Department of Botany – College of Letters and Science

Mission

Our mission is to discover, maintain, and transmit knowledge concerning basic plant biology and provide leadership in the biological sciences.

Lifelike chemistry created in lab search for ways to study origin of life

Research in the Baum Lab shows that simple laboratory techniques can spur the kinds of reactions that are likely necessary to explain how life got started on Earth some four billion years ago.

Beautiful wonder

For botanist Ken Cameron, orchids fascinate as well as inspire him to further research in plant evolution and biodiversity.

Lofty Goals

Botany grad student Evan Eifler rediscovers Geissorhiza esterhuyseniae in the remote peaks of South Africa.

Events

April
- April 2
  Biology Colloquium: Dan JohnsonTBD3:30 PM, 168 Noland Hall
- April 16
  Biology Colloquium: Jason Munshi-SouthEvolution of Life in Urban Environments: New York City Rodents as a Case Study3:30 PM, 168 Noland Hall
- April 23
  Biology Colloquium: Kevin Kocot Biodiversity, Systematics, and Genomics of the Molluscs3:30 PM, 168 Noland Hall
- April 30
  Biology Colloquium: Bob Ricklefs TBD3:30 PM, 168 Noland Hall

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