We love it when alumni stop by! Dr. Hledin enjoyed your visit Vicki Mcgovern and Brian Capps!

LECO lab (Federal University of Paraná) and Dr. Ronald (Hope Biology) had their first successful field day in Curitiba, Brasil, testing hearing in songbirds.

Join us for this special event!

Periwinkle Pull: This Saturday!

Dr. Sean Beckwith published a review article with a Hope student on Restriction Factor Control of Ty1 Family LTR-Retrotransposons in Saccharomyces cerevisiae! Bravo! lnkd.in/gEUTYZFq

Congratulations to Dr. Cody Porter with his newly published paper: Thermal Imbalance Drives Avian Performance and Responses to Climate Warming lnkd.in/gypzJzm5

Our greenhouse manager, Craig Elston, had a great interview on WOOD TV 8 regarding our area Big Tree Registry: youtube.com/watch?v=vuhZ4L0o…

Fluorescent Friday! Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) cells Blue: Nuclear DNA Red: mitochondrial DNA Magenta: mitochondria Nikon A1R Confocal, 100X magnification Credit: Brigit Foley '27

Today! 4:30 - 6 p.m.- Biology Mix & Mingle - Schaap Science Center Atrium. Reconnect with the Biology community at this casual gathering for alumni, students, faculty, staff, family and friends. Stop by to meet current students and faculty, and catch up with alumni!

We're excited to celebrate Brandi Ledbetter ’17, a Hope Biology graduate who has been named one of Hope's 2026 10 Under 10 Awardees! Brandi and other outstanding young alumni will participate in a panel discussion about their experiences and careers after Hope.

It seems like something is always blooming in our greenhouse!

On Tuesday, Dr. Oberski's Invertebrate Zoology class learned about mollusks (Phylum Mollusca) hands-on in lab. This group of animals is the second most diverse after the arthropods (AKA insects & kin)—it contains more species than mammals, birds, fish, and reptiles combined.

TONIGHT!

Hope Biology is going to Tanzania! Check out this great opportunity!

Dr. Erika Calvo-Ocho recently published a new paper in eNeuro, describing mechanisms of neuronal repair and regeneration following decreased oxygen in zebrafish. This study was led by first co-authors Skylar DeWitt-Batt and Kate DeMann. eneuro.org/content/13/7/ENEU…

This week's Biology seminar speaker is Dr. Scott Gifford from UNC Chapel Hill.

"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

General Biology students braved the rain to collect data to understand forest succession at the Hope College Nature Preserve.

The GR Bug Club was all about ants with special presenter, Hope Biology professor Dr. Jill Oberski!

Check out this article regarding the Wandering Tattler. Our own Dr. Cody Porter has spotted the bird in West Michigan! detroitnews.com/story/news/l…