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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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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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Department Announcements

Tufts Biology welcomes a new full-time faculty this Fall 2024 semester: Dr Fatima Hussain. We are so excited to have her join us, helping to expand our department’s research, outreach, and inclusion!

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"Scientists Build Tiny Biological Robots from Human Cells" – the Levin Lab follows up on their earlier research into Xenobots in a November 30th Tufts Now article; read the article in Tufts Now, and check out the current study, published in Advanced Science, by Dr. Michael Levin, along with PhD student Gizem Gumuskaya.

Congratulations to Robert de Bruijn and Eric Tytell who received the Start at the Source award for their course Inquiry-based teaching for biology on September 25th – the focus of the award was their project: Inclusive, inquiry-driven laboratory teaching for graduate students.