The Department of Biology is one of the premier teaching and research units on campus. Building a strong foundation in biology opens the door to a myriad of academic and career paths in the health and environmental science industries.

Recent news from the Department of Biology

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Two University of Nevada, Reno professors earn prestigious AAAS fellowships

Steve Vander Wall and Bob Ryan add to list of University professors with this accolade

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Mechanisms for silencing duplicated genes revealed in recent article

Biology professor utilizes bioinformatics techniques to advance understanding of genetics

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You’re more complex than a worm, and researchers now believe they know why

Drivers of organismal complexity may lie in the number of protein families, rather than the number of genes