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Horacio Guerra Finds Clues to a Cure
Scholarship recipient and black belt Horacio Guerra doesn’t have time for the martial arts these days. Instead, he and a team of UNLV researchers are working to eliminate the AIDS virus from infected cells.
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Biology Student Receives Competitive Graduate Fellowship
Alumnus Carmen Vallin recently received a NSF Graduate Fellowship Award. The $30,000 award is for students pursuing a doctorate. She received her bachelor's degree in December and is currently a part-time teaching assistant for Biology 300. A former recipient of the McNair Scholars program, Vallin will begin her graduate work in the fall.
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CAREER Achievement
Life sciences professors Frank van Breukelen (pictured) and Brian Hedlund are two of several recent UNLV recipients of the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award, a highly competitive grant designed to establish leadership in education and research.
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Research Experience for Undergraduates
Undergraduate students are invited to participate in a 10-week summer research program in environmental microbiology. Students will collaborate with faculty mentors in developing and carrying out hypothesis-based projects on microorganisms from diverse habitats such as hot springs, the deep terrestrial subsurface, hypersaline lakes, and more.
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Subterranean Surprise
A new species of scorpions nearly squirmed past a couple of UNLV graduate students. The story behind the Death Valley arthropod's discovery.
Welcome
Welcome to the School of Life Sciences! Biology is the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. The school’s curriculum meets the needs of students intending to enter the workforce or pursue advanced training in the sciences, medicine, and other professional and technical fields.
