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The UMD Biology Department
Biology is one of the largest programs in the Swenson College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth, with over 700 undergraduate students, 50 active graduate students, and 22 full-time faculty members.
For prospective undergraduates we offer B.S. degrees in Biology and Cell and Molecular Biology. We also serve students seeking a B.A. degree in Biology through the College of Liberal Arts and students in the College of Education and Human Service Professions seeking the B.A.S. in Life Science Teaching. For prospective graduate students, the Integrated Biosciences graduate program offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.
Biology faculty are actively involved in research supported by over $8 million in external grants. This allows us to offer all qualified undergraduate students the opportunity to participate in faculty research. The Department of Biology is housed in a new 130,000 square foot state-of-the-art research/teaching laboratory facility.
News
UMD Undergraduate Research/Artistic Showcase
The Fourteenth Annual UMD Undergraduate Research and Artistic Showcase was held in the Kirby Ballroom on April 30, 2009. Four biology students participated.
Matt Stuart
Research Mentor: Randall Hicks
Presentation: “Determining the Abundance of Beta-Proteobacterial Ammonia Oxidizers in Lake Superior Picoplankton Samples Using Quantitative PCR”
Nadejda Bozadijieva
Research Mentor: Randall Hicks
Poster: “Changes in the Nitrification Rate During Late Summer and Fall in Lake Superior”
Kevin Krawiecki
Research Mentor: Cindy Hale
Poster: “Effects of Invasive Earthworms on Northern Hardwood Forest Floor Invertebrates”
Jessica Schul
Research Mentor: Allen Mensinger
Poster: “Site Fidelity of Apollina Melanostomus (Round Goby) in the Duluth-Superior Harbor
IBS graduate student Josh Dumke will be giving a talk entitled "A selective wood removal method to expose coarse spawning substrate in small sand-laden traout streams" at the Twin Ports Freshwater Folks' monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 6. This meeting will be held at 11:30 a.m. at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency office located at 525 Lake Avenue South, Duluth.
Tune in to the Sea Grant Files on KUMD, Wednesday mornings at 7:45am, to hear fresh news about fresh water, sponsored by the Minnesota Sea Grant and hosted by Sea Grant Director and Biology Professor Stephen Bortone.
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