Youm receives Outstanding Senior recognition
April 10, 2019Awa Youm Awa Youm, biological sciences, was recognized by the 114th class of the Society of Innocents as a 2019 Oustanding Senior "for her dedication to the Lincoln community as well
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Fatal attraction? Algae-infecting viruses may make their own luck
March 29, 2019Recent experiments suggest that freshwater viruses can lure in organisms that increase the odds of infection and replication.
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Growing from loss: Virus deletes gene to regain replication
March 11, 2019A pioneering study from Nebraska's Matt Wiebe and Annabel Olson shows that losing a gene can improve evolutionary fitness.
Link between cervical microbiome and cancer discovered
February 19, 2019Bacteria may play an important role in whether a woman develops cervical cancer, according to global health research newly published by scientists from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the Ocean Road Cancer Institute in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Recent Graduate Dr. Melissa Whitman Featured in Rhododendron Research Network Newsletter
January 15, 2019The School of Biological Sciences would like to congratulate Dr. Melissa Whitman on having her research being featured in the Rhododendron Research Network Newsletter. As the name imp
Study: Selfish genes can act as both makers, breakers of species
December 19, 2018Nebraska's Colin Meiklejohn and colleagues have shown that a selfish streak in genes known to drive species apart might occasionally bring them closer together.