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Welcome to the Department of Biology

The Tufts Department of Biology is dedicated to providing a unified and comprehensive view of biological processes for our students.

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Biology Department Statement of Solidarity

We, the faculty and staff of the Tufts Biology Department, acknowledge and condemn the systemic racial injustice that has run rampant since the formation of this country and that continues to persist in our communities.

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Faculty Highlights

Congratulations to Zarin Machanda and her team, whose Science paper “Social Selectivity in Aging Wild Chimpanzees” made the cover of Science magazine!

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faculty gathering outside Tufts new Science and Engineering Complex

Department Announcements

The Biology Department welcomes new faculty member Professor Alfredo Hernandez, who joined in Fall 2022.

The Biology Department welcomes our new faculty, Lawrence Uricchio. Learn more about Professor Uricchio.

The Tufts Biology department was recently awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to design a Biological Integration Institute; this institute’s aim would be to integrate the often-fragmented fields of biology under a single common theme. Please visit the Biological Resilience Integration Institute (BRII) website to learn more about this exciting and groundbreaking project!

The Department of Biology at Tufts University is ranked 3rd in College Factual's list of 2019 Best General Biology Colleges in the U.S.

Congratulations to Michael Levin and the Levin Lab for their PNAS publication entitled, "A scalable pipeline for designing reconfigurable organisms." which has garnered publicity from sources including The Boston Globe, The New York Post, Forbes, and Scientific American. Read some of the buzz.