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First Annual UK Postdoctoral Symposium
They conduct lab research and teach classes, but they are neither faculty nor graduate students. Postdoctoral scholars, or postdocs, serve an important role at UK, a research institution. However, they are scattered across various departments and have not always had an opportunity to meet and share their work.
Genetics Seminars Bring Distinguished Scientists to UK
Throughout the next four weeks, experts in the fields of molecular and cellular genetics will visit the University of Kentucky each Monday to deliver lectures on exciting new research in the field.
Biology Graduate Student Receives Fellowship to Present at Genome 10K Conference
Melissa Keinath, a graduate student in the University of Kentucky Department of Biology, has been awarded a Genome 10K fellowship to attend the 2015 Genome 10K Conference
A Big Catch: Biology Ph.D. Student Paul Hime Snags an NSF Fellowship for his Evolutionary Genomic Work on Amphibians
Salamanders, one of the oldest lineages of extant animals, are beloved by Biology Ph.D. student, Paul Hime. Some of Hime’s research subjects, however, may not be on the top of everyone’s cute animal list.
Ribble Graduate Fellow Research Seminar "Two Novel Functions for Insm1 in Retinal Development"
Marie Forbes-Osborne is the 2012-13 recipient of the Gertrude Ribble Graduate Fellowship. During this period, she published the results of her research project on the role of the Insm1a gene on zebrafish photoreceptor differentiation in the journal Developmental Biology. Marie will present the current status and recent results of her continuing investigations.
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Location:
116 TH Morgan Bldg.
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Second Video in Kentucky EPSCoR Series Features VOEIS Project
In 2009, the Virtual Observatory And Ecological Informatics System (VOEIS) project was launched. Funded by an NSF EPSCoR grant, VOEIS united researchers at five universities in Kentucky and two universities in Montana to research the consequences of environmental changes in freshwater ecosystems.
Biology Graduate Student Awards & Accomplishments
Kudos to our graduate students for their many successes!
PhD Fall 2021
Kayla Titalii-Torres (Morris Lab)
Kinga Graniczkowska (Cassone Lab)
MS Fall 2021
Eric Martinez, MSB
Veronica Chisholm, MSB
Charles Cassone, MSB
Ghosown Hafiz, MSB
Elizabeth Leach, MSB
PhD Summer 2021
Varun Dwaraka (Voss Lab)
MS Summer 2021
Patrick Rivera, (Osborn Lab)
Graduate Degree Programs
Students in the Biology Graduate Program are trained to become practicing professionals in a wide array of possible career paths, including academic positions, industry, government, or are prepared to take on additional schooling. The program achieves this through a combination of formal course work, research experience, and activities that foster the communication of scientific ideas.
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Doctoral Program Description
The Ph.D. is the main graduate degree program in Biology. It provides the training necessary for a student to become an independent professional scholar in the life sciences with the skills to carry out their own original research and to educate others. Student growth is an emphasis of the program. Offers to enter the Ph.D. program are based on the applicant's potential as a scientist and educator. New students are expected to begin doing research immediately in their first year, under the guidance of an advisor.