We offer courses for students with career interests in biology, and for students who are not majoring in science but who wish to study modern biology as part of a liberal arts education.
The Biology Department will be conducting searches for two faculty positions, one in the area of Biochemistry and one in the area of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology. Both openings are tenure-track positions at the rank of Assistant Professor. The searches will be conducted during the 2019-2020 academic year, and the positions will begin in fall of 2020.
On Saturday, September 14th, the Biology department will be hosting the annual BioBlitz event, followed by the Department Showcase. Come by to meet our faculty, eat some snacks, and learn about the fascinating projects happening here at the Biology department! There will be two sessions, one 11:00 a.m. to noon and the other 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Congratulations to the Class of 2019! The Biology Department will hold a Graduation Reception on Saturday May 25th at 10:00 AM in the Biology second floor lounge (near the spiral staircase). We look forward to meeting your family and celebrating your achievements. We hope you can join us!
Candidates for Honors in Biology, Class of 2019, will present their Honors projects. All interested students are encouraged to attend. The schedule and a complete list of presentations is available here:
Amherst Biology majors study introductory biology, chemistry and physics, and then have a wide choice of upper-level biology courses.
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Honors majors devote half of their academic effort during senior year to research. The resulting thesis is often the basis of their first scientific publication.
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Students have many opportunities to join active research labs over the summer.
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Students and faculty gather weekly to hear and take part in presentations on biology research.
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We have a great track record of sending students to the best graduate and professional schools in the country.
Learn moreApply the principles to the study of infectious diseases in natural populations, focusing on deriving important questions and the variety of approaches to address them.
This course examines animal behavior from both a mechanistic and a functional perspective, drawing upon examples from a diverse range of taxa and using articles from the primary scientific literature.
This course will explore the relationship between an animal's behavior and its social and ecological context, specifically the evolution of sexual dimorphism in animals.
Each year we award a number of Fellowships and Prizes to students. We solicit proposals every March.
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Professor Michael Hood a $444,651 grant to investigate the problem of chromosome degeneration.
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