Points of Pride
The UIS Biology program is proud of:
Exemplary Faculty:
- UIS Biology welcomes Noah Reynolds! His research/professional interests include molecular and cellular biology.
- Lucia Vazquez, UIS associate professor of biology, presented her research as part of the 2018-2019 Faculty Scholarship Series.
- UIS Biology Professor, Michael Lemke, published research on the Illinois River floodplain in a special research journal issue.
Great Facilities:
- Fully-stocked Greenhouse
- Transmission Microscope (above)
- Scanning Electron Microscope (right)
- DNA Sequencer (below)
- State-of-the-art Laboratories and Equipment
- The Therkildsen Field Station at Emiquon
- Photograph Facilities (2 dark rooms, macro- and microphotographic equipment)
- The following Molecular Biology equipment:
- -80° C freezer
- temperature-controled incubators
- laminar-flow hoods
- horizontal agarose-gel electrophoresis
- vertical polyacryalmide gel electrophoresis
- pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
- thermocycle
- Quality light microscopes (polarizing, phase, fluorescence)
- Spectrophotometers (UV, infared, visible, atomic)
- Sampling equipment (aquatic and terrestrial habitats)
- Gas Chromatography & Mass Spectrophotometry
- Ultracentrafuges
- Array of organic and biochemistry analysis equipment
- The following Research Laboratories:
- Aquatic Ecology
- Botany
- Cell Biology
- Electron Microscopy
- Microbial Ecology
- Molecular Biology
Great Opportunities:
- Opportunity to present research at the UIS Science Research Symposium
- Biology Gift Fund for students presenting research at nationwide conferences
- Active Biology Club
- Excellent assistance for Pre-Professional Health Sciences students
- Great chances of success after graduation