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​Welcome to the DEPARTMENT OF

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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Key to Preventing Osteoarthritis

UD Professor Justin Parreno’s research identifies protein that protects healthy joints
 

Humanities in Medicine

Students applying to medical school need a strong science background, but a humanities major can be an asset
 

Celebrating excellent teaching, advising

Faculty Senate honors faculty, graduate students for excellence in teaching, advising
 
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100%
of students with a Bachelor's of Science in Biology are employed or pursuing further education
900+
Undergraduates majoring in Biological Sciences
100%
of students with a M.S. or Ph.D. in Biological Sciences are employed in industry or academia
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Wh​y UD Biology? 



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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

Lisha Shao

Lisha Shao, Assistant Professor of Biology, leads a group investigating the genetic and neural mechanisms of reward. She has received a $1.98 million R35 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the mechanisms that underpin sexu​al reward in the brain of female Drosophila, which will advance our understanding of the rewarding aspect of matin​g behavior and provide novel insights into fundamental principles for the encoding and regulation of natural reward.​


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