Ethan Cissell graduated from Florida State University in 2022 with a doctoral degree in biological science from the Department of Biological Science, part of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Biological Science
A graduate student in Florida State University’s Department of Biological Science and her faculty advisers were chosen for a highly competitive fellowship recognizing outstanding research in their respective fields.
The Florida State University Office of STEM Teaching Activities, part of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine grant to implement an educational curriculum focused on exploring the biology and ecology of the Apalachee Bay watershed.
Pearl Rivers is a doctoral student pursuing a degree in biological science in Florida State University’s Department of Biological Science, part of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Florida State University welcomed 12 new inductees into its prestigious Garnet & Gold Scholar Society this summer.
Biology alumna and Tallahassee top doc Andrea Friall has a personal stake in health care education, delivery in Florida’s capital city
Dr. Andrea Friall has known some of her patients their entire lives. That’s because as a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist, Friall actually helped bring some of them into the world herself. Now, this Florida State University biology alumna is helping patients and fellow physicians alike in her role as chief medical officer for Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare.
Biologist Ashwanth Francis hunts for the mechanisms that may one day unlock a cure for HIV
What does it take to turn a once-terminal diagnosis into a manageable chronic health condition? In the four-plus decades since the onset of the HIV/AIDs epidemic, researchers have worked to discover the deadly virus’ secrets and understand what makes HIV-1 so challenging to treat. That progress has proved life-sustaining for patients, but scientists around the world continue to work in pursuit of a cure.
Living-learning community prepares young women for careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
The transition to life as a college student can be challenging. For many freshmen starting at Florida State University, the move to Tallahassee means starting a new life in a new city far from family and friends.
Ecologists Brian Inouye and Nora Underwood carry on environmental research more than 50 years in the making
Brian Inouye and Nora Underwood are spending their summer counting flowers and chasing butterflies. Inouye and Underwood, ecologists and professors at Florida State University, meticulously tally the organisms present in the meadows of Gothic, Colorado, as part of ongoing data collection that will help scientists better understand how some of nature’s most sensitive creatures are responding to environmental changes.
Nidhi Walia is a doctoral student pursuing a degree in biological science through Florida State University’s Department of Biological Science, part of the College of Arts and Sciences.
A pair of Florida State University students have been awarded Barry Goldwater Scholarships. The nationally coveted award goes to outstanding science, mathematics and engineering sophomores and juniors for their research experiences and potential.
Florida State University is part of a nationwide cohort of institutions that have received an $8.8 million grant from the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute to develop more inclusive pathways from community college programs to four-year universities.