collections
    • Single Molecule/Live Cell Imaging Facility
    • Vibrating Probe Facility
    • Zebrafish Facilities
  • Alumni
    • Alumni Forum
    • Alumni Links
    • Newsletter
    • Gallery of Graduates
  • Make a Gift…
    • Donate to the Biology Department
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