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<div class="widget-article"><div class="widget__image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/5506-honors-spotlight-star-aliyah-stephens"><img src="/live/image/gid/133/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,800/29070_web_stephens.rev.1561558784.jpg" alt="Aliyah Stevens ’21" class="lw_image" width="400" height="400" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/133/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,800/29070_web_stephens.rev.1561558784.jpg 2x" data-max-w="1200" data-max-h="800"/></a></span></div><div class="widget__content"><img src="/live/resource/image/_i/themes/global/assets/images/temp/lantern.rev.1561985125.png" alt="Ursinus shield with lantern"/><h5> Biology News </h5><h3><a href="/live/news/5506-honors-spotlight-star-aliyah-stephens">Honors Spotlight Star: Aliyah Stephens</a></h3><p> Aliyah Stephens (’21) participates in Dr. Round’s lab researching proteins that affect synaptic interactions. </p><a class="link-arrow link-arrow--red" href="/live/news/5506-honors-spotlight-star-aliyah-stephens"><i class="ico-arrow-red"/> Read the full story</a></div></div>
<div class="widget-article"><div class="widget__image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/6379-honors-spotlight-star-simbarashe-kanjanda"><img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1098,1098/39198_Simbarashe.1.rev.1642451153.jpg" alt="Simbarashe Kanjanda, Honors Research Star" class="lw_image" width="400" height="400" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1098,1098/39198_Simbarashe.1.rev.1642451153.jpg 2x" data-max-w="1098" data-max-h="1098"/></a></span></div><div class="widget__content"><img src="/live/resource/image/_i/themes/global/assets/images/temp/lantern.rev.1561985125.png" alt="Ursinus shield with lantern"/><h5> Biology News </h5><h3><a href="/live/news/6379-honors-spotlight-star-simbarashe-kanjanda">Honors Spotlight Star: Simbarashe Kanjanda</a></h3><p> Simbarashe Kanjanda participates in Dr. Round’s research “Investigating The Significance of Slitrk2 and PSD-95 Interactions in Synapse Formation.” </p><a class="link-arrow link-arrow--red" href="/live/news/6379-honors-spotlight-star-simbarashe-kanjanda"><i class="ico-arrow-red"/> Read the full story</a></div></div>
<div class="widget-article"><div class="widget__image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/5505-honors-spotlight-star-shira-levin"><img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1536,2048/35870_Image.rev.1614527374.jpg" alt="Shira Levin (’21)" class="lw_image" width="400" height="400" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1536,2048/35870_Image.rev.1614527374.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1536,2048/35870_Image.rev.1614527374.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1536" data-max-h="2048"/></a></span></div><div class="widget__content"><img src="/live/resource/image/_i/themes/global/assets/images/temp/lantern.rev.1561985125.png" alt="Ursinus shield with lantern"/><h5> Biology News </h5><h3><a href="/live/news/5505-honors-spotlight-star-shira-levin">Honors Spotlight Star: Shira Levin</a></h3><p> Shira Levin (’21) participates in Dr. Lyczak’s lab researching the role of specific genes in the development of the <em>C. elegan </em>cytoskeleton. </p><a class="link-arrow link-arrow--red" href="/live/news/5505-honors-spotlight-star-shira-levin"><i class="ico-arrow-red"/> Read the full story</a></div></div>
<div class="widget-article"><div class="widget__image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/7423-honors-spotlight-star-luca-walborn"><img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,786/43396_LucaWalborn.rev.1677103787.jpg" alt="Honors Spotlight Star, Luca Walborn" class="lw_image" width="400" height="400" data-max-w="960" data-max-h="786"/></a></span></div><div class="widget__content"><img src="/live/resource/image/_i/themes/global/assets/images/temp/lantern.rev.1561985125.png" alt="Ursinus shield with lantern"/><h5> Biology News </h5><h3><a href="/live/news/7423-honors-spotlight-star-luca-walborn">Honors Spotlight Star: Luca Walborn</a></h3><p> Honors spotlight star, Luca Walborn under the mentorship of Dr. Kolwicz studying “the Effects of the Ketogenic Diet on Cardiac Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Mice.” </p><a class="link-arrow link-arrow--red" href="/live/news/7423-honors-spotlight-star-luca-walborn"><i class="ico-arrow-red"/> Read the full story</a></div></div>
<div class="widget-article"><div class="widget__image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/6397-honors-spotlight-star-sophie-lear"><img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1042,1388/39329_SophieLear.rev.1643933140.png" alt="Sophie Lear, Honors Spotlight Star" class="lw_image" width="400" height="400" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1042,1388/39329_SophieLear.rev.1643933140.png 2x" data-max-w="1042" data-max-h="1388"/></a></span></div><div class="widget__content"><img src="/live/resource/image/_i/themes/global/assets/images/temp/lantern.rev.1561985125.png" alt="Ursinus shield with lantern"/><h5> Biology News </h5><h3><a href="/live/news/6397-honors-spotlight-star-sophie-lear">Honors Spotlight Star: Sophie Lear</a></h3><p> Sophie Lear participates in Dr. Lyczak’s research investigating the PAM-1 protein in the embryonic development of <em>C. elegans. </em></p><a class="link-arrow link-arrow--red" href="/live/news/6397-honors-spotlight-star-sophie-lear"><i class="ico-arrow-red"/> Read the full story</a></div></div>
<div class="widget-article"><div class="widget__image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/6382-honors-spotlight-star-courtney-burns"><img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,155,900,1055/39203_CourtneyBurns.rev.1642452899.jpg" alt="Honors Spotlight Star, Courtney Burns" class="lw_image" width="400" height="400" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,155,900,1055/39203_CourtneyBurns.rev.1642452899.jpg 2x" data-max-w="900" data-max-h="900"/></a></span></div><div class="widget__content"><img src="/live/resource/image/_i/themes/global/assets/images/temp/lantern.rev.1561985125.png" alt="Ursinus shield with lantern"/><h5> Biology News </h5><h3><a href="/live/news/6382-honors-spotlight-star-courtney-burns">Honors Spotlight Star: Courtney Burns</a></h3><p> Courtney Burns participates in Dr. King’s lab researching “the Modulation of SARS-CoV-2 S1 Glycoprotein on the Cytokine Activity of Microglia Cells.” </p><a class="link-arrow link-arrow--red" href="/live/news/6382-honors-spotlight-star-courtney-burns"><i class="ico-arrow-red"/> Read the full story</a></div></div>
<div class="widget-article"><div class="widget__image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/6380-honors-spotlight-star-quaran-davis"><img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/160,0,2476,2316/39201_QuaranDavis.rev.1642451988.jpg" alt="Quaran Davis, Honors Spotlight Star" class="lw_image" width="400" height="400" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/160,0,2476,2316/39201_QuaranDavis.rev.1642451988.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/160,0,2476,2316/39201_QuaranDavis.rev.1642451988.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2316" data-max-h="2316"/></a></span></div><div class="widget__content"><img src="/live/resource/image/_i/themes/global/assets/images/temp/lantern.rev.1561985125.png" alt="Ursinus shield with lantern"/><h5> Biology News </h5><h3><a href="/live/news/6380-honors-spotlight-star-quaran-davis">Honors Spotlight Star: Quaran Davis</a></h3><p> Quaran Davis participates in Dr. Lyczak’s research investigating “The Genetic Interactions Between PAM-1 and MPF.” </p><a class="link-arrow link-arrow--red" href="/live/news/6380-honors-spotlight-star-quaran-davis"><i class="ico-arrow-red"/> Read the full story</a></div></div>
<div class="widget-article"><div class="widget__image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/7540-honors-spotlight-star-samuel-krause"><img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2400,3200/43608_SamuelKrause.rev.1679521269.jpg" alt="Honors Spotlight Star, Samuel Krause" class="lw_image" width="400" height="400" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2400,3200/43608_SamuelKrause.rev.1679521269.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2400,3200/43608_SamuelKrause.rev.1679521269.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2400" data-max-h="3200"/></a></span></div><div class="widget__content"><img src="/live/resource/image/_i/themes/global/assets/images/temp/lantern.rev.1561985125.png" alt="Ursinus shield with lantern"/><h5> Biology News </h5><h3><a href="/live/news/7540-honors-spotlight-star-samuel-krause">Honors Spotlight Star: Samuel Krause</a></h3><p> Honor’s spotlight star Samuel Krause researches “The Effect of Dietary Nutrition on the Regeneration of <i>Ambystoma mexicanum”</i> under the mentorship of Dr. Ellen Dawley. </p><a class="link-arrow link-arrow--red" href="/live/news/7540-honors-spotlight-star-samuel-krause"><i class="ico-arrow-red"/> Read the full story</a></div></div>
<div class="widget-article"><div class="widget__image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/6381-honors-spotlight-star-kenyon-sprankle"><img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,117,1001,1118/39202_KenyonSprankle.rev.1642452787.jpg" alt="Honors Spotlight Star, Kenyon Sprankle" class="lw_image" width="400" height="400" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,117,1001,1118/39202_KenyonSprankle.rev.1642452787.jpg 2x" data-max-w="1001" data-max-h="1001"/></a></span></div><div class="widget__content"><img src="/live/resource/image/_i/themes/global/assets/images/temp/lantern.rev.1561985125.png" alt="Ursinus shield with lantern"/><h5> Biology News </h5><h3><a href="/live/news/6381-honors-spotlight-star-kenyon-sprankle">Honors Spotlight Star: Kenyon Sprankle</a></h3><p> Kenyon Sprankle participates in Dr. Kolwicz’s research investigating “Aging and Sex Differences in C57BL/6NCrl Mice Fed the Ketogenic Diet.” </p><a class="link-arrow link-arrow--red" href="/live/news/6381-honors-spotlight-star-kenyon-sprankle"><i class="ico-arrow-red"/> Read the full story</a></div></div>
<div class="widget-article"><div class="widget__image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/5486-honors-spotlight-star-zoe-tesone"><img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2894,3191/35820_Image-3.rev.1614053079.png" alt="Zoe Tesone (’21)" class="lw_image" width="400" height="400" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2894,3191/35820_Image-3.rev.1614053079.png 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2894,3191/35820_Image-3.rev.1614053079.png 3x" data-max-w="2894" data-max-h="3191"/></a></span></div><div class="widget__content"><img src="/live/resource/image/_i/themes/global/assets/images/temp/lantern.rev.1561985125.png" alt="Ursinus shield with lantern"/><h5> Biology News </h5><h3><a href="/live/news/5486-honors-spotlight-star-zoe-tesone">Honors Spotlight Star: Zoe Tesone</a></h3><p> Zoe Tesone participates in Dr. Lyczak’s lab researching phenotypic defects in mutant embryos using the model organism <em>C. </em><i>elegans.</i></p><a class="link-arrow link-arrow--red" href="/live/news/5486-honors-spotlight-star-zoe-tesone"><i class="ico-arrow-red"/> Read the full story</a></div></div>
<div class="widget-article"><div class="widget__image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/7422-honors-spotlight-star-alex-goldsby"><img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1280,903/43395_Alexgoldsby2023.rev.1677103325.jpg" alt="Honors Spotlight Star, Alex Goldsby" class="lw_image" width="400" height="400" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1280,903/43395_Alexgoldsby2023.rev.1677103325.jpg 2x" data-max-w="1280" data-max-h="903"/></a></span></div><div class="widget__content"><img src="/live/resource/image/_i/themes/global/assets/images/temp/lantern.rev.1561985125.png" alt="Ursinus shield with lantern"/><h5> Biology News </h5><h3><a href="/live/news/7422-honors-spotlight-star-alex-goldsby">Honors Spotlight Star: Alex Goldsby</a></h3><p> Under the mentorship of Dr. Beth Bailey, honors researcher Alex Goldsby studies the combined effects of pregnancy and obesity on cardiac function and structure. </p><a class="link-arrow link-arrow--red" href="/live/news/7422-honors-spotlight-star-alex-goldsby"><i class="ico-arrow-red"/> Read the full story</a></div></div>
<div class="widget-article"><div class="widget__image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/5485-honors-spotlight-star-courtney-burns"><img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,1280/35819_Interview.rev.1614052670.jpg" alt="Courtney Burns (’21)" class="lw_image" width="400" height="400" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,1280/35819_Interview.rev.1614052670.jpg 2x" data-max-w="960" data-max-h="1280"/></a></span></div><div class="widget__content"><img src="/live/resource/image/_i/themes/global/assets/images/temp/lantern.rev.1561985125.png" alt="Ursinus shield with lantern"/><h5> Biology News </h5><h3><a href="/live/news/5485-honors-spotlight-star-courtney-burns">Honors Spotlight Star: Courtney Burns</a></h3><p> Courtney Burns (’22) participates in Dr. King’s lab researching the effects of neurodegenerative diseases on microglia, the immune cells of the brain. </p><a class="link-arrow link-arrow--red" href="/live/news/5485-honors-spotlight-star-courtney-burns"><i class="ico-arrow-red"/> Read the full story</a></div></div>
<div class="widget-article"><div class="widget__image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/5477-honors-spotlight-star-matthew-kenwood"><img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/0,0,770,943/35798_Matt_Kenwood.rev.1613747883.jpg" alt="Matthew Kenwood (’21)" class="lw_image" width="400" height="400" data-max-w="770" data-max-h="943"/></a></span></div><div class="widget__content"><img src="/live/resource/image/_i/themes/global/assets/images/temp/lantern.rev.1561985125.png" alt="Ursinus shield with lantern"/><h5> Biology News </h5><h3><a href="/live/news/5477-honors-spotlight-star-matthew-kenwood">Honors Spotlight Star: Matthew Kenwood</a></h3><p> Matthew Kenwood (’21) participates in Dr. Goddard’s lab researching the potentially pollutant-resistant killifish. </p><a class="link-arrow link-arrow--red" href="/live/news/5477-honors-spotlight-star-matthew-kenwood"><i class="ico-arrow-red"/> Read the full story</a></div></div>
<div class="widget-article"><div class="widget__image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/5480-honors-spotlight-star-hannah-merges"><img src="/live/image/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/141,79,1633,1571/35797_Hannah_Merges.rev.1613747112.jpg" alt="Hannah Merges (’21)" class="lw_image" width="400" height="400" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/141,79,1633,1571/35797_Hannah_Merges.rev.1613747112.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/19/width/400/height/400/crop/1/src_region/141,79,1633,1571/35797_Hannah_Merges.rev.1613747112.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1492" data-max-h="1492"/></a></span></div><div class="widget__content"><img src="/live/resource/image/_i/themes/global/assets/images/temp/lantern.rev.1561985125.png" alt="Ursinus shield with lantern"/><h5> Biology News </h5><h3><a href="/live/news/5480-honors-spotlight-star-hannah-merges">Honors Spotlight Star: Hannah Merges</a></h3><p> Hannah Merges (’21) participates in Dr. Goddard’s lab researching the effects of certain stressors on coral. </p><a class="link-arrow link-arrow--red" href="/live/news/5480-honors-spotlight-star-hannah-merges"><i class="ico-arrow-red"/> Read the full story</a></div></div>

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Biology

From molecules to ecosystems, biologists seek to understand life at every level.

The Biology department is a supportive community of students, faculty and staff who investigate the principles governing life processes. We help individual students identify their strengths and cultivate their scientific curiosity to develop into scientifically literate and responsible citizens. Our graduates are well prepared for rewarding careers or further studies to pursue medical or graduate degrees.

Our extensive range of courses teach students to think scientifically, communicate effectively, and master fundamental research techniques. Biology students have the opportunity to collaborate with faculty and fellow students to carry out cutting-edge research, and many present their research at local, regional and national conferences and publish in peer-reviewed journals. Students can also participate in a wide variety of internships and unique study abroad experiences.

Ever wondered what it looked like to be a part of a research lab team at Ursinus? Take this quick peek inside a research lab in the Innovation and Discovery Center at Ursinus College.