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Molecular Biology Search 2016

by September 13, 2016
wake forest downtown campus

The Department of Biology at Wake Forest University seeks a new tenure-track faculty member who asks basic biological questions at the molecular and cellular level(s). The WFU HR job search number is 2372-141.
This position is part of a university-funded initiative to develop Wake Downtown, a newly renovated state of the Read more »

Faster Drug Discovery

by November 15, 2012

A Google search for drug discovery
Grants totaling $860,000 fund cutting-edge genetic sequencing
By ALICIA ROBERTS
Jason Gagliano, a biology graduate student, works in a Wake Forest lab.
It’s what scholars dream about: getting to work with the latest technology and leading researchers in the industry to develop a scientific breakthrough.
For Jason Gagliano, a Read more »

Fruit Fly Research Combines Drosophila and Diabetes

by August 14, 2012

Dr. Eric Johnson’s research on Drosophila provides insight into human diabetes treatment. His laboratory’s findings were recently featured by the WFU News Service and the scientific journal Genetics.
Complexity doesn’t stem from having different genes or special nerve cells. The basic biophysical, biochemical makeup is the same. The difference in complexity Read more »