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Welcome to the Biology Department

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Welcome to the Biology Department at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Graduate students can enroll in both MSc and PhD programs and study with faculty in Biology and those affiliated with other Faculty of Science units at Memorial University. Our department offers several undergraduate programs including an Honours program and field courses.

2013 AARMS Mathematical Biology Workshop

AARMS We are pleased to announce the 2013 AARMS Mathematical Biology Workshop to be held at Memorial University of Newfoundland, July 27-29, 2013 in St John's, Newfoundland.

News

Holly Caravan recieves Prize at CSEE Conference

Holly Caravan - PhD Student of the Department of Biology

Holly Caravan, PhD Student under the supervision of Dr. Tom Chapman, recently attended the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE) conference at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna, BC.

While there she gave a talk on "Social insect soldiers double up as medics" and ended up receiving Third Prize for the "Student Oral Presentation Competition".

Congratulations to the 2013 NSERC Recipients

Five of the thirty researchers who recieved funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to support innovative and creative research projects are from the Department of Biology.

Of the nineteen scholarships awarded to Memorial students in the Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) and NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship (PGS) programs five were from the Department of Biology.

To view more photos of the recipiants check out this webpage.

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Last Updated: August 8th, 2011