WFU Biology

The @WakeForest Department of Biology is committed to cutting-edge #research and scientific #education!

[WFU Biology @wfubiology]

Congratulations, Graduates! 💛🎩 #Classof2026
2025/26 Ph.D. Graduates (Ellen Quinlan and Dinah Nahid) and M.S. Graduates (Haoran 'Howard' Liu, Madison DiGirolamo, and Liam Andersen) in @wfubiology at @WakeForest
Congratulations, #WFU26 #WFUGrad!

[WFU Biology @wfubiology]

Congratulations to the #Classof2026​! 💛🎩
From @wfubiology: "We appreciate your dedication and efforts to support the missions of the Department and @WakeForest. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. Congratulations, #WFU26​ #WFUGrad!"
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[WFU Biology @wfubiology]

Happy Earth Day! 🌏 How do you plan to celebrate today?
Follow Wake Forest Sustainability & #WFUEarthMonth 🐦

[WFU Biology @wfubiology]

Happy Administrative Professionals Day/Week!
🌹🌸 Thank you, Mrs. Cindy Davis & Ms. @CaraJDavis, for everything you both do to support our department! 🌷🌺

[WFU Biology @wfubiology]

Happy Holidays from @wfubiology! 💛🎩❄️🎁🎀
We look forward to seeing you all in the New Year!

[Wake Forest University @WakeForest]

Wake Forest University has named Kenneth T. Kishida, Ph.D., as the inaugural Boswell Presidential Chair of Neuroscience and Society, advancing the University’s interdisciplinary initiative to connect brain science with pressing societal issues.

Kishida, internationally recognized for his work on the neurocomputational mechanisms underlying learning, decision-making and conscious experience, is an associate professor of translational neuroscience at @wakeforestmed.

His appointment supports the University’s Neuroscience and Society initiative, aimed at expanding and enhancing the University’s vibrant community of teacher-scholars dedicated to advancing neuroscience for the benefit of individuals and society.

Read more: https://t.co/cvBzdfP9Yn

#ProHumanitate

[WFU Biology @wfubiology]

Congratulations, Graduates! 💛🎩 #Classof2025
2024/25 Ph.D. Graduates (Sarah Nichols and Ellen Weinheimer) and M.S. Graduates (Olutosin 'Samuel' Olusola, Lara Rudman, and Isaac Sowah Badu) in @wfubiology @WakeForest
Congratulations, #WFU25 #WFUGrad!

[WFU Biology @wfubiology]

Congratulations to the Class of #WFU25! 🥳🎩 @wfubiology @WakeForest #WFUGrad 🎩🌹

[Wake Forest University @WakeForest]

From Winston-Salem to Cape Town, Gah’Ques Ligons (‘25) has embraced every opportunity at Wake Forest. Studying Spanish and Health Studies, he’s preparing for a future in dentistry and service. Inspired by his grandfather and driven by purpose, he’s ready to care for communities at home and across the globe.

#ProHumanitate #WFUGrad

[WFU Biology @wfubiology]

Happy Administrative Professionals Day/Week!
🌹🌸 Thank you, Mrs. Cindy Davis & Ms. @CaraJDavis, for everything you both do to support our department! 🌷🌺

[WFU Biology @wfubiology]

Happy Earth Day! 🌏 How do you plan to celebrate today?
Follow @WakeForest Sustainability & #WFUEarthMonth 🐦

[WFU Biology @wfubiology]

On Mon., March 31, 2025, at 4p in Worrell 1312, Dr. Paul J. Laurienti, @wakeforestmed Professor of Radiology, will give a seminar talk “Neuroscience, Society, & Me.”

[WFU Biology @wfubiology]

On Mon., March 17, at 4p in Winston 126, Dr. Ken Kishida, @wakeforestmed Professor of Translational Neuroscience, will give a seminar talk “Neuroscience of Consciousness, Choice, & Computation (NC3): What’s dopamine got to do with it (i.e., Neuroscience & Society)?… Everything!”

[Wake Forest University @WakeForest]

Three Wake Forest students have been awarded full-ride Stamps Scholarships to complete their undergraduate education, marking the first year the prestigious award has been available to returning students. https://t.co/qpUphMeFBQ

[WFU Biology @wfubiology]

@GraylynEstate @CaraJDavis @wfubiology faculty, staff, and graduate students enjoyed a wonderful holiday luncheon today at @GraylynEstate. It was filled with beautiful decorations, a delicious menu, and wonderful people. 🎩💛 Happy Holidays! 💛🎩
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📷: @CaraJDavis

[WFU Biology @wfubiology]

@wfubiology faculty, staff, and graduate students enjoyed a wonderful holiday luncheon today at @GraylynEstate. It was filled with beautiful decorations, a delicious menu, and wonderful people. 🎩💛 Happy Holidays! 💛🎩
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📷: @CaraJDavis

[WFU Biology @wfubiology]

@wfubiology faculty, staff, and graduate students enjoyed a wonderful holiday luncheon today at @GraylynEstate. It was filled with beautiful decorations, a delicious menu, and wonderful people. 🎩💛 Happy Holidays! 💛🎩
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📷: @CaraJDavis

[WFU Biology @wfubiology]

Happy Holidays from @wfubiology! 💛🎩❄️🎁🎀 We look forward to seeing you all in the New Year!

[Wake Forest University @WakeForest]

Senior Jo Cai, a double major in biology and psychology and her mentor Joost Maier, a translational neuroscience professor in the Wake Forest School of Medicine used flavor perception in rats as a model system to gain fundamental insights into how the brain processes multisensory information. “Working on this neuroscience-related research project enabled me to gain hands-on research experience and to think critically. It helped put me in an ideal position to start applying to PhD programs in my senior year,” Cai said.

Every year, Wake Forest undergraduates have the opportunity to spend their summer months with a faculty mentor researching and making advances on some of the most challenging questions of our day.

For nearly 20 years, the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Center (URECA) has promoted and celebrated mentored scholarship. It is a hallmark of the Wake Forest experience – students and faculty, side by side, working to develop solutions to serious questions in an effort to better the world around them.

#ProHumanitate

[Wake Forest News @WakeForestNews]

A new study, co-authored by #WFU @wfubiology professor Sheri Floge, brings together viral ecologists, chemists and physicists to find out more about marine microbes and what happens when viruses infect them. https://t.co/D7FyGBG8oQ