biology

Valerie Haywood, senior instructor of biology, presented her ongoing work in undergraduate biology education at Plant Biology 2016, the annual meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, in Austin, Texas, in July. More than 1,300 scientists from nearly 40 countries participate in the…

Rats, men and cockroaches appear to have a similar GPS in their heads that allows them to navigate new surroundings, researchers at Case Western Reserve University report. The finding, published in the journal Current Biology, is likely an example of convergent evolution—that is, distinct animals…

Swarms could one day search the depths of fresh and saltwater Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have combined tissues from a sea slug with flexible 3-D printed components to build “biohybrid” robots that crawl like sea turtles on the beach. A muscle from the slug’s mouth provides the…

Garrett Dunlap and Neetu Gulati Earlier this year, Garrett Dunlap (CWR ‘16) and Neetu Gulati were selected to represent Case Western Reserve University at the American Association For the Advancement of Science Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering workshop. Dunlap majored in biology and…

Five-year, $6.7 million federal grant for new Center for Multimodal Evaluation of Engineered Cartilage aims to make cartilage knee implants from patients’ cells Case Western Reserve University will open a new center designed to develop evaluation technology and set standards for testing and…

The Department of Biology and Holden Arboretum will host a public seminar with biologist and ecologist Margaret Lowman Thursday, April 28, at 4:15 p.m. in DeGrace Hall, Room 312. Lowman, nicknamed “Canopy Meg,” will talk about her groundbreaking research using climbing gear and hot-air-balloons to…

Case Western Reserve University PhD student focuses on tropical islands Snakes known to produce some of the most toxic venoms swim the shallows of the western Pacific and eastern Indian oceans and sun themselves on island coasts from southwestern Japan to Indonesia, the Andaman Islands to…

The Case Western Reserve University Department of Biology and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History will host a public talk on Batesian mimicry Wednesday, March 16, at 7 p.m. in the museum’s Murch Auditorium. David Pfennig, professor of biology at the University of North Carolina, will present a…

Exercised or not, providing options lowers animals' stress and improves behaviors Give animals in captivity choices in food, whether to spend time inside or out, to be with others or alone, and their general welfare improves—even if they don’t choose new options—a PhD student at Case Western…

The cricket frog. Photo by Tim Krynak. Man-made changes to the environment may be damaging the immune systems of a species of frog whose populations have drastically declined since the 1970s, according to a new study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University and the Holden…