Department of Biology

NEWS

Professor talking in front of classroom
August 26th 2022

PSU-led project to overhaul biology ed will impact thousands of undergrads, future faculty

A Portland State University researcher says an overhaul of biology education...
Professor Ken Stedman
May 24th 2022

PSU professor honored for broader impacts of research activities

The Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) has selected...
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometer
January 18th 2022

$500,000 grant will enhance research and education capabilities at Portland State University

Vancouver, Washington-based M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust has awarded...
Allosaurus
August 24th 2021

The giant Jurassic dinosaur Allosaurus was a scavenger, not a predator

In a paper published August 23, authors Cameron Pahl and Luis Ruedas,...
July 6th 2021

With NSF grant, PSU to do internal deep dive to identify systemic inequalities among STEM faculty

The numbers don't lie: Women and minorities have historically, and continue to be, underrepresented in STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — and it's no different at Portland State. Beyond the numbers is a more complicated picture of why some faculty stay...
Bioscience Illustration
June 22nd 2021

The Oregon Bioscience Association

Founded in 1989, the Oregon Bioscience Association (Oregon Bio), a 501(c)(6)...
Illustration of tree and DNA
January 26th 2021

A PSU study seeks to explore new horizons of plant evolution

A team of researchers led by Portland State biology professor Mitch Cruzan...
Deep-sea thermal vents
December 1st 2020

Deep-sea volcanoes: Windows into the subsurface

Hydrothermally-active submarine volcanoes account for much of Earth's volcanism...
Portland's Forested Parks are for the Birds
October 7th 2020

Portland's Forested Parks are for the Birds

Explore Portland’s neighborhoods and you’ll likely come across the occasional...
Annual Killifish embryo
October 6th 2020

Learning from a Fish Out of Water (and Air)

Few animals have a lifecycle as unique as the annual killifish (Austrofundulus...
Legumes
October 5th 2020

In defense of plants

The smell of mint and black pepper, orange, cinnamon, thyme. They're scents...
Human cell
October 5th 2020

In the cellular machine shop

It's chapter one, page one of Biology 101, cells are the basic unit of...