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Department of Biology Graduate, Rachel Forsey, Featured in the Gazette
Department of Biology Graduate, Rachel Forsey and her impressive story were featured recently in the Gazette!
Photo Credit: Rich Blenkinsopp via the Gazette
Congratulations SEA Conference 2025 Award Winners!
Congratulations to the members of the Biology Department who won awards at the recent SEA Conference 2025!
Cenovus Energy Eastern Newfoundland Science & Technology Fair 2025- Department of Biology Award Winners
The Department of Biology offered 3 awards, one for the best Junior project, one for the best Intermediate project, and one for the best Senior project, at the Cenovus Energy Eastern Newfoundland Science & Technology Fair which took place on March 28 & 29 at the Core Science Facility on the MUN Campus. The winners for each category were:
Junior Project Winners- Sebastien Pande & Nicholas Hibbs
Intermediate Project Winner- Sophia Bishop
Senior Project Winner- Logan Slaney
Biology Students Receive Awards at Science Atlantic Conference
MUN sent 5 Biology students and 2 Marine Biology students to the Science Atlantic Conference held at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia on March 7-9, 2025.
Biology Help Centre
The Biology Help Centre is now open in CSF 2342 (Cater Andrews Room).
Congratulations to Department of Biology Doctoral Candidate Hayley Paquette!
Congratulations to Department of Biology Doctoral Candidate Hayley Paquette on her paper in Botany being the most read of that journal for 2024!
Banting Post-Doctoral Fellow Featured in the Gazette
Banting Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dr. Kristy Ferraro, and her work on Conserving Large Mammals to Mitigate Climate Change are featured in the Gazette.
Photo taken from The Gazette.
3MT Contest- Congratulations to all participants
Congratulations to Biology Grad student, Ishraq Rahman on placing 2nd in the 3MT contest and to all who participated!
Halloween Butterfly Talk with Dr. Tom Chapman
Thank you to BIOS and Dr. Chapman for the very interesting and beautiful talk about butterflies!
Two Department of Biology Faculty Receive Funding for Multiyear Project
Congratulations to Drs. Craig Purchase and Shawn Leroux who, in partnership with ERMA, have received $1.2 million for a multi-year project on Exploits River Atlantic salmon.
Learn more here: Saving salmon (mun.ca)
Dr. Kathryn Hargan & SURA student Kathryn Cole Interviewed by CBC News
Dr. Kathryn Hargan and her SURA student Kathryn Cole were interviewed last week by CBC News about the ecology of a local swimming spot. Check out the news article here. You can also view the video interview here.
Vander Wal Lab Student Featured on MUN main page
Photo Credit: Vander Wal Lab Page
CABE PhD student Kyla Funk who is part of the Vander Wal Lab is featured on the MUN main page! Check out the story of her success here.