Undergraduate Research Participation
Jumps 54 Percent

Augustana's Summer Research Program places
undergraduates in the field at laboratories
and study tanks throughout the U.S.
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Spring Biology Seminar Series

All are welcome to attend our seminar

series highlighting cutting-edge

Biological research and issues!  

Biology is a broad area of science that includes the study of every aspect of living systems and their interrelationships. One of its purposes is to help people to understand themselves and their role in the biosphere.

Students majoring in biology are prepared for a wide variety of professional, cultural and vocational opportunities, including graduate study, the medically allied professions and teaching. Present-day biology makes liberal use of chemistry, mathematics and physics as tools, so our biology students acquire a sound background in these basic fields as well.

This confocal microscope image taken by Dr. Jennifer Gubbels shows a natural killer cell (small blue circle) attacking two cancer cells (large blue circles).  The green dots are the molecule called perforin, which pokes holes in cells to facilitate their destruction.  Dr. Gubbels' research focuses on determining why cancer cells evade the immune system and what can be done to enhance the bodies' immune response to cancer.  This image represents active research that she is now pursuing at Augustana.