Biology Day showcases research projects conducted by undergraduate students in the Department of Biology. Taking inspiration from previous years, our Fall Biology Day will always virtual with the Spring Biology Day celebrating in-person. This allows us to expand our geographic reach in the Fall while fostering community in the Spring. Current, Prospective, and Former Students are invited, along with the general public, family, faculty, and staff!
Visit the Fall vBIO Day Event Page!
Visit the Spring BIO Day Event Page!
Biology Day Archives:
- Biology Day – Spring 2024
- Virtual Biology Day – Fall 2023
- Biology Day – Spring 2023
- Virtual Biology Day – Fall 2022
- Virtual Biology Day – Spring 2022
- Virtual Biology Day – Fall 2021
- Virtual Biology Day – Spring 2021
- Virtual Biology Day – Fall 2020
- Virtual Biology Day – Spring 2020
- Biology Day 2019
- Bio Day December 2016
- Biology Day May 2016
- Biology Day May 2015
- Microbiology Day Archive
Biology Day Past Awardees:
- vBIO Day – 2024
- Judge Pick – co-First: James McGrath (Fried Lab) Using artificial intelligence to development a DeepLabCut extension software for high-throughput analysis of anxiety-like behavior in mice.
- Judge Pick – co-First: Alex Nuñez (Geneva Lab) Evolutionary Genetics of Invasive Cuban Knight Anole Populations
- Judge Pick – co-First: Myo Thinzar Htin Aung (Lee Lab) Gender-Specific Effects of a Common Non-Caloric Sweetener (NS1) on Circadian Rhythms in Drosophila melanogaster
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Peer Pick – First: Leana Salgado (Salas-de la Cruz Lab) Physicochemical and Ionic Conductivity Insights in Cellulose Nanocrystal-Based Materials
- Peer Pick – Second: Renuka Kumar (Corbett Lab) Understanding the effects of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 3 on hippocampus activation
- BIO Day – 2024
- Thesis Talks – First: Elizabeth Hardy in the Fried Lab for “Investigating the mechanism behind aspartame-induced noxious sensitivity“.
- Independent Research Poster – First: Kiley Kobsar in the Fried Lab for “Employing computational neuroethology and optogenetics to unveil both the kinematics of tactile stimulation and pain mechanisms in Drosophila“.
- Independent Research Poster – Second: Caitlin Tanoue in the Savage lab for “Investigating Ant Diversity in Urban Ecosystems with High Heat Vulnerability“.
- Course-based Research Poster – First: Livia Cutrim, Kiley Kobsar, and Olivia Kusza in PPBR for “Gustatory and Olfactory Inhibition on Learned Pesticide Avoidance in Drosophila Melanogaster“.
- vBIO Day – 2023
- Judge Pick: Shaan Mody from the Yakoby Lab for “The Impact of Enhancer Proximity on the Shared Regulation of the Drosophila Tandem Paralogs Mid and H15 Genes”
- Peer Pick – co-First: Elias Gabriel from the Daniel Lab for “Understanding Associations Between Knowledge, Distrust, Social Desirability, and Intentions to Register for Be the Match Donor Registry“
- Peer Pick – co-First: Aiman Nadeem from the Grigoriev Lab for “Identifying and Validating Recurrent Structural Variants Affecting Tumor Genomes using GROM and VN.”Judge Pick: