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Congratulations, Erica! 👏👏👏
@ericanadolski.bsky.social

Siddhartha Yaddanapudi, Josy Joseph, and Anjaly Prasannajith engage visitors during Science Fest as part of IU Biology's outreach efforts.

IU Biology grad students are bringing science to the community!
Anjaly Prasannajith (Walczak lab), Josy Joseph (Zelhof lab), and Siddhartha Yaddanapudi (Shaw lab) create hands-on outreach activities to spark curiosity about cell biology. ✨🔬🧫
Read more: go.iu.edu/8tXj

Thanks for stopping by, @cody.im! 🪴🌸✨

Exciting news from the IU Biology Greenhouse!

Wally, our corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum), is officially preparing to bloom! 🪴🌸

🎥You can watch the livestream: go.iu.edu/8tM8

📷: Jessica L. Hooten, Department of Biology

Congratulations, @jaytlennon.bsky.social!

Photo of Wally, the resident Amorphophallus titanum (corpse flower) at the Indiana University Bloomington Biology Building Greenhouse,

Wally, the resident Amorphophallus titanum (corpse flower) at the IU Bloomington Biology Building Greenhouse, may be preparing for another rare and spectacular bloom! You can watch Wally grow – and possibly bloom – live via the Wallycam livestream here: go.iu.edu/wally.
Learn more: go.iu.edu/8tEt

IU Bloomington Distinguished Professor of Biology Roger Innes.

IU biologist Roger Innes, newly elected to the National Academy of Sciences, is advancing research on plant immune systems that could increase crop yields and reduce costs for farmers. @inneslab.bsky.social @msr20.bsky.social @luciaborniego.bsky.social

Read more: go.iu.edu/8tDD

URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯

Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.

This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.

A GLPSC 2025 session speaker spotlight graphic with a background image of blurred leaves and an outline of the Great Lakes. The text says, "1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference, September 12-14, 2025, the Lansing Center, Lansing, MI, research.msu.edu/glpsc2025.” Contained in a blue box, the graphic also includes a headshot of Alizée Malnoë with the text, “Plant Science in a Changing Climate Session. ‘Regulation and Mechanism of Photoprotective qH in Arabidopsis’, Alizée Malnoë, PhD, Indiana University Bloomington.”

#GLPSC2025 Speaker Spotlight: @alizeemalnoe.bsky.social, @iubiology.bsky.social ☀️🌱

Dr. Malnoë's groundbreaking research on plant photoprotection provides insights into improving photosynthetic efficiency and biomass production in crops. Catch her talk this September: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

Congratulations to all of our graduates! 🎓✨
🔗: go.iu.edu/8tiT

Thanks unbiased husband 😅 very happy how this article shares the love that we have for this job 👩🏼‍🔬👨🏻‍🔬👩🏽‍🔬#goscience #photosynthesis 🌞🍃
Thankful for the wonderful, supportive and brilliant community here at Indiana University Bloomington @iubiology.bsky.social and excellent journalism from Odessa Lyon!

Congratulations, @rosvall-lab.bsky.social!

Congratulations to all of our award recipients!
🔗: go.iu.edu/8tfA

Congratulations, Zoe! 👏 @zoehert.bsky.social

👏Thank you, Jeff and Jane Doyle, for your continued support of the IU Department of Biology! Their planned gift will support an existing fund named in honor of Jeff’s IU thesis advisor, the Charles B. Heiser Jr. Graduate Fellowship in Plant Evolution. 🪴
📖: go.iu.edu/8sVN

Meet IU Student Body President Cooper Tinsley, a biotechnology major and political science minor, whose passion bridges science and public service.
📖: go.iu.edu/8sUC

In case you missed it! IU Libraries’ publishing service, Grey Literature, released ”Through the Looking Glass: I. Why Cross-Fertilize?” by biology prof Curt Lively and illustrated by Zoe Dinges. Their monograph examines a longstanding question in evolutionary biology. Curious?

📖: go.iu.edu/8sTs

Hunter and his thesis mentor, Prof. Brian Calvi, next to a giant fly vial at the annual fly meeting.

🎉 Congrats to IU biology Ph.D. student Hunter Herriage (below w/thesis mentor Prof Calvi) for giving two talks at the 66th annual Drosophila Research Conference in San Diego! He presented his thesis research – a huge accomplishment at a major international meeting. 🙌

📖 Read more: go.iu.edu/8sTr

IU Women in Science is hosting a discussion with Nobel Laureate Prof. Andrea Ghez. Tuesday, March 25 in Swain-West Room 221 from 2-2:50 p.m. Learn more: go.iu.edu/8sRo

What: The 2025 Indiana University Animal Behavior Conference
When: March 28-29
Where: Monroe Convention Center, Bloomington
Attendance only registration deadline is March 17.
There is no cost to attend!

Learn more: go.iu.edu/8sMB

IU biologist awarded $2.1 million NIH grant to study RNA-binding proteins IU Biology News: IU biologist awarded $2.1 million NIH grant to study RNA-binding proteins

🎉 Congratulations to IU biologist Heather Hundley! 🎉

She has been awarded a five-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

📖 Read more: go.iu.edu/8sDO

IU Biology and EEB Seminar Series present Robert Reed, Cornell University, Feb. 28 IU Biology News: IIU Biology and EEB Seminar Series present Robert Reed, Cornell University, Feb. 28

Have you ever wondered how 🦋butterflies🦋 change their color patterns according to seasons? Robert Reed, professor of biology at Cornell University, will discuss “Seasonal Wing Pattern Plasticity in Butterflies” Feb. 28 at 3:30 p.m. in Biology Bldg., A100.

📖 Read more: go.iu.edu/8syq

Indiana University Undergraduate students please take note!
@iubiology.bsky.social

IU Biology Presents Joan Wood Lecture Featuring Dr. Anne Moscona on Feb. 26 IU Biology News: IU Biology Presents Joan Wood Lecture Featuring Dr. Anne Moscona on Feb. 26

Join IU Biology Feb. 26 at 3:30 p.m. in Biology Bldg., A100 for the Joan Wood Lecture featuring Dr. Anne Moscona. Moscona, a virologist and pediatrician from Columbia University, will discuss ”Activities of a Paramyxovirus Fusion Complex on the Viral Surface.”

📖 Read more: go.iu.edu/8swa

Congratulations to IU biology Ph.D. candidate Shefali Shefali on receiving the prestigious American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship! 📷 Pictured below: Shefali with her Ph.D. adviser, Associate Professor of Biology Jason Tennessen.

📖 Read more: go.iu.edu/8srl

Biology professor and Bloomington High School science teacher advance STEM learning of human evolution nationwide IU Biology News: Biology professor and Bloomington High School science teacher advance STEM learning of human evolution nationwide

IU Biology Professor and Department Chair Armin Moczek and Bloomington High School South's Kirstin Milks have developed a teaching module on human evolution that is gaining national attention.

📖 Read more: go.iu.edu/8sqm

IU Researchers Identify Key Protein to Boost Soybean Resistance Against Costly Nematode Infections IU Biology News: IU Researchers Identify Key Protein to Boost Soybean Resistance Against Costly Nematode Infections

IU Biology researchers have uncovered a key protein behind soybean cyst nematode infection. The discovery could significantly improve soybean resistance to nematode infections, which cause an estimated $1.5 billion in crop losses annually in North America.

📖 Read more: go.iu.edu/8spG