Department of Biological Sciences

Students in Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy visited the Planet Shark exhibit, connecting concepts in evolution and anatomy that they are learning in class.

In this episode of "The USM Update," University of Southern Maine President Glenn Cummings continues in talking about the University's many workforce initiatives, this time in the fields of biology, aquaculture and engineering.

Dr. Lisa Moore, Professor of Biology, is co-organizer of the Next Generation Phenomics workshop, which brings together researchers from throughout the country and will be held 24-25 May 2018 on the USM Portland campus.

Two descendants of Henrietta Lacks, whose immortal cells have since became one of the most important tools in medicine, speak to large crowd at USM, covered by the Portland Press Herald.

USM will host a lecture featuring the descendants of Henrietta Lacks as they explore ethics, race, and the commercialization of human tissue on Oct. 13.

Biology majors Grace McKenzie, Mariah Farrell, and Ron Helderman were among the students who presented results of their 2016-2017 internships at Maine Medical Center Research Institute in April.

Dr. Lisa Moore coauthored work on a tool developed to pull descriptive information about microbial traits from the literature, generating a matrix to study evolutionary relationships. USM undergraduates enrolled in microbiology courses contributed to the project.

Biology student, and one of the world's top-rated slam poets, honored as an Inauguration Scholar

Biology students honored as Inauguration Scholars

Anne Honeywell (M.S. Biology, 2014) published "Intensity, rate, and outcome of agonistic interactions in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina concolor) vary with density on haul-out ledges," coauthored with her thesis advisor, Dr. Chris Maher, in the Journal of Mammalogy.