Department of BiologyThe Biology Department has 22 faculty, about 900 undergraduate majors, and over 70 graduate students and post-docs. Our faculty take an integrative approach to biology, encompassing all levels of biological organization from molecules to ecosystems. Our Department is committed to excellence in both research and teaching, and we strive to provide a rigorous, balanced education in Biology for all our students. We share our offices and laboratories with Physics, Chemistry and Environmental Science Departments in Science Building 1 and 2. This close proximity with other disciplines helps foster interdisciplinary research at Portland State University. Teaching and research laboratories are further supported by the Herbarium, Invertebrate and Vertebrate Museums, extremophile DNA and microbial culture collections, an aquatic organism rearing facility, greenhouses and an electron microscope facility. Planning to visit? We are located in SB2 rm 246 between SW Mill and Montgomery on SW 10th Ave. For directions, see the PSU campus map. If you don't find what you need here, please contact the department.
Recent NewsAnna Coleman-Hulbert, one of our MS students, attended the Sigma XI Annual Meeting and International Research Conference in Woodland, TX. Out of over 170 participants from all science disciplines, she was awarded one of only three superior rankings for her poster: Natural mitochondrial DNA variation affects metabolism and aging in Caenorhabditis briggsae posted November 16th, 2009 Dr. Sarah M. Eppley recently published an article titled "Sex-specific variation in the interaction between Distichlis spicata (Poaceae) and mycorrhizal fungi" with Charlene A. Mercer, Christian Haaning, and Camille B. Graves. It was published by the American Journal of Botany online on October 14, 2009. posted October 29th, 2009
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Dr. Radu Popa and Jane Boone recently published a microbiology lab manual that will be used for our microbiology class here at PSU. It was published by Fountainhead Press in September 2009. posted September 29th, 2009