UMD-developed data analysis package shows pollen tube growth & chemical signaling move to the same beat.

Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics’ Caren Chang discusses existing and emerging plant model systems.

Researchers determine that a protein required for sperm-egg fusion is identical to a protein viruses use to invade host cells; discovery could help fight parasitic diseases like malaria.

New grant in virology and renewal of host-pathogen interactions grant add to programs in comparative and evolutionary biology of hearing, and cell and molecular biology.

Malloy, Schwell, Seibert and Xia named as 2016 Merrill Presidential Scholars.

Discovery could help the fight against HIV, Zika and other viruses.

Discovery reveals a key mechanism of non-genetic inheritance.

Maryland Department of Commerce initiative matches private donations for endowed chairs in the life sciences and computer science at UMD.

Alumni join forces to create new endowed life sciences chair.

Unusual collaboration between biologists and linguists yields insights into some cancers and age-related diseases.