Biological Sciences

 

  Services     Our service centres provide support to researchers and external organizations. Explore our range of services, which include sample preparation, DNA sequencing, biogeochemical analytical services and more.
Collections and Museums   Our collections and museums contain over one million specimens, including plants, insects and dinosaur bones. The Biological Sciences collections are used to support research and teaching (open by appointment).

 

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DEPARTMENT NEWS

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Horrors of the bug museum

Victor Shegelski, collections manager with the E.L. Strickland Entomological Museum, shows why creepy-crawlies like cockroaches and tarantulas don’t deserve their scary reputation.

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Universities in Guelph, Toronto, Alberta and Trois-Rivières win Synergy Awards

David S. Wishart won the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s Synergy Award for Innovation for his work developing DrugBank.

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Metabolomics innovator wins third NSERC award in three years

Synergy Award recognizes David Wishart’s collaboration to develop one of the world’s most essential resources for drug discovery and pharmaceutical research.

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U of A team secures $24M to break barriers and create universal blood

Groundbreaking research led by Lisa Willis targets systemic barriers facing the next generation of Black and racialized donors while working to guarantee safe, compatible blood for vulnerable patient populations.

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Feral – and threatened? Endangered camels, banteng and hog deer have found an unexpected refuge in Australia

Postdoctoral fellow Erick Lundgren says Australia treats some globally endangered species as pests, when the country may be their last refuge against extinction.

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