GCD

A drive to discover

Margaret Titus explores the molecular machinery that allows cells to sense and navigate their environment.

Studying the Foundations of Life Through Worm Neurons

Alum Jennifer Ross-Wolff continues work she started while a graduate student and delights her students with glowing neurons in C elegans.

Finding their own pathway

Graduate students Evalyn Beall and Madalene Halley are studying the “cellular compass” share a passion for basic science, but take it in different directions.

Exploring the future of medicine

GCD courses focusing on medicine in cells and in space teach students about cutting-edge approaches and their implications.

All-in on innovation

From controlling zebra mussels to embryo microinjections, the Genomics Center Innovation Lab collaborates across campus

From Sputnik to Sleeping Beauty

Perry Hackett has had an outsized impact on science and on his students.

An elegans solution

Six Nobel Laureates and colleagues make the case that funding for shared research resources sustains discovery.

Spotlight on CBS science influencers

College of Biological Sciences faculty are well-represented on Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list.

Designing safety into the future of biomanufacturing

A collaboration supported by the Department of Defense is advancing the safe development of emerging cell-free technologies.

Developmental biology beyond the norm

The 32nd Annual Developmental Biology Symposium highlighted how nature’s outliers offer unexpected insights.